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VTC 2006 Fall Montreal

The 64th IEEE Vehicular Technology conference will be held from 25 to 28 September 2006 in the vibrant city of Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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Tracks

This conference is not currently accepting submissions.

01. Radio Propagation

[1] Indoor/outdoor channel measurements
[2] Channel estimation
[3] Characterization and modeling
[4] Prediction and simulation tools
[5] Antenna Technology

02. DSP for Multiple Antenna Systems

[1] MIMO systems
[2] Transmit/Receive diversity
[3] Beamforming;DOA estimation
[5] Space-Time processing
[6] Space-Time Coding
[7] Cooperative Coding
[8] Cooperative Diversity
[9] Distributed arrays

03. Radio Access Techniques

[1] Multiple access; CDMA, TDMA and OFDM air interfaces
[2] Spectrum efficiency
[3] Ultra-wideband communications
[4] Multi-rate and multi-carrier communications
[5] Software radio
[6] Power control algorithms
[7] Wireless multicasting, DVB and DAB techniques

04. Radio Resource Management

[1] Spectrum, channel and power allocation; power control;
[2] Handoff analysis; mobility management;
[3] Coexistence of multiple radio access technologies over licensed and/or unlicensed spectrum;
[4] Cross-layer design of wireless systems; etc.
[5] Scheduling
[6] Statistical multiplexing

05. Transceiver Technologies

[1] Modulation (signal shaping, constellation, design, etc...)
[2] Performance analysis (BER, capacity, outage,throughput, etc...)
[3] Coding/decoding (source/chanel coding/decoding, algorithms, complexity issues, etc...)
[4] Channel estimation (gain, carrier phase, frequency offset, synchronization, tracking and recovery, etc...)
[5] Iterative processing (turbo processing)
[6] Interference mitigation
[7] Multi-user detection
[8] Equalization
[9] Adaptive modulation and coding
[10] MAC/PHY cross-layer design

06. Modeling and Simulation of Mobile Wireless Systems

[1] End-to-end system performance evaluation;
[2] Performance evaluation of cross-layer designs, e.g. PHY and MAC layer
interactions
[3] Modeling of the physical links and interference for the simulation of
wireless systems;
[4] Modeling of the MAC, Scheduler, and Higher Layers
[5] Modeling of the mobility, traffic; etc.

07. Mobile Wireless Networks

[1] Wireless LAN, MAN and WAN;
[2] Regional Wireless Networks; Mesh networks;
[3] Mobile ad hoc Networks;
[4] Wireless sensor networks;
[5] Delay-tolerant networks;
[6] Wireless resource management;
[7] Wireless quality-of-Service (QoS);
[8] Wireless network security and privacy;
[9] Mobility, location and handoff management; Mobile and wireless IP;
[10]Middleware support for mobile and wireless networking;
[11]Wireline/wireless convergence

08. Mobile Satellite Systems

[1] Mobile broadband satellite architectures, mobile broadcast systems,
[2] Satellite Bus/Payload Systems,
[3] Ground (Earth-Terminal) Systems,
[4] Mobile, Aeronautical, Maritime Systems
[5] Ka-band and Higher Frequency Systems,
[6] System Integration and Interoperability
[7] Use of small satellites clusters, hybrid orbits, and High Altitude Platforms (HAPs)
[8] Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) and Return Channel via Satellite (RCS) Networks, Emerging standards: DVB-S2, DVB-RCS, IPoS, …
[9] Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Communications Satellite Networks
[10] Satellite network control and Resource Management: Power and bandwidth allocation solutions, Resource management and reconfigurability, Traffic and Quality of Service (QoS) Management, QoS-oriented solutions, Satellite system capacity optimization

09. Navigation and Positioning Technologies

[1] GNSS for navigation, E911 and cellular/PCS,
[2] GNSS aiding for cellular/PCS;
[3] Integrated Navigation Systems with Auxiliary Sensors
[4] Low Cost & MEMS Applications
[5] RFID,
[6] Multimodal location; etc.

10. Next Generation Services

[1] Multimedia services/applications: Location based services, Presence based services, Multimedia Messaging, Gaming.
[2] Service Architectures/Enablers: Web services, OSA/Parlay, Service
creation, Context awareness, Services for Ad Hoc networks, Peer to peer services, Service composition and orchestration, Security.

11. Electro-Magnetic Compatibility Issues for Wireless and Mobile

[1] Spurious emission and RFI
[2] Spectrum engineering
[3] EMC modeling and simulation
[4] EMC management and standards
[5] EMC testing and instrumentation

12. Circuits and Devices for Vehicular Systems

[1] Filer and Amplifier Technology and RFIC
[2] New elements and devices for user equipments and access points/base stations

13. Transportation

Intelligent Transportation Systems; Rail signals, communication and control; Vehicular electronics; Vehicle traction power control/conversion; Power Systems (Batteries, Solar cells, Fuel Cells...); etc.

14. Vehicular Industry Technology Track

The objective of the VTC-Fall 2006 Vehicular Industry Technology Track is to attract papers addressing the industrial experiences related to recent wireless technologies. Such experiences can be industrial applications, prototypes, or proposed standards. Apart from a technological description, authors are encouraged to include a description of how the technologies will improves business, and to share their practical experiences and the lessons learned.

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WWI

WWI-related papers. Reserved to TPC

Managers

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