Scope

Cooperative communications, relaying and distributed MIMO have been recognized as key technologies for increasing the system capacity, enlarging the coverage area and enhancing the quality-of-service. Although the promises and potentials of these key technologies are apparent, realizing them gives rise to various challenges in PHY-, MAC-, and Network-layer. ACCORD'2014 will bring researchers and experts together to present and discuss the latest research contributions that address cooperative communications, relaying and distributed MIMO related issues and challenges, ranging from theory to practices, from architecture to algorithms. Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research are solicited. Topics include, but not limited to:

  • Cooperative multiple access technologies
  • Scheduling and resource management for cooperative wireless communications
  • Advanced relaying
  • Distributed MIMO and space-time coding for cooperative wireless communications
  • Network coding for cooperative wireless communications
  • QoS-driven resource allocation for cooperative wireless networks
  • Protocols and algorithms for cooperative wireless relay networks
  • Cross-layer design and optimization for cooperative wireless networks
  • Game theory for resource management in cooperative and distributed networks
  • Intelligent knowledge acquisition and information sharing in cooperative wireless networks
  • Satellite-terrestrial cooperative wireless networks
  • Cooperative communications in Standards

    Important Dates

    • Submission Deadline: December 15, 2013
    • Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2014
    • Author Registration: March 15, 2014
    • Final Manuscript: March 15, 2014
    • Conference Dates: July 2-4, 2014

    Workshop Co-Chairs
    Jyh-Horng Wen, Tunghai University, Taiwan
    E-mail: jhwen {at} thu.edu.tw
    Li-Chun Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
    E-mail: lichun {at} cc.nctu.edu.tw
    Shyue-Win Wei, National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan
    E-mail: will {at} ncnu.edu.tw

    Program Committee Members
    Sumei Sun, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
    Email: sunsm {at} i2r.a-star.edu.sg
    Hai Lin, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
    Email: hai.lin {at} ieee.org; lin {at} eis.osakafu-u.ac.jp
    Xianbin Wang, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
    Email: xianbin.wang {at} uwo.ca
    Dmitry Podkopaev, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
    Email: dmitry.podkopaev {at} gmail.com
    Alex Kuo, University Victoria, Canada
    Email: akuo {at} uvic.ca
    Kainam Thomas Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
    Email: ktwong {at} ieee.org
    Tai-Kuo Woo, National Defence University, Taiwan
    E-mail: w13464 {at} yahoo.com.tw
    Jeich Mar, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
    E-mail: eejmar {at} saturn.yzu.edu.tw
    Chih-Peng Li, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
    E-mail: chihpengli {at} gmail.com
    Yuh-Ren Tsai, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
    E-mail: yrtsai {at} ee.nthu.edu.tw
    Chao-Kai Wen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
    E-mail: chaokai.wen {at} mail.nsysu.edu.tw
    Jung-Chieh Chen, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
    E-mail: jcchen {at} nknucc.nknu.edu.tw
    Jeng-Ji Huang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
    E-mail: hjj2005 {at} ntnu.edu.tw
    Jenn-kaie Lain, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
    E-mail: lainjk {at} yuntech.edu.tw
    Yung-Fang Chen, National Central University, Taiwan
    E-mail: yfchen {at} ce.ncu.edu.tw
    Mao-Ching Chiu, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
    E-mail: ieemcc {at} ccu.edu.tw
    Huan-Chun Wang, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
    E-mail: hcwang {at} mail.ntust.edu.tw