The IEEE international Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET) will be held at Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai-603110, India, from March 22 to 24, 2017, under the theme "Advancement in Information Communication towards the creation of smart world".

All the accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore. Selected Papers that receive high review scores will be recommended for possible publication in SCI indexed international journals.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Track 1: Antennas and propagation, Communication theory and information theory

MIMO and multi-antenna communications

Underlay/overlay systems

Error control coding including turbo codes, LDPC and iterative decoding

Multiuser, network, massive and distributed MIMO systems

Cooperative communications and relaying

Fundamental limits, information theory for wireless

Multiple access schemes, multiuser detection

Interference mitigation and management

Communication with limited feedback, Precoding and scheduling

Space-time coding and processing, Interference alignment techniques

Wireless Communications Powered by Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer

Spread spectrum systems: UWB, CDMA,MC CDMA, MC DS CDMA

Information theory

Adaptive modulation and coding

Network coding

Spectrum sensing & dynamic spectrum access

Detection, equalization, synchronization, estimation

Performance analysis, field tests and measurements

Resource allocation and interference management

Satellite and high altitude platforms

Antennas and propagation

Localization techniques

Physical layer security

Advanced Multicarrier waveforms: beyond OFDM and filterbank-based schemes

Radio over fiber techniques

Wireless channel modelling

Gigabit wireless communications for 5G

Millimeter wave and visible light communications

Cognitive wireless networks

PHY layer design for cellular, wireless LAN, ad hoc, and sensor networks

Energy efficient PHY layer design, energy harvesting

Over-the-air testing

Cross-layer air interface design

Ultra wideband, mmWave, and sub-THz communications

Information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications

Concepts for 5G and future PMR/PPDR broadband systems

Signal processing for wireless communications

Next generation M2M communications for internet of things



Track 2: Networking, protocols, cognitive radio, wireless sensor networks, services and applications

Ad-hoc and mesh networks

Cognitive radio networking

Software defined networking

Radio resource management and interference control

ICT applications in smart cities and smart grid

Homeland security and military communications

Mobile Internet

Wireless sensor networks

Self-organisation

Cross layer design

Wireless routing techniques

Mobility management

Green networking and Energy harvesting

Innovative services and applications

Implementation concepts and test beds

Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication

Delay tolerant networks

Heterogeneous and small cell networks

Traffic control and engineering

Optical wireless and visible light communications

End-to-End QoS and QoS provisioning

Cloud-based networking techniques (mobile cloud computing, Cloud-RAN)

Network virtualization

Networking techniques for mmWave

Vehicular Networks (VANETs)

Machine-to-machine communications and applications

Wireless MAC protocols for 5G: design, analysis, and optimization

Cognitive and cooperative MAC

MAC for mesh, ad hoc, relay, and sensor networks, Scheduling and radio resource management

Cross-layer MAC design, Software defined radio, RFID MAC, QoS support and energy efficient MAC

MAC protocol for energy harvesting wireless networks

MAC protocols for molecular and bacterial nano networks

MAC design for multi-tier cellular/small cell networks

Multiple access in machine-to-machine communications

MAC for cloud radio access networks (Cloud-RANs)

Wireless personal/body area networks (WPAN/WBAN) and Context awareness

Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Everthing (IoE)



Track 3: Security and Privacy

Authentication

Cryptanalysis

Digital Forensics

Cloud computing security

Threat Modelling

Cyber - physical security

Applied Cryptography

Data and application security

Embedded Systems Security

Intrusion Detection

Key Management

Wireless or mobile security and privacy in health, automotive, avionics, or smart grid applications

Access Control

Wireless and mobile privacy and anonymity

Mobile computing security

Secure localization and location privacy

Security Architectures

Security & Privacy for Smart Devices (e.g., Smartphones)

Security and privacy for mobile sensing systems

Trusted computing

Security solutions in VLSI



Track 4: Signal and Image Processing

Audio and acoustic signal processing

Multimedia signal processing

Bio-inspired image and signal processing

Nonlinear signal processing

Design and implementation of signal processing systems

Image Fusion

Speech processing

Image and video processing

Signal processing theory and methods

Sensor array, multichannel and communications signal processing

Machine learning

Signal processing for education

Medical image and signal processing

Signal processing applications

Compressive Sensing

VLSI signal processing