IST Mobile & Wireless
Communications Summit 2003
15-18 june 2003
Aveiro Purtugal
The IST program is highly committed to the goal of pushing the
development of a global wireless information society, and the spirit of
the Summit is intended to reflect this will, aiming consequently to be a
forum where innovative and alternative solutions and respective results
will be presented and discussed.
2003 is a corner year for the IST Summit. At the EC level it marks the
transition from the 5th to the 6th Framework programme and is
consequently at the exact time frame to have a critical assessment of
what has been done and what is expected. At a more general level, by this
time commercial UMTS systems will already be in operation, and thus 2003
and the Summit will be a place to analyse the birth difficulties and
extract the lessons for the future. For these reasons, a synergy of
academia, research centers and industry from Europe, Asia and Americas is
expected so that the different achievements, views and forecasts can be
presented and compared.
The event will take place in Aveiro, Portugal, a small sized town center
of a touristic region, with a high commitment in the development of the
digital city concept.
The objective of this annual conference is to provide a major forum for
the dissemination of the results of the European Research Initiatives
towards Personal and Wireless Mobile Communication Systems and Networks,
including their Terrestrial and Satellite components.
The Mobile / Wireless Communications has been in the recent years one of
the most dynamic sectors of activity in telecommunications. Its current
rate of development is astounding and mobile communications will be
undoubtedly a key component for the deployment of the so-called
"information society". As documented in the previous Summits, the current
(IST) and previous EU RTD Programmes (RACE, ACTS), have played a critical
role on worldwide technology developments. Critical mass of RTD, together
with a consensus building approach, an early identification of the
spectrum requirements and a close articulation with policy objectives,
have led to the establishment of European standards which are today
adopted by a majority of countries world wide (e.g. GSM, UMTS, DVB).
Research at EU level has catalysed the introduction of a wide range of
digital services delivered through a variety of wireless platforms,
optimised for different users, services and environments, with different
business models, evolution perspectives and maturity status.
In the future ahead, the R&D effort will continue at a sustained pace, to
realise the full evolution potential of the various wireless systems, to
catalyse the emergence of new fields of applications and to optimise
co-operation and inter-working of a multiplicity of wireless access
systems in a variety of environments, thus optimising the delivery of
services in a context-aware manner. Examples include mobile-broadcasting
integration in both the terrestrial and space sectors, and cellular-WLAN
integration. This in turn requires the optimisation of the use of the
available spectrum through dynamic spectrum allocation/utilisation
(leading eventually to spectrum sharing), increasing use of unlicensed
bands and service convergence across different regulatory domains.
Reconfigurability cuts across all types of radio systems enabling the
integration on demand of many systems in the same platform.
Reconfigurability is expected to play a critical role by increasing
flexibility, reducing deployment as well as operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs; creating new business opportunities and new jobs;
facilitating soft upgrades and personalisation.
Because of the dominant role of Internet, and of the foreseen
proliferation of IP-enabled devices, optimised support of IP is on the
critical path for the evolution (and integration) of a variety of
wireless systems. Many aspects of the wireless-Internet have been
addressed in the context of the IST Programme, however many new
challenges were identified notably in terms of resource management,
mobile IP, QoS, security/privacy, etc.
Submission Deadlines
Draft Camera Ready Full Paper submission: 31th January of 2003
Notification of Acceptance: 15th March of 2003
Final Camera-Ready Paper Due: 30th April of 2003
Submission Guidelines
Potential authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 4000
words (about 5 pages) in PDF format using the electronic
submission procedure to be indicated in the web page.
Authors are invited to submit papers containing
original results in all areas of wireless personal
communication systems and networks. Potential topics
include, but are not limited to, the technical subject
categories listed below:
4G systems and networks
IMT2000 (UMTS, CDMA2000, ?)
UMTS Evolution
Satellite networks
Experiments, trials & deployment
High Altitude Platforms
Applications & Services
Localization Technologies and Services
Coding & modulation
Equalization & synchronization
Digital audio & video broadcasting
Smart adaptive antennas
Multiple access techniques
Multicarrier CDMA
Ultra Wideband
Mobile multimedia
Mobile computing
Mobile Internet
Network protocols
Novel network & switching architecture
Radio resource management
Security & privacy
QoS Issues
Wireless IP
Wireless LAN
Wireless local loop
Antenna and RF subsystems Wireless propagation
Heterogeneous Networks
Reconfigurable Mobile Systems and networks
Committees
Chairmain
Mr. Vasco Lagarto
Instituto Telecomunicações - Pólo de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Tel +351 234 377900 - Fax +351 234 377901
email: lagarto@av.it.pt
Technical Chairmain
Prof. A. Gameiro
Instituto Telecomunicações - Pólo de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Tel +351 234 377900 - Fax +351 234 377901
email: atilio@av.it.pt
EC Representative
Mr B. Arroyo
European Comission, DG INFSO-E4
Tel: +32 2 296 3592 - Fax: +32 2 296 2178
email: Bartolome.Arroyo-Fernandez@cec.eu.int
Local Organization Committee
Mr F.Silva
Mr R. Aguiar
Mr P.Silva
Mrs Sandra Corujo
Instituto Telecomunicações - Pólo de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Tel +351 234 377900 - Fax +351 234 377901
Conference E-mail
email: mobilesummit2003@av.it.pt
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