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 The Fourth IEEE Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks
                                (MWCN 2002)
                 September 9 - 11, 2002, Stockholm, Sweden

                              CALL FOR PAPERS
           Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks MWCN 2002

                     Sponsored and in Co-operation with
        IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Personal
                               Communications
     KTH Centre for Wireless Systems at Royal Institute of Technology,
                             Stockholm, Sweden
                    Ericsson Research, Stockholm, Sweden
                    Centre for Wireless Communications,
                National University of Singapore, Singapore
             In Co-operation with IEEE Communications Society 

     The Fourth IEEE Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications
     Networks (MWCN 2002) will be held in Stockholm, the capital of
     Sweden, centre for research and innovation in mobile and wireless
     communications in northern Europe, where its industry having a
     global impact in dominating the R&D of successive generations of
     mobile systems, in particular GSM and third generation mobile
     networks. The MWCN 2002 is organised and will be hosted by KTH
     centre for wireless systems, Royal Institute of Technology in
     Stockholm during September 9-11, 2002.

     MWCN'2002 is the fourth conference in its series aimed at
     stimulating technical exchange in the emerging and important field
     of mobile and wireless communications networks. MWCN'2002 seeks to
     address and capture highly innovative and state of the art research
     and work in the wireless industry. The scope of the conference
     includes a wide range of technical challenges in view of the
     growing interest for wireless access to Internet and the evolution
     of third generation cellular systems included ITU IMT/UMTS. The
     conference also accepts progress on IST European Commission funded
     research projects.

     Radio interface design, adaptive antennas and arrays and indoor
     propagation, measurement and predictions also will be considered. A
     growing number of digital devices inside homes and the application
     of Ultra Wide Band, as well as Spectrum efficiency and low power
     consumption including low cost and secure wireless personal access
     are some of the areas to be considered in this conference.

     In the last few years with the development of digital technologies,
     satellites have also emerged in the forefront of multimedia
     delivery techniques. From using current digital broadcast systems
     for web access to developing sophisticated platform for integrated
     services. Satellite networking is now a well-established solution
     for the broadband needs of the new millennium.

     MWCN 2002 is a forum for researchers to discuss and present their
     recent results and discovery. Topics of interest include but are
     not limited to the following:

     Management
     - Resource and Information Management
     Architecture
     - Convergence of Fixed and Mobile Devices
     - Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications
     Security
     - Security in Mobile Networks
     QoS
     - Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning
     - End-to-end Quality of Service
     Mobility Support
     - Handoff Algorithms
     - IP and Mobility
     - Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless
     Networks
     - Policy-based Mobility Management
     Applications
     - Personal Communications
     - Location and Context Management
     - Smart Media
     - Mobile Code
     - Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications
     Access
     - Wireless IP
     - Wireless Multimedia Services
     - Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
     - Multiple Access Technology
     - Broadband Wireless Access
     Networking
     - Wireless Personal Area Networks
     - Wireless Local Area Networks
     - Mobility and Nomadic Computing
     - Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols
     - Home Networking
     - Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet
     - Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing

     The official language of the conference for submission of a paper
     and or an extended abstract and view graphs is English. This
     conference will identify the theoretical and actual problems that
     face designers of today's complex problems associated with mobile
     and wireless communications networks. The participants will show
     test results of experiments from building prototype systems,
     explore modelling and simulation tools as well as analytical
     methodologies and techniques for dealing with wireless systems. The
     objective of this event is to foster the exchange of information
     among researchers in this fast-moving field.

     The program will include presentations by distinguished
     researchers, speaking on recent advances in theory and practice.
     This conference also intends to bring together various mobile and
     wireless network systems developers to discuss the current status,
     technical challenges, standards, fundamental issues, and future
     services and applications in the form of workshops, business
     applications sessions and tutorials. It is also intended to provide
     a timely forum for exploratory research and practical contributions
     from North America, Europe, The Middle East, and the Far East.

     The first MWCN 97 took place at Sorbonne University, Paris, France
     May 12-15, 1997. The MWCN 2000 took place at the Cite des Sciences,
     La Villette, Paris, France May 16-17, 2000. The MWCN 2001 was held
     in Recife, Brazil during August 2001. MWCN'2002 event will be held
     in Stockholm Sweden and MWCN 2003 will be held in Singapore.

