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The 6th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology (WAMI) Conference will be held on beautiful Sand Key beach in Clearwater, FL on April 15,16 2004. The conference will address up-to-date multidisciplinary research needs and interdisciplinary aspects of wireless and RF technology. The program includes oral presentations, poster presentations, and tutorials.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original and high-quality paper summaries for presentation at the WAMI conference and for publication in its Conference Record. The technical program will cover wireless communication systems and radio frequency technologies.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Next Generation (3G/4G) wireless communication systems

802.11/HiperLAN2 Wireless LAN Systems (OFDM and multi-carrier)

Bluetooth/Personal Area Networks(PAN)/Wide Area Networks (WAN)

Spread spectrum wireless systems

Smart antennas, adaptive antenna arrays, MIMO, and space-time processing

Software Radio and Emerging Technologies

Ultrawideband (UWB) Communication: Applications, system and RF issues

Wireless Sensors Networks and Ad Hoc Networks

Telemetry and telemedicine application of wireless devices and systems

Advanced propagation modeling and sounding of communication channels

Integration of the physical layer technologies with other layers

System Architecture, Integration and Convergence Issues

System Level Design, Modeling, and Simulation

RF channel characterization and modeling

Front-end subsystems

Low-Power RFIC and System-On-Chip Solutions

Power Amplifiers, Linearization and Active Components, incl. NL transistor modeling

Advanced wireless and microwave circuit design and packaging , including RF MEMS Base station and handheld antenna technologies, design and measurement

Submission Instructions

Authors are asked to submit an extended abstract (maximum 2 pages) electronically to arslan@eng.usf.edu. The preferred file formats are PDF and MS Word. Submissions will be evaluated for originality, significance of the work, technical soundness, and interest to a wide audience. Proposals for 2-3 hour tutorial seminars are also invited.