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************ CALL FOR PAPERS ******************
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3rd International Workshop on
Recent Advances in Broadband Access Networks

http://www.cs.tut.fi/RABAN/

3-5 October, 2012
St. Petersburg, Russia
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The rapid proliferation of wireless cellular systems over
the last decade has introduced fundamental changes to
”anytime, anywhere” Mobile Internet access, as well as posed
new challenges for the research community. The next generation
of broadband standards, such as 3GPP LTE-Advanced and IEEE
802.16m enhancements target aggressive improvements in all
aspects of wireless system design, including system capacity,
energy efficiency and quality of service. Promising next
generation technologies cover, for example, more advanced
antenna technologies on mobile platforms, advanced network
topologies, cross-layer and co-operative transmission
techniques.

The Workshop aims to bring together the researchers from
academia and the experts from industry to address recent
advances in the design, modeling, prototyping,
implementation, standardization, and deployment of broadband
wireless access networks. It is held in conjunction with the
4th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications
and Control Systems (ICUMT), St. Petersburg, Russia on
3-5th October, 2012.

Topics of the 3rd RABAN Workshop include, but not limited to,
the following:

* Cross-layer optimization concepts
* Energy efficiency and power management
* Co-operative techniques and traffic relaying
* Multi-access networks and multi-radio terminals
* Network cognition and self-configuration
* Multi-tier network technologies and architectures
* Mobile broadband traffic support
* Vehicular networks
* Client quality of experience enhancement
* Machine-to-machine communications
* Interference mitigation approaches
* Distributed antenna architectures
* Advanced MIMO techniques
* Channel estimation techniques and channel models
* Spectrum management and regulatory issues

Key dates for the 3rd RABAN Workshop are:
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Paper submission: 15 July 2012 (FINAL)
Notification of acceptance: 20 August 2012
Camera-ready version: 10 September 2012

Submission Instructions
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The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing
cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, previously unpublished and
complete research, not currently under review by another
conference or journal.

Papers in double column IEEE format must be submitted
electronically via the EDAS system
http://edas.info/N12537 and should
not exceed 8 pages. As more information becomes available, it
will be posted at the 3rd RABAN Workshop web page
http://www.cs.tut.fi/RABAN/.

Proceedings of the Workshop will be published in IEEE Xplore
and indexed in the relevant databases.

TPC Co-Chairs
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Nageen Himayat (Intel Corporation Santa Clara, USA)
Sergey Andreev (Tampere University of Technology, FINLAND)

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Please direct all correspondence to Sergey Andreev,
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Email: sergey.andreev@tut.fi
Tel: +358 44 329 4200.