Call for Papers

1999 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (ICPWC'99)

February 17-19, 1999,  Jaipur, India


Sponsored by IEEE AES/COM/LEOS India Council Chapter and University of Victoria
In Cooperation with:  IEEE Region 10, IEEE India Council, IETE (India), IEEE Communications Society, Dept. of Electronics, Govt. of India, and Delft University of Technology

It is our pleasure to invite you to the Fourth IEEE International  Conference on Personal Wireless Communications, to be held in Jaipur,  India.  Jaipur is the capital of the Province of Rajasthan and along with  New Delhi (280 Km) and the home of the fabled Tai Mahal-Agra (220 Km),  forms the golden triangle for travelers to India.  The climate in February will be warm and comfortable.

It is estimated that 40% to 60% of the future telephones in India will be based on wireless technologies, not including the demands from mobile communications.  Their successful deployment will require the cooperation
of a host of players such as wireline, wireless and satellite providers, manufactures and researchers.  Therefore the scope of ICPWC'99 encompasses but is not limited to:

 * Narrow-/Broadband Mobile Radio
 * RF and Spectrum Issues
 * Wireless Local Loop:  LMDS/LMCS, MMDS
 * Coding, Modulation and Equalization
 * Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications
 * Wireless Network Architectures
 * CDMA and Related Techniques
 * Adaptive and Intelligent Antennas
 * Internet and IP for Wireless
 * IMT - 2000/UMTS
 * Fixed and Mobile Convergence
 * Software Radios

In addition to technical presentations, panel discussions and pre-conference short courses by leading authorities in the field are planned.  Please submit a 400-500 word summary by September 15, 1998 to:

 Dr. Kumar Sivarajan
 Indian Institute of Science
 Electrical Communications Engineering Dept.
 Bangalore, India  560 012
 Tel: +91-80-309-2658
 Fax: +91-80-334-7991
 e-mail:  kumar@ece.iisc.ernet.in

Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent by October 15, 1998.
Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE in the conference
Proceedings.  A camera-ready version of the paper must be received by
November 30, 1998.

Corporations desiring to sponsor conference exhibition:  please read the ICPWC'99 Patron Program on the World-Wide Web or contact any one of the following

Dr. Vijay K. Bhargava     Dr. Ram Gopal Gupta
Dept. of Elec. & comp. Eng.    Dept. of Electronics, Govt. of India
University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055   6 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
Victoria, BC, Canada  V8W 3P6    New Delhi  110 003 India
Tel: +1-250-721-8617     Tel: +91-11-436-3095
Fax: +1-250-721-6048     Fax: +91-11-436-3079
e-mail:  bhargava@ece.uvic.ca    e-mail:  guptarg@xm.doe.ernet.in
 

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