IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2004-Fall
"Wireless Technologies for Global Security"
September 26-29, 2004
Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel
Los Angeles, CA


Call for Papers

The IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and The Aerospace Corporationinvite
you to participate in our fall international conference in exciting Los
Angeles, California, U.S.A. This will be the 60th Vehicular Technology
Conference, and with over 40 countries represented, it is sure to be one of
the best.

The VTC 2004­Fall Conference provides a forum for communications, sensor,
and power experts to exchange ideas and to discuss their work. The focus is
on wireless tech- nologies and systems for global security and protection
against all threats. In addition to over 500 technical papers and posters,
there will be a variety of excellent tutorials, panels, exhibits, and
special topics. A plenary session, luncheons, and dinner banquet will
feature guest visionary speakers from industry, academia, and government.

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts describing original
research results, innovative applications, and experimental or demonstrative
test results in the technology fields of wireless and mobile communications,
digital signal processing, power-efficient systems, and sensor technologies.

Technical Subject Areas
1. Antennas and Propagation: Smart antennas, Channel modeling, 
   Prediction tools, Indoor propagation 
2. Wireless Access: Spread-spectrum, OFDM, Multi-carrier modulation, 
   Medium access control protocols, Channel assignment/reservation schemes
3. Transmission Technology: Modulation, Source/Channel coding, 
   Equalization, Synchronization, Multi-user detection, Software radio, 
   Transceiver Design, Transmit diversity, MIMO systems
4. Multimedia, Networks and Systems: Mobile multimedia, QoS assurance, 
   Ad-hoc networks, Mobile navigation networks, Wireless ATM/e-commerce,
   Enhanced mobility IP, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, Wireless security
5. Wireless Personal Communication Systems: 3.5G/4G technologies,
   Broadband mobile systems, LMDS, Cellular technology, Location techniques,
   Systems integration issues, Public safety systems
6. Digital Signal Processing for Wireless Applications: Space-time processing,
   Adaptive DSP techniques for beam forming applications/noise/interference 
   cancellation, Diversity and combining algorithms, Mobile computing techniques
7. EMC issues for Wireless and Mobile Network: Spurious emission and RFI,
   Spectrum engineering, EMC management, EMC testing and instrumentation
8. Mobile Satellite Systems: Mobile-satellite communications and networks, 
   GPS for navigation communications, LEO/MEO/GEO systems
9. GPS Technologies and User Equipments for Mobile Communications:
   E911 and cellular/PCS, Indoor GPS, new GPS signals and users equipments,
   GPS aiding for cellular/PCS, Low power GPS receivers
10. Modeling and Simulation: End-to-end system modeling and performance
    evaluation, Analysis of mobile systems, RFI analysis
11. Wireless Sensors and Data Fusion: Microminiature proliferated sensor 
    systems, Data relay schemes, Sensor data exploitation and fusion
12. Power Systems: Vehicle power system, Battery, Solar cells, 
    On-board power, Fuel Cells


Important Dates

Nov. 1, 2003    First date for submission of abstracts (Authors MUST
		submit the short AND extended abstracts at the SAME time) 
March 6, 2004 	Last date for submission of abstracts, and
		proposals for tutorials and panel sessions
May 16, 2004	Notification of acceptance
July 3, 2004	Last date for submission of camera-ready version of 
		accepted papers

Paper Submission Guidelines
Authors MUST submit an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) at the SAME time of
their short abstract submission (approx. 150 words). Summaries must be
submitted electronically by March 6, 2004, via the conference Web site:
http://www.aero.org/conferences/vtc2004fall. The submission must include the
name, complete mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, the designation
number of the technical subject area of the paper and the email address of
the author(s).

Panel Sessions & Tutorials
Proposals for Tutorials and Panel Sessions are also being solicited.
Tutorials (half-day or full-day sessions) are intended to provide in-depth
learning on a specific topic of interest to the participants. Panel sessions
are 90 minutes long. They present leaders in a partic- ular area discussing
a topic of interest to the attendees of VTC 2004­Fall. There is usually
significant audience participation in Panel sessions. Proposals for
Tutorials and Panel sessions should consist of a 250 word summary, a 100
word abstract, and a cover page listing the details of the author(s) as
given above.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions of company products are solicted for the Technical Subject Areas. 
Interested parties should contact the Financial Chair:
Sam Lim, 310.336.0669
vtc2004fall-financial@aero.org


General Chairs
    Dr. Sumner S. Matsunaga,
    The Aerospace Corporation 
    vtc2004fall-general@aero.org 
    310.336.0669

    Dr. Martin S. Roden, Professor,
    California State University Los Angeles 
    vtc2004fall-general@aero.org 
    323.343.4485 

Technical Program Chair
    Dr. Tien M. Nguyen,
    The Aerospace Corporation 
    vtc2004fall-technical@aero.org 
    310.336.0243 



For more information visit the conference Web site

at:http://www.aero.org/conferences/vtc2004fall