Topics of interests

We therefore invite for review submissions of up to 1-page abstracts of technical presentations targeting, but not limited to the following topics:

1. Network Planning and Optimization

• Automatic planning and optimization methods for UMTS/HSPA/LTE/LTE-A/WiFi/WiMAX and hybrid radio networks
• New system simulation and performance evaluation methods
• Indoor/outdoor radio propagation models and scenarios
• The use of measurements in radio network planning and optimisation
• MIMO measurements scenarios
• Network performance study using MIMO and smart antennas
• Automatic configuration algorithms of femtocells
• Mobility management in femto/macrocell scenarios
• Interference analysis in femto/macrocell scenarios
• Indoor radio network planning and optimization (repeaters, DAS, picocells and femtocells) methods and tools
• Heterogeneous wireless networks (UMTS/HSPA/LTE/WiFi/WiMAX/DVB) planning and optimization
• CRRM/JRRM in heterogeneous wireless networks
• Radio resource management (RRM)
• Dynamic frequency allocation and spectrum sharing techniques
• Radio network planning and optimization reference scenarios
• UMTS/HSPA/WiMAX pre-launch and post-launch optimization
• Self-optimization and self-healing in LTE networks
• Cooperative relay in UMTS/HSPA/LTE and WiMAX networks
• Wireless mesh network planning and optimization methods and tools
• Transmission and core network dimensioning to account for HSPA and femtocell traffic
• Traffic modeling and real network traffic scenarios

2. Future Wireless Communication

• HSPA/HSPA+/LTE and LTE advanced
• WiMAX and Wireless MAN
• Relay and cooperative communications
• Heterogeneous wireless networks
• Femtocells
• MIMO and smart antennas
• Cognitive radios
• Wireless mesh networks

Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the OPTNet workshop web page: http://www.cwind.org/OPTNet2011

Special Issues: (Not Confirmed)

The authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit their works to Special Issue of

• EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communication and Networking (Hindawi)
• Computer Communications (Elsevier)
• Telecommunication Systems (Springer)

Important Dates

Abstract submission due: 15 August 2011