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September 7 - 10, 2009
Hotel Metropolitan Sendai, Sendai, Japan http://www.wpmcsymposium.org/ Sponsors National Institute of Information and Communications Technology YRP R&D Promotion Committee

*** Submission Deadline: February 27, 2009 *** ======================================================================================================
You are cordially invited to submit full papers (5 page maximum), or proposal on tutorials to the 12th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'09), to be held in Sendai in September 2009.
Please visit and bookmark; http://www.wpmcsymposium.org/

Conference Date: September 7 - 10, 2009
Place: Hotel Metropolitan Sendai, 1-1-1, Chuo, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8477, Japan

Papers Submission
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Prospective authors are requested to submit full papers (A4, 5 pages maximum) in English with your contact information.
Detailed submission process will appear shortly on the conference web page.
http://www.wpmcsymposium.org/

Important Dates
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**Paper Submission: February 27, 2009**
**Tutorial Proposal Submission: February 27, 2009** Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2009 Camera Ready Submission: June 19, 2009


Symposium Scope
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Air-Interface Technologies
* Techniques for Capacity and Range Extension
* Opportunistic and Cognitive Radios
* MIMO Techniques and Smart Adaptive Antennas
* Radio Propagation

Wireless Networks
* Convergence of Networks and Future Network Topologies
* Co-Operative Communications
* Radio Resource Management and Spectrum Policies & Management
* Trustworthy Networks, Privacy and Security Models

Applications and Services
* Experiments, Trials and Development
* SDR and Other Implementation Technologies
* Location Based Services and Positioning
* Mobile Multimedia and Mobile TV
* Wellness and Healthcare

Systems and Regulation
* Mobile Cellular Systems Future Development
* IEEE 802 Systems Evolution
* Spectrum Policies, Sharing and Coexistence
* Mobile Multimedia Satellite Systems
* Harmonization and Systems Coexistence


General Chair
Fumiyuki Adachi, Tohoku University, Japan

TPC Co-Chairs
Asia Pacific: Iwao Sasase, Keio University, Japan
Americas: Uma Jha, Qualcomm, USA
Europe: Matti Latva-aho, CWC, Oulu University, Finland

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WPMC 2009 Symposium Secretariat
wpmc2009@ilcc.com