[CFP] IEEE INFOCOM 2019 Workshop on Ultra High Broadband Terahertz Communication for 5G and Beyond Networks (UBTCN)

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Dear All,

Please find below a call for papers for IEEE INFOCOM 2019 Workshop.

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announce=
ment.





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IEEE INFOCOM=922019 Workshop on Ultra High Broadband Terahertz Communicatio=
n for 5G and Beyond Networks (UBTCN)

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First International Workshop on Ultra High Broadband Terahertz Communicatio=
n for 5G and Beyond Networks (UBTCN)
April 29 =96 May 2nd, 2019
Paris, France
Submission deadline: January 6, 2019

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Call For Papers
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Communication over Terahertz (THz) bands is emerging as a new technology to=
 fulfill the requirements of beyond 5G networks. These 5G future networks p=
articularly require ultra-high bandwidth, negligible latency and seamless c=
ommunication for a large number of devices and applications. Moreover, the =
significantly reduced antenna size requirements enable novel applications a=
t the nanoscale. The current research on THz communication is more towards =
the devices, materials, and antenna design. However, to achieve the data ra=
te and latency goals of 5G and beyond networks, more research is required t=
o develop efficient and novel physical, MAC and network layer techniques in=
cluding Massive MIMO, beamforming, and switching, medium access and sharing=
, scheduling and synchronization, routing and resource allocation. The trad=
itional techniques of communication cannot be directly applicable to THz ba=
nds as they do not consider the unique characteristics of Terahertz band li=
ke reflection, path loss, and absorption over short distance propagation.



The UBTCN workshop aims to unite the key enabling players to achieve the go=
als for future 5G and beyond networks. The main objectives are; to have an =
overview of the current research in this area; to explore and discuss key c=
hallenges; to highlight new research directions for future networks and to =
share views on the high frequency bands; and to define the feasibility of t=
hese bands as a good candidate to be supported by funding bodies for ultrah=
igh speed networks action plans and standardization. The general topics inc=
lude, but are not limited to:



  *   Terahertz communication networks and its applications for nano- and m=
acroscale networks
  *   New trends in channel/propagation modeling for different application =
scenarios
  *   Waveforms, synchronization, Modulation techniques, Massive MIMO techn=
iques, half/full duplex systems for THz communication networks
  *   Beam steering and forming techniques
  *   Optimization techniques for physical layer parameters, joint design f=
or radio access and front/back-end systems for THz
  *   Software-defined networking techniques for Terahertz communication ne=
tworks
  *   Medium access and sharing schemes, error and flow control, and schedu=
ling techniques
  *   Frame/packet generation, and optimization techniques for THz
  *   Routing, resource sharing, and load management for THz
  *   Techniques to support policies and standardization activities for THz
  *   Testbeds and simulation tools for THz communication networks
  *   Cross-layer protocols for THz communication networks
  *   THz-optical network interconnection
  *   Beyond 5G THz access network architectures
  *   Applications of THz communications at the macro- and nanoscale



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Important Dates
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- Paper submission deadline:    January 6, 2019
- Notification of acceptance:     February 22, 2019
- Camera-ready papers due:      March 10, 2019

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Paper Submission
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The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers which are no=
t under review by any journal or conference. Accepted and presented papers =
will be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2019 Conference Proceedings and submi=
tted to IEEE Xplore=AE. Full details of submission procedures and requireme=
nts for authors of accepted papers are available at http://infocom2019.ieee=
-infocom.org/authors



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Committees
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General Co-chairs:
- Alan Davy (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)

- Jeroen Famaey (University of Antwerp & IMEC, Belgium)

Technical Program Committee Co-chairs:
- Saim Ghafoor (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)

- Mubashir Husain Rehmani (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland=
)

- Wouter Tavernier (Ghent University & IMEC, Belgium)

- Eduard Alarcon (UPC, Spain)



Dr. Saim Ghafoor

Associate Editor, Computer & Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier

