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TAPAS2006
First International Workshop on Technology and Policy for Accessing
Spectrum (TAPAS 2006)
(co-located with WICON2006, Boston, Aug 1-5, 2006)
Technology and Policy for
Accessing Spectrum
(TAPAS) is a new 1-day workshop aimed at assembling technology and policy
experts to disseminate cutting edge research in the field of Dynamic Spectrum
Access. The workshop program
will include refereed research and position papers, panel discussions and
invited keynotes.
The goal of this
first workshop is to facilitate building a multidisciplