Channel Estimation and Equalization; Code Division Multiple Access Systems; Communication Channels; Differentially Coherent Detection; Digital Modulation Techniques; Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum; Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum; Hybrid Spread Spectrum Systems; IMT-2000 (UMTS, CDMA2000, etc.); Interference Modeling and Mitigation; MIMO Wireless Communications; Multipath Fading Channels; Multiuser Information Theory; Power Efficient Modulation; Power Management in Communications; Wireless Communications
Signal, Image and Speech Processing (SISP)
3D Video Systems; Acoustic Signal Processing; Adaptive Signal Processing; Analog Signal Processing; Biomedical Imaging; Content-Based Image Retrieval; Digital Filter Design and Structures; Digital Image Processing; Digital Signal Processing; Digital Watermarking; Fast Algorithms and Transforms; Field Programmable Gate Arrays; Filter Banks; Genetic Algorithms; High Definition TV Systems; Higher Order Spectral Analysis; Image Restoration; Learning Algorithms and Training; Mixed Signal Processing; Multidimensional Signal Processing; Multidimensional Signal/Image Processing: Algorithms and Applications; Multimedia Signal Processing; Multirate Signal Processing; Neural Networks; Nonlinear Signal Processing; Pattern Recognition; Seismic Signal Processing; Signal Analysis and Monitoring Systems; Signal Processing for Communications; Signal Processing for Encription and Security; Spectral Analysis; Speech Processing; Ultrasonics; Video Traffic Modeling; Wavelet Processing
Information Theory and Coding (ITC)
Block Coding; Channel Capacity Studies; Channel Coding; Codecs and Compression Systems; Convolutional Coding; Cryptography and Data Security; Error Control Coding; Game Theory; Information Theory and Coding; Joint Source-Channel Coding; Low Density Parity Check Coding; Mean Ergodic Theorems; Reed-Solomon Codes; Source Coding; Space-Time Coding; Viterbi Decoding Algorithm
Communications Software and Services (CSS)
Middleware Support for Mobile Computing; Mobile Services and Service Platforms; Multimedia Service Management; Next Generation Services; Performance Evaluation of Multimedia Services; Service Delivery Platforms; Service Integration and Internetworking; Service Oriented Computing; Social Networking and Communication Services; Software as a Service
Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)
Broadband Access Technologies; Channel Estimation and Equalization; Cooperative Multiuser Communications; Cross-Layer Design and Optimization; Dynamic Channel Allocation; HSPA; Heterogeneous BWA Evaluations; IMT-2000 (UMTS, CDMA2000, etc.); Interference Modeling and Mitigation; Interoperability Aspects; LTE Technologies; MIMO Wireless Communications; Mobility Modeling and Management; Multi-Antenna Technologies; Multiple Access Techniques; Network Traffic Modeling; Power Management in Communications; QoS in Mobile and BWA Networks; Self-Organizing and Re-Configurable Networks; Vehicular Communication Networks; Vertical and Horizontal Integration; WiMAX Technologies; Wireless Access Techniques; Wireless Network Management
Network Operations and Management (NOM)
Autonomic Networking and Self-Management; Billing and Accounting Models; Business Support Systems; Control Theoretic Management Approaches; Data Center Automation; Data Center Management; Data Service Management; Fault Management; Help Desks; IT Governance Issues; Management Information Models; Management of Clouds; Management of Grids and Smart Grids; Managing Interactive Media; Multimedia Service Management; Network Architectures and Models; Network Operation Centers; Operations Support Systems; Policy- Based Network Management; Practical Deployment Approaches; Security Management; Service Level Management; Telecommunications Pricing and Accounting; Virtualized Infrastructure Management
