Topics

1. Wireless Radio Technologies

  • modulation, coding, diversity
  • information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications
  • interference characterization and avoidance
  • cognitive radio, multi user detection
  • ultra-wide bandwidth communication
  • wireless MAC protocols: design, capacity and analysis;
  • security and safety with wireless systems
  • wireless multicasting & routing
  • localization for wireless networks
  • antenna design and simulation
  • ultra low power designs, incl. energy harvesting
  • analytical, simulation, or experimental systems
  • test-bed and prototype implementation for wireless
  • commissioning, analyzing and monitoring of distributed wireless networks
  • regulations & spectrum management
  • standardization & harmonization
  • RFID & NFC
  • new development for LTE, 5G, NB-IOT IEEE802.15.4 & ZigBee
  • DECT & DECT ULE
  • IPv6 for Wireless, 6LoWPAN
  • narrowband long range technologies, like SigFox, Weightless, LoRa, LoRaWAN

2. Wireless Network Architectures

  • proxies and middleware for wireless networks
  • service oriented architectures, service portability
  • QoS support, middleware
  • innovative user interfaces, peer-to-peer services for multimedia
  • dynamic services, autonomic services
  • AAA, application-oriented network management
  • monitoring, intrusion detection and intrusion prevention
  • personalization, service discovery, profiles and profiling

3. Advanced IoT Applications and Services

  • emerging wireless/mobile applications
  • multimedia & SIP based service
  • context and location-aware wireless services and applications
  • wireless for telemedicine, and e-health services
  • wireless for intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
  • including Car-2-Car- and Car-2-X-communication
  • wireless for smart meter and smart grid
  • wireless for smart home and smart building applications
  • integration of sensor-actuator-networks into Cloudbased services
  • industrial applications (Industry 4.0)
  • application layers for wireless networks
  • wireless for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications
  • cognitive radio and sensor-based applications
  • wireless for emergency and security systems
  • Business process for wireless applications and services
  • Business models for wireless applications and services