The conference attracted 200 delegates from 28 countries. Besides India, a large number of delegates originated from the United States, Korea, Germany, Japan and Finland. A total of 110 papers were selected for presentation at the conference. These were grouped in sessions entitled: Secure and Reliable Wireless Communications; Comparison of Cellular Systems; Wireless Data Networks; CDMA; Random Access Packet Radio Networks; System Evolution; Personal Communications Networks; Wireless Local Loops;Mobile Computing; Multi-Carrier and Wideband CDMA; Mobile Satellite Systems; Power Control; IMT-2000/UMTs; Smart Antennas; Code Acquisition and Tracking; Mobility Management; Interference Suppression; RF and Transmitter/Receiver Design; MAC and Channel Assignment; Handover Algorithms; Modulation and Coding; Signal Processing.
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The next ICPWC is scheduled to be held during February 1999 in the fabled pink city of Jaipur, India. Details may be found on the conference web site located at: http://www.citr.ece.uvic.ca/icpwc99