The VTC 2007-Spring conference is organized into 10 tracks that cover all technical areas relevant to the conference.

Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks

Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless Sensor Networks, including: Medium Access Control; Routing and transport protocols; Performance and quality-of-service; Energy Management; Operating Systems; Network security; Information processing and aggregation; Middleware and programming; Simulation and emulation; Gateways and interworking; Deployment and experiences; Novel applications.

Ambient and Pervasive Wireless Systems

Ambient and Pervasive Wireless Systems, including: Pervasive Computing and ambient intelligence; New systems standards and platforms like IMS; Autonomic Communications/ platforms for proactive systems; Cross layer optimization; Mobile Middleware; Personalization; Service Architecture; Context Awareness, like context reasoning, prediction, modelling; Mobile multimedia; Experiments, trials & deployment; Innovative, mobile applications for important application domains like vehicular and health

Antennas and Propagation

indoor/outdoor propagation prediction , indoor/outdoor channel measurements, channel estimation, narrowband and wideband channel characterization and modeling, prediction and simulation tools, antenna technology, smart antennas, MIMO antenna systems, beamforming, space-time processing, distributed antenna arrays

Mobile Applications

Mobile services: IMS based services, location based services, presence based services, mobile multimedia services, DVB-H, DMS
Mobile applications: multimedia messaging, gaming, eHealth, emergency management, applications in vehicular environments
Service architectures/enablers and service middleware: web services, OSA/Parlay, IMS, service creation, context awareness, services for Ad Hoc networks, peer-to-peer services, service composition and orchestration, mobile service and application security.

Mobile Networks and Systems

3G (UMTS, CDMA2000, IMT2000), Beyond 3G, 4G mobile systems, Wireless LAN, MAN and WAN (IEEE802.11,16,20), regional wireless networks, wireless mesh networks, mobile network resource management, mobile/wireless quality-of-Service (QoS), mobile/wireless network security and privacy;
mobility, location and handoff management, mobile and wireless IP, wireline/wireless convergence, mobile/wireless network modelling, analysis and simulation.

Mobile Satellite Systems

mobile broadband satellite architectures; mobile broadcast systems; satellite bus/payload systems; ground (earth-terminal) systems; mobile, aeronautical, maritime systems; Ka-band and higher frequency systems; system integration and interoperability; use of small satellites clusters, hybrid orbits, and high altitude platforms (HAPs); DVB and Return Channel via Satellite (RCS) Networks; low earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite networks; satellite network control and resource management; traffic and quality of service (QoS) management, QoS-oriented solutions, satellite system capacity optimization; satellite based positioning for mobile applications

Transmission Technologies

modulation, source/channel coding, performance analysis, channel estimation, iterative processing, interference mitigation, multi-user detection, MIMO systems, equalization, synchronization, adaptive modulation and coding, MAC/PHY cross-layer design, software radio, ultra wideband systems

Transportation

intelligent transportation systems; rail signals, communication and control; vehicular electronics; vehicle traction power control/conversion; power systems, mobile/wireless communications for vehicular safety applications; wireless/mobile system applications for transportation control and routing; mobile/wireless systems for transportation logistics

Wireless Access

multiple access; CDMA, TDMA and OFDM air interfaces; spectrum efficiency; ultra-wideband radio access; multi-rate and multi-carrier communications; software radio technologies; power control algorithms; wireless multicasting, DVB and DAB techniques; spectrum, channel and power allocation; power control; coexistence of multiple radio access technologies; cross-layer design of wireless systems; scheduling and statistical multiplexing; performance evaluation

Wireless Value Chain

SW & HW design flows for fast time-to-market; wireless network design for developing regions; wireless network planning for cost minimisation; system-level reliability and maintenance of wireless networks; new business models for wireless services; economics of spectrum licensing; mobile virtual network operators; trials of novel market structures for wireless transport and services