Based on feedback from participants in last year’s event, this third annual conference will expand to include three tracks – one focused on SDR technologies, one focused on Cognitive Radio and Dynamic Spectrum Access technologies, and one focused on CR and SDR programs and requirements. The Wireless Innovation Forum invites you to submit a paper, presentation or tutorial abstract for any of these tracks on topic areas listed to the right.

Presentations will be 25 minutes in duration, including questions. Papers are optional at this event, but are strongly encouraged. Conference proceedings will be made available to attendees containing all presentation and tutorial materials and any associated papers. Proceedings will also be published online for future reference. Papers published in conference proceedings will be peer reviewed, and top papers for this event may be eligible for placement in a leading journal publication (details to be announced).

If your proposal is accepted, you will have the prestige of being chosen to present at this third annual event, and will receive a discount on the workshop fee, allowing you to fully participate in the workshop and network with partners, customers, and competitors.

Top papers will be included in (VLSI) Journal of Signal Processing Systems.


Topics

Proposals for each track must include an abstract, the author information, the topic area, and sufficient information to validate the quality and technical depth of the proposal. Topics include (but are not limited to):

Software Defined Radio Technologies, including:
RF Technology, Circuits, and Devices*
Baseband Signal Processing Technology and Devices*
Frameworks and Middleware*
Software Design
Software Communications Architecture
(SCA)
Firmware and other IP
Advanced Signal Processing*
Processing Platform and Programming models for SDR
Cross-Layer and Converged Processing*
Waveforms
- Multimode Terminal and Infrastructure Design
- Standards for Reconfigurable Radio and Supporting Components
- Certification, Validation, Testing and Tools*

Cognitive Radio Technologies, including:
Cognitive Engines
Policy Ontology and Language
Sensing and Awareness
Spectrum Etiquettes
Coexistence*
Spectrum and Resource Management*
White Space
Regulatory Considerations and Spectrum
Policy*

SDR and CR Programs, including:
Commercial Wireless
Defense
Public Safety
Satellite Communications
Automotive
Medical
Emerging Markets
Education in SDR and CR

*Indicates topic associated with The Wireless Innovation Forum’s “Top 10 Most Wanted Wireless Innovations” (http://groups.winnforum.org/d/do/5000), and will be given higher priority in paper selection.


Proposals for presentations from national research and development programs across Europe are especially welcome.

Submissions for SDR’12 – WInnComm – Europe are being processed by EDAS Conference Management System. If you have previously submitted a paper or abstract for other professional conferences, you probably already have an account on EDAS. If you do not have an account, create one at http://edas.info/ using your email address and a password. Then, go to http://edas.info/conference.php?c=11341 click the “Submit Paper” tab and submit your abstract or proposal -- be sure to select up to three “Topics” that would be appropriate for your submission. An acknowledgment of your submission will be sent from EDAS, and a notice regarding acceptance of your submission will be sent based on the schedule below.

Important Dates:

Abstracts Due for Presentations and Tutorials 20 January 2012
Abstracts Accepted Notification 24 February 2012
Draft Papers Due 13 April 2012
Paper Accepted Notification 4 May 2012
Final Papers and Presentations Due 18 May 2012