Call for Papers & Tutorials
2011 Symposium and Summer
School on Wireless Communications
June 1-3, 2011

Sponsored by:
Wireless at Virginia Tech, Continuing and Professional Education, and the following Industrial Affiliate Companies:

APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY • HARRIS CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS • SAMSUNG • SRC, INC. • TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES
THALES COMMUNICATIONS • ZETA ASSOCIATES

On June 1-3, 2011, Wireless @ Virginia Tech will host its annual symposium and summer school on wireless communications
on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA. Both university and industry partners will present oral presentations, poster
sessions, and tutorials. The tutorial schedule will include 10-12 tutorials on a wide spectrum of wireless communication
technologies. Authors are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations and tutorials. Papers not accepted as oral presen-
tations may be accepted as poster presentations. Abstracts for oral presentations should describe original work, and propos-
als for tutorials should include a description of the tutorial and material to be distributed to participants. The following topics or
related areas will be considered for presentation:

Antennas and Propagation
Channel Measurements
Channel Modeling
Cognitive Radio/Networks
Collaborative Radio
Cross Layer Optimization
Femtocell Deployment
Game Theory Analysis
Hybrid Wireless/Fiber Optic/Powerline Systems
Interference Cancellation
Land Mobile Radio
MEMS
MIMO
Network Protocol Design
Networking
Position Location
Radio Resource Management
Reconfigurable Computing
RF Circuit Design
RF Material-Characterization
RF Systems
Satellite Systems
Security
Sensor Networking
Simulation Tools
Smart Antennas and Diversity Schemes
Software Radio
UWB
VLSI Implementation
Wearable Computing and Communications

Abstracts and tutorial proposals should be limited to 500 words. They must be submitted electronically and must include the
title, author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Submit all materials to: Ms. Jenny Frank, Confer-
ence Coordinator, email: mprg@vt.edu. Additional questions should be directed to the conference coordinator via email, or
telephone at 540-231-2971. Symposium information, including the author’s kit, will be posted to the web site at www.wireless.vt.edu
as plans are finalized.
Important Deadlines
Abstracts & Tutorial proposals due - January 14, 2011
Notification of acceptance - February 14, 2011
Camera-ready manuscripts due - April 18, 2011
Author’s registration deadline - April 29, 2011
General Co-Chairs
Tamal Bose
tbose@vt.edu
Jeffrey Reed
reedjh@vt.edu
Technical Program Chair
William Davis
wadavis@vt.edu
Tutorials Chair
T. Charles Clancy
tcc@vt.edu
Conference Coordinator
Jenny Frank
mprg@vt.edu