Postdoctoral researcher

TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

Site: https://sites.google.com/view/saimghafoor


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kshop on Ultra High Broadband Terahertz Communication for 5G and Beyond Net=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: blac=
k; font-size: 12pt;">Communication over Terahertz (THz) bands is emerging a=
s a new technology to fulfill the requirements of beyond 5G networks. These=
 5G future networks particularly require ultra-high
 bandwidth, negligible latency and seamless communication for a large numbe=
r of devices and applications. Moreover, the significantly reduced antenna =
size requirements enable novel applications at the nanoscale. The current r=
esearch on THz communication is
 more towards the devices, materials, and antenna design. However, to achie=
ve the data rate and latency goals of 5G and beyond networks, more research=
 is required to develop efficient and novel physical, MAC and network layer=
 techniques including Massive MIMO,
 beamforming, and switching, medium access </span><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;=0A=
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imes New Roman&quot;, serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
 sharing, scheduling and synchronization, routing and resource allocation. =
The traditional techniques of communication cannot be directly applicable t=
o THz bands as they do not consider the unique characteristics of Terahertz=
 band like reflection, path loss,
 and absorption over short distance propagation.</span><span style=3D"font-=
family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;=0A=
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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amily: Calibri, sans-serif;text-align:justify">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: blac=
k; font-size: 12pt;">The UBTCN workshop aims to unite the key enabling play=
ers to achieve the goals for future 5G and beyond networks. The main object=
ives are; to have an overview of the current
 research in this area; to explore and discuss key challenges; to highlight=
 new research directions for future networks and to share views on the high=
 frequency bands; and to define the feasibility of these bands as a good ca=
ndidate to be supported by funding
 bodies for ultrahigh speed networks action plans and standardization. The =
general topics include, but are not limited to:
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: =
12pt;">Terahertz communication networks and its applications for nano- and =
macroscale networks</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&=
quot;,serif;=0A=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: =
12pt;">New trends in channel/propagation modeling for different application=
 scenarios</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,ser=
if;=0A=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: =
12pt;">Waveforms, synchronization, Modulation techniques, Massive MIMO tech=
niques, half/full duplex systems for THz communication networks</span><span=
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     mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: =
12pt;">Optimization techniques for physical layer parameters, joint design =
for radio access and front/back-end systems for THz</span><span style=3D"fo=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: =
12pt;">Software-defined networking techniques for Terahertz communication n=
etworks</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: =
12pt;">Medium access and sharing schemes, error and flow control, and sched=
uling techniques</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quo=
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<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Important Dates</span><=
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<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Paper submission dead=
line:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; January 6, 2019</span><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Notification of accep=
tance:&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style=3D"background:white"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">&n=
bsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;"=
>February 22, 2019</span><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Camera-ready papers d=
ue:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; March 10, 2019</span><span style=3D"backg=
round:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Paper Submission</span>=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</span><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">The workshop&nbsp;accep=
ts only novel, previously unpublished papers which are not under review by =
any journal or conference.
</span></span><span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, seri=
f; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12pt;">Accepted and presented papers =
will be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2019 Conference Proceedings and submi=
tted to IEEE Xplore=AE. Full details of submission
 procedures and requirements for authors of accepted papers are available a=
t&nbsp;</span><a href=3D"http://infocom2019.ieee-infocom.org/authors"><span=
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e; font-size: 12pt;">http://infocom2019.ieee-infocom.org/authors</span></a>=
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background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;background:white"><o:p><spa=
n style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></o:p></span></p>
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amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-hei=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Ti=
mes New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121"><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Committees</span><br>
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</span><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">General Co-chairs:</spa=
n><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Alan Davy (TSSG, Wate=
rford Institute of Technology, Ireland)</span><span style=3D"background:whi=
te"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-hei=
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<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Jeroen Famaey (Universi=
ty of Antwerp &amp; IMEC, Belgium)</span><span style=3D"font-family:=0A=
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;background:white"><br>
</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#=
212121"><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Technical Program Commi=
ttee Co-chairs:</span><br>
<span style=3D"background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Saim Ghafoor (TSSG, W=
aterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)</span><span style=3D"background:=
white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-hei=
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normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Mubashir Husain Rehmani=
 (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)</span><span style=3D"fo=
nt-family:=0A=
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;background:white"><o:p></o:=
p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-hei=
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normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Wouter Tavernier (Ghent=
 University &amp; IMEC, Belgium)</span><span style=3D"font-family:=0A=
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;background:white"><o:p></o:=
p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">- Eduard Alarcon (UPC, Sp=
ain)</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;col=
or:#212121;=0A=
background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;=
=0A=
background:white"><o:p><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></o:p>=
</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Saim Ghafoor</span><s=
pan style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;ba=
ckground:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Associate Editor, Compute=
r &amp; Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier</span><span style=3D"font-=
family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;background:white"><o=
:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Postdoctoral researcher</=
span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#21=
2121;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">TSSG, Waterford Institute=
 of Technology, Ireland</span><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Ro=
man&quot;,serif;color:#212121;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Email:
</span><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"><span style=3D"font-family: &qu=
ot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; background: white; font-size: 12pt;">sghaf=
[email protected]</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quo=
t;,serif;=0A=
color:#212121;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-f=
amily: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(=
33, 33, 33); background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Site:
</span><a href=3D"https://sites.google.com/view/saimghafoor"><span style=3D=
"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; background: white; font-s=
ize: 12pt;">https://sites.google.com/view/saimghafoor</span></a><span style=
=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#212121;background:=
white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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