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OPTNet 2012 : The Second International Workshop on Planning and Optimization of Wireless Networks | |||||||||||||
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Call For Papers | |||||||||||||
Call for Papers
The Second International Workshop on Planning and Optimization of Wireless Networks (OPTNet 2012) 21-23 March 2012 Halifax, The Endcliffe Village, Sheffield, UK, Web: http://www.cwind.org/OPTNet2012 Aim of the Workshop The aim of the workshop is to bring together both the mobile communications industry (operators, telecom vendors, radio network planning and optimization consulting firms and tool producers) and academia to present and discuss the problems, challenges, directions, and state-of-art in the fields of future wireless communication networks deployment, planning and optimization. The workshop will try to build a bridge between the mobile communications industry and academic research so that future collaborations between two sectors can be identified. In this workshop, the advances of wireless communications that enable future wireless networks and challenges in network planning and optimization arising from the adoption of new technologies will be discussed. Topics of interests We therefore invite for review submissions of up to 1-page abstracts of technical presentations targeting, but not limited to the following topics: 1. Network Planning and Optimization Automatic planning and optimization methods for UMTS/HSPA/LTE/LTE-A/WiFi/WiMAX and hybrid radio networks New system simulation and performance evaluation methods Indoor/outdoor radio propagation models and scenarios MIMO measurements scenarios Network performance study using MIMO and smart antennas Automatic configuration algorithms of femtocells Mobility management in femto/macrocell scenarios Interference analysis in femto/macrocell scenarios Indoor radio network planning and optimization (repeaters, DAS, picocells and femtocells) methods and tools Radio resource management (RRM) Dynamic frequency allocation and spectrum sharing techniques Radio network planning and optimization reference scenarios Self-optimization and self-healing in LTE networks Cooperative relay in UMTS/HSPA/LTE and WiMAX networks Wireless mesh network planning and optimization methods and tools Transmission and core network dimensioning to account for HSPA and femtocell traffic Traffic modeling and real network traffic scenarios 2. Future Wireless Communication LTE and LTE advanced Relay and cooperative communications Heterogeneous wireless networks Femtocells MIMO and smart antennas Cognitive radios Wireless mesh networks Green Communications Smart Buildings Vehicular communications Smart-grid communications Machine-to-machine communications Important Dates Abstract submission due: 20 February 2012. Please send the abstract by email to mehmet.aydin@beds.ac.uk and wei.ding@ranplan.co.uk with Subject title of “OPTNet12 abstract” General co-chairs Jie Zhang, University of Sheffield, UK Mehmet E. Aydin, University of Bedfordshire, UK Local organizations Mehmet E. Aydin, University of Bedfordshire, UK, email: mehmet.aydin@beds.ac.uk Wei Ding, Ranplan Wireless Network Design Ltd., UK, email: wei.ding@ranplan.co.uk Registration and costs Registration of accepted presenters and workshop attendants will be done online through the workshop webpage. No registration fee will be charged. Coffee/tea breaks, lunches and a conference dinner will be provided for free. Participants will have to support their own lodging and transportation costs. Venue and transportation The OPTNet 2012 workshop will be held in a conference centre at Halifax, The Endcliffe Village, Endcliffe Vale Road, Sheffield, S10 3ER, UK, which is a venue of the University of Sheffield (www.sheffield.ac.uk). The venue is close to the Peak District National Park (http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/). Travel information Sheffield is on the mainline rail network, it is 2 hour 7 min from London by train. It can be accessed by Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool airports within one hour. |
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