PERSONAL WIRELESS CONFERENCE PWC'2001
Lappeenranta University of Technology,
Lappeenranta, Finland
8th -10th of August 2001

Please note:
10th Summer School on Telecommunications (http://www.kareltek.fi/sem/summer10/index.html),
Lappeenranta University of Technology,
Lappeenranta Finland
6th - 8th of August, 2001
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                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                                   
                PERSONAL WIRELESS CONFERENCE PWC'2001

                           8-10 August 2001

                Lappeenranta University of Technology

                        Lappeenranta, Finland


Mobile communications has created a major breakthrough in new telecom
services worldwide during the last decade. It is expected that the
number of global mobile connections exceeds the number of fixed
connections in the next five years period. At the same time the new
IMT-2000 compatible Third Generation (3G) broadband networks and
services will be available. The data service breakthrough enabled by
Internet will create new possibilities for mobile and wireless
services. A lot of research is also targeted to wireless Internet
services and IP-mobility.


The PWC'2001 conference will be a forum for tutorials, discussions and
presentations of the new developments in mobile and wireless research.
The conference is planned with one day for tutorials and two days for
presentations. The following areas are included in the scope of the
conference:

  Wireless Access networks
  Wireless LANs
  Cellular networks
  Digital microwave systems and networks
  Digital radio and TV broadcasting
  Satellite networks
  Short range communications and applications
  Mobile personal communications
  Issues for Wireless Multimedia Networking
  Radio Access Techniques for Broadband Mobile Communications
  Technologies, Services and Applications
  Design Issues and Performance Evaluation
  Economic Issues
  
The topics can be examined from the viewpoint of architecture and
protocols, modulation, coding and decoding, methods of communication
functions (multiple access, error control, flow control, routing,
etc.), security, implementation, user aspects, legal, economic,
social, and human related issues.


The Personal Wireless Conference belongs to an IFIP workshop and
conference series arranged by IFIP TC-6 Working Group 6.8. The
previous events were held in preceding years at Prague, Tokyo,
Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Gdansk. The PWC'2001 event in Lappeenranta
will be held in conjunction with the 10^th Summer School on
Telecommunications, the largest telecom event in Finland.


Organizing Committee:
Jari Porras (chair), Juha Aaltonen, Kirsimarja Blomqvist, Jyrki
Härkki, Päivi Kangas, Pasi Kemppainen, Juhani Lehtola, Olli
Martikainen, Valeri Naoumov, Jarmo Partanen


Program Committee (IFIP TC 6.8):
Jan Slavik (chair), Tadao Saito, Takeshi Hattori, Otto Spaniol, Willy
Baek Iversen, Veikko Hara, Gerald Maguire, Samir Tohme, Sathish
Chandran, Guy Pujolle, Olli Martikainen, Debashis Saha, Franco Davoli,
Ousmane Kone, Adam Wolisz, Josef Wozniak


Conference Secretary:

  Ms. Inka Kontturi
  LTKK/TITE
  
  PL 20
  FIN-53851 Lappeenranta
  
  tel. +385(0)5 621 6670
  mobile +385(0)40 729 0771
  email inka.kontturi@lut.fi
  
  
Important Dates:

  Paper submissions deadline 1.3.2001
  
  Notification of acceptance 1.4.2001
  
  Camera Ready versions due 15.4.2001
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   Juhani Lehtola
   Oy Santa Margarita SA
   Revised: December 4.  2000