September 6, 2011 – The IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), an event dedicated to terrestrial communications advances, has announced September 12 as its Call for Papers deadline for the upcoming international conference to be held April 1 – 4, 2012 in Paris, France.

Hosted by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), IEEE WCNC 2012 is “devoted to providing global industry professionals, academics and government agencies with the ideal forum for exploring the latest advances in digital cellular, PCS, vehicle-to-vehicle, multimedia and wireless networking technologies,” described organizers.

“The legendary scenic and artistic beauty of Paris will offer a spectacular backdrop for IEEE WCNC 2012,” said professor Hikmet Sari, general chair of the conference. “It will also supply a magnificent atmosphere for profiling the latest visionary research, services and applications that are actively reshaping our businesses, entertainment and social practices worldwide.”

In addition to the presentation of technical papers, tutorials, workshops and business panels, IEEE WCNC 2012 will feature keynote speeches by several international telecommunications experts, such as: Gee Rittenhouse, vice president of Bell Labs Research; Siavash Alamouti, group R&D director of Vodafone; Thomas Sälzer, director R&D of Huawei Technologies France; and Andrea Goldsmith, professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.

CLICK HERE for more proposal submission guideline and conference details. Potential Call for Papers topics include, but are not limited to:

• PHY and Fundamental Track: Interference Characterization; Cognitive Radio, Ultra-Wideband; Multihop and Cooperative Communications; Modulation Coding & Diversity; Equalization, Synchronization & Channel Estimation; Channel Modeling and Characterization; Space-time Coding, MIMO & Adaptive Antennas; OFDM, CDMA, Spread Spectrum; Signal Processing for Wireless Communications; Iterative Techniques; Interference Cancellation & MultiUser Detection; Information-theoretic Aspects of Wireless Communications; and Propagation Models for High-Frequency Channels.

• MAC & Cross-Layer Design Track: Multiple Access Techniques; Cognitive and Cooperative MAC; Collaborative Algorithms; MAC for Mesh, Ad Hoc, Relay & Sensor Networks; Network Information Theory; Radio Resource Management and Allocation, Scheduling; Cross-Layer Design, Cross-Layer Security; Adaptability & Reconfigurability; Software Defined Radio; RFID; Wireless MAC Protocols, Design & Analysis; QoS Provisioning in MAC; and B3G/4G Systems.

• Mobile & Wireless Networks Track: Localization for Wireless Networks; Network Estimation & Processing Techniques; Mesh, Relay, Sensor & Ad Hoc Networks; Mobility, Location and Handoff Management; Mobile & Wireless IP; Wireless Multicasting & Routing; Multimedia QoS and Traffic Management; Wireless Broadcast, Multicast & Streaming; Congestion & Admission Control; Performance of E2E Protocols Over Wireless Networks; Proxies & Middleware for Wireless Networks; Interworking Heterogeneous Wireless/Wireline; and Networks; Capacity Throughput Outage Coverage.

• Services, Applications & Business Track: Emerging Wireless/Mobile Applications; Content & Location-aware Wireless Services & Applications; Wireless Telemedicine & e-Health Services; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Cognitive Radio and Sensor-based Applications; Content Distribution in Wireless Home Environments; Wireless Emergency & Security Systems; SIP-based Services, Multimedia, QoS Support & Middleware; Innovative User Interfaces & P2P Services for Multimedia; and Regulations, Standards & Spectrum Management: Test-bed & Prototype Implementation of Wireless Services; and Personalization, Service Discovery, Profiles and Profiling.