See http://delson.org/was/was00/

The 2000 International Conference on Broadband Wireless Access Systems
                           "Enjoy the Wireless Access" 
                             4th to 6th December 2000
                               San Francisco, U.S.A. 



                                 Call For Papers



The Technical Forum on Broadband Wireless Access Systems  (TF-WAS)  announces a
forthcoming  International Conference  on Broadband Wireless Access Systems to be held on
December 4th through 6th, 2000 in San Francisco / Silicon Valley, United States.


There has been tremendous interest recently in broadband wireless access systems (WAS),
scheduled to start services around the year 2000, has been the hot subject of much
research and many standardization activities throughout the world. ITU-R JRG 8A-9B and
IEEE 802 are taking the initiative to produce proposals of radio transmission technologies
and advanced systems prototype for WAS. The objective of this Conference is to gather the
research and development papers in this field and present an overview of
the-state-of-the-art of this WAS wireless storm - globally or locally, as well as
perspectives on future development in order to promote future research activities.


Original contributions are invited on recent research and development of WAS such as LMDS,
wATM, WLAN, RLAN, etc. The topics of interest within the scope of this Conference include
(but are not limited to) the following:

      Radio Transmission Technology for WAS
      Re-configurable Base station and Terminal for WAS
      System Architecture for WAS
      Protocol Stack for WAS
      Co-existence for WAS
      Medium Access Control and Channel Allocation for WAS
      ATM and WATM for WAS
      Internet Protocol (IP) for WAS
      QoS issues for WAS
      Security Issues for WAS
      ALL-IP Network Architecture for WAS
      Performance and Operational Issues for WAS
      Generic Requirements for WAS
      Efficient Spectrum Utilization for WAS
      Frequency Sharing between fixed and mobile WAS
      Network solutions for WAS
      WAS engineering
      LMDS development
      Modulation and Coding for WAS
      Characteristics of WAS
      WAS deployment and optimization
      WAS projects report
      Other WAS issues


The submitted papers will be reviewed by referees according to the ordinary rules of the
IEEE Conference. Each paper is, in principle, limited to twelve printed pages. Original,
unpublished contribution will be considered for this Conference presentation as well as
proceedings. Prospective authors are requested to send extended summary (1~5 Pages) of
their manuscripts to the following address (Electronic Submission is highly encouraged,
please refer to instructions on the web site) in electronic mean or hardcopy according to
the following timetable. Result will be announced after full technical reviewing process.
The deadline for the initial paper submission is March 31, 2000.

                    Submission to Send:
                    Willie W. Lu
                    WAS'2000
                    1960 Linden Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035, U.S.A.
                    E-mail: wwlu@ieee.org 


                    Important Dates:
                    March 31, 2000 Extended Summary Due (max. 5 pages in PDF, PS or
                                   DOC file, or Hardcopy
                    May 1, 2000    Acceptance Notification
                    July 1, 2000   Camera-Ready Paper Due



   WAS'2000 will be just after Globecom'2000, both in San Francisco.