Emerging Areas in Wireless Communications Symposium

The Symposium on Emerging Areas in Wireless Communications aims at acting as a connection bridge between academia and industry interested in the developments of theory, technology, and applications related to wireless communications systems. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, which include but not limited to the following topics of interest:

Wireless physical security

Big data for wireless communications

Internet of things

Resource allocation and scheduling in wireless networks

Wireless communications for cloud computing

Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer

Coding, modulation, equalization, and synchronization

Space-time coding, MIMO, large scale antenna systems

Multi-access technologies (e.g., OFDMA, CDMA)

Channel measurement, modeling and characterization

Information-theoretic aspects in wireless communications

Power control, resource management

Interference management

Cooperative communications

Short range wireless communications (e.g., 60G, UWB)

Underwater acoustic communications

Molecular and nano-scale communications

Mobile cellular networks

Device-to-device, machine-to-machine networks

Cognitive radio networks

Home area networks

Wireless sensor networks

Integration of heterogeneous networks (e.g., cellular and WLAN, offloading)

Complex and self‐organizing networks (e.g., Internet of Things, Smart Grids)

Wireless traffic modeling and management

Security and privacy in wireless networks

Mobility, handoff, and location management

Modeling and performance analysis

Smartphone service and applications

Economic models and mechanisms in wireless communications

Wireless test-beds and implementations

Hardware design in wireless platforms

Emerging wireless standards

Mobile Big Data Special Session

Co-Chairs 

Shui Yu (Deakin University, Australia) 

Sihai Zhang (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

The Special Session on Mobile Big Data aims at acting as a connection bridge between academia and industry interested in the developments of theory, technology, and applications related to big data issues in mobile devices. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, which include but not limited to the following topics of interest:

Mobile Big Data Theory and Algorithms

Mobile Big Data Collection and Processing

Mobile User Behavior Modelling

Mobile Traffic Prediction

Mobile Positioning

Mobile Big Data Applications

Mobility Pattern Recognition and Prediction

Vehicle Trace Recognition

Big Data Aided Wireless Network Optimization