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Technical Symposium 2001
The Path to 
4G Mobile 
                                                                            
The Only International Forum Focused on Addressing the
State-of-the-Art Proposals and Research Activities on Enhanced 3G,
Migration Paths and Technical Routes to 4th Generation Wireless
Networks

              Thursday 13th - Friday 14th September Strand Intercontinental, Helsinki 

4G is currently being considered by the wireless/cellular industry.
This active technical symposium has been created to have open and
frank discussions on the future of 4G Mobile. It will address the
challenges to realise 4G Mobile - what it is and how to get there?
The meeting will provide answers and bring enlightenment to the world
of 4G.

                                       

IIR have convened a scientific committee made up of eminent
specialists and prominent personalities in the 4G World. The
committee will be responsible for the intellectual content of the
programme by examining and choosing the speakers from submitted
abstracts in accordance with their technological relevance.

Professor Matti Latva-Aho, University of Oulu 


Lee Warren, Chair, OFDM Forum Professor 



Jens Zander, Royal Institute Technology, Sweden 



Andrew Campbell, Columbia Networking Research Group 



Dr. Peter Karlsson, Telia Research & Chairman Regulatory Working Group, HIPERLAN/2 Global Forum



Dr Donal O'Mahony, Head of Research Networks and Telecommunications
Research Group, Trinity College, Dublin 



Dr. Timo O Korhonen, Professor in Telecommunication System Engineering,
Helisinki University of Technology


                                       

CALL FOR PAPERS 
                                                                              

The scientific committee for "The Path to 4G Mobile" invites you to
submit extended abstracts by 20th April 2001 in PDF, HTML or word
format to ctranah@iir-conferences.com The following list of topics is
not exhaustive and authors may propose other subjects in keeping with
the thematic framework

    2G/3G migration to fourth generation 
    Interoperability and interconnection between heterogeneous networks 
    Trends and developments in 4G wireless networks 
    Network architectures and protocols for 4G networks 
    Location aware services and applications in 4G networks 
    Management techniques for 4G networks 
    Physical layer enhancement in 4G networks 
    Seamless roaming between satellite and terrestrial networks 
    Support of previous generation infrastructure in 4G networks 
    Role of Internet and its interconnection in 4G wireless networks 

Technologies to be covered but not limited to are:

    All-IP Mobile networks 
    OFDM 
    Mobility Management 
    Ultra Wideband Technologies 
    Wireless LAN / HiperLAN 2 


PROGRAMME FOCUS                                        


The most pressing question facing everyone working in the cellular
industry is: What will 4G be? IP based, Wireless LAN, OFDM,
Bluetooth, or a combination of heterogeneous wireless and wired
networks? The industry is using 4G as an undefined term lacking any
real technical description, but this Technical Symposium brings
together the leading minds working in the area of 4G to discuss
different technologies, different protocols and different network
architectures that will be supported in the fourth generation
wireless networks.

This meeting will play a pivotal role in setting the parameters for
4G technologies. It will be your chance to meet the major
decision-makers working in the 4G arena.

THE AUDIENCE 

This Technical Symposium will be well attended by network engineers,
network planners, technical strategists and network developers from
mobile operators, research institutes and vendors who need to know
the latest developments in enhanced 3G and the evolution to 4G
networks