     Important Dates
     Deadline for submitting an extended abstract: May 15, 2002
     Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2002
     Papers received in camera ready form to MWCN 2001: July 20, 2002
     Conference Date and place: September 9, 10 and 11, 2002, Stockholm,
     Sweden
     All submissions should be sent to

     Technical Program Chair
     Professor Mario Gerla
     mwcn@cs.ucla.edu


     Conference Chair
     Dr. Claes Beckman
     Director KTH Centre for Wireless Systems,
     Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
     claes.beckman@wireless.kth.se


     Conference Technical Program Chair
     Professor Mario Gerla
     University of California Los Angeles
     gerla@cs.ucla.edu


     Tutorials
     Proposals for Tutorials on interested topics on mobile and wireless
     communications networks are accepted after review.


     Panels and Workshops
     Proposals for Panels and Workshops on the above topics or other
     related topics are welcome. For information on submitting papers
     and proposals for workshops, panels, and tutorials to this
     conference, please contact:

     Tutorial, Workshop, Panel Chair
     Dr. Guy Omidyar Director, International Relations Office
     Center for Wireless Communications, National University of
     Singapore
     gomidyar@cwc.nus.edu.sg


     Guidelines for Submission
     Papers are invited on the conference theme and related topics.
     Please submit extended abstracts, which after acceptance need to be
     expanded to full papers including figures. Accepted formats include
     Microsoft Word, PostScript and PDF. The submission of papers could
     follow the same format as stated in the IEEE ComSoc publication
     form www.comsoc.org. Authors must state that their paper have
     neither been published before nor currently being submitted
     elsewhere. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150
     words, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the lead
     author's postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail.
     The language of the conference is English and papers must be in
     this language. Accepted papers will also be distributed on the
     conference's Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences proceedings from
     Springer and or CD-ROMs. All submissions should be sent to:

     Technical Program Chair
     Professor Mario Gerla
     mwcn@cs.ucla.edu

     Technical Scientific Program Committee
     Hossam Afifi, INT, France
     Khaldoun Al Agha, University of Paris XI, France
     Hamid Aghvami, Kings College of London, UK
     John Anderson, Lund University, Sweden
     Olga Casals, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
     Colin Chandler, Qualcomm Europe, France
     Francois Chin, Centre for Wireless Communications, NUS, Singapore
     Markus Endler, IME/USP, Brazil
     Serge Fdida, Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6, France
     Afonso Ferreira, CNRS INRIA, France
     Adolf Finger, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
     Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA
     Mohammed Ghanbari, University of Essex, UK
     Martin Haardt, ILmendu University of Technology, Germany
     Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA
     Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK
     Jamshid Khun Jush, Ericsson, Germany
     Theo Kanter, Ericsson Research, Sweden
     Parviz Kermani, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
     Witold Krzymien, TRLabs, Canada
     Xavier Lagrange, ENST Bretagne, France
     Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University, HK
     Antonio A.F. Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
     Gerald Q. Maguire, Jr., KTH, Wireless Center, Sweden
     Gerard Maral, ENST, Site de Toulouse, France
     Jon W. Mark, University of Waterloo, Canada
     Geraldo Robson Mateus, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
     Marie-Jose Montpetit, Nokia, USA
     Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
     Guy Omidyar, Centre for Wireless Communications, NUS, Singapore
     Elena Pagani, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy
     Kaveh Pahlavan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
     Gregory P. Pollini, Telecordia, USA
     Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark
     Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France
     Christopher Rose, Associate Director, Rutgers WINLAB, USA
     Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
     Fabrizio Sestini, European Commission, Belgium
     Jan Slavik, TESTCOM, Czech Republic
     Elvino S. Sousa, University of Toronto, Canada
     Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland
     Sumei Sun, Centre for Wireless Communications, NUS, Singapore
     Tjeng. T. Tjhung, Centre for Wireless Communications, NUS,
     Singapore
     Branimir Vojcic, George washington University, USA
     Ivan Vukovic, Motorola, USA
     Adam Wolisz, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany


     Local Organizing Committee
     Anna Almlöw, anna.almlow@wireless.kth.se
     KTH Center for Wireless Systems
     Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden


     Steering Committee
     Guy Omidyar, CWC-NUS, Singapore (Chair)
     Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA
     Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France
     Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

     Link to MWCN'2001 at:
     http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~mwcn2001/principal.htm
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