EW2004
			The 5th European Wireless Conference
			Mobile and Wireless Systems beyond 3G

				http://www.ac.upc.es/EW2004 

				February 24-27, 2004
		Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) - Barcelona, Spain

CONFERENCE SCOPE

In order to be able to be connected anywhere and at anytime a seamless access
to the various access technologies is needed providing the adequate QoS to 
diverse applications. 

The 5th European Wireless Conference focuses on technologies, protocols, 
services and applications that will enable a full seamless and nomadic user 
access to new classes of person to person, device to device and device 
to person applications.

TOPICS

Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research are solicited. 
Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Adaptive Antennas
* Base Station Technology
* Indoor Channel Modeling( Wave Propagation and Measurements
* Integration of Radio Localization Systems into Wireless User Terminals
* Integration of Terrestrial and Satellite Networks
* Interference Mitigation and Management Techniques
* Power and Interference Control
* Power Management for small terminals
* Protocols for Air Interfaces and Networks
* Short Range Communication Systems
* Signal Processing Techniques for Communications
* Analysis( Simulation and Measurements of Mobile and Wireless Systems
* High Altitude Platforms and Satellites
* Internetworking between Different Access Technologies
* Mobile Agents
* Mobile and Wireless Applications
* Mobility Management
* Multiple Access Schemes
* Positioning 
* QoS in Mobile and Wireless Networks
* Routing in Ad hoc Networks
* Security and robustness in wireless networks
* Sensor Network Planning and Deployment
* Wireless Ad hoc Networks
* Wireless LANs

PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Papers for the conference should be written in English and with a limit of 12 double 
spaced pages.

All paper submissions will be handled electronically, following the instructions at:

		http://www.ac.upc.es/EW2004

All papers will be reviewed by the program committee members.
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. 

IMPORTANT DATES

Full papers due:			September 10th 2003
Notification of Acceptance:		November 14th 2003
Camera Ready due:			December 12th 2003

GENERAL CHAIR: 
Olga Casals, (Technical University of Catalonia, UPC, Spain)
Jorge Garcia-Vidal (Technical University of Catalonia, UPC, Spain)

STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR: 
Bernhard Walke (Aachen University of Technology, Germany)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
Miguel A. Lagunas (CTTC, Spain)
Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens, Greece)

TUTORIAL CHAIR:
Jorge García-Vidal (UPC, Spain)

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS:
Carles Antón (CTTC, Spain)
Jose M. Barceló (UPC, Spain)
Llorenç Cerdà (UPC, Spain)

EW2004 CONTACT
e-mail: ew2004@ac.upc.es

FINANCE CHAIR
Volker Schanz, VDE/ITG, Germany

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
VDE-Conference Department
Stresemannallee 1560596 Frankfurt-Main
Germany
Phone: +49-69-6308-202	Fax:     +49-69-97315213
e-mail: vde-conferences@vde.com
URL: www.vde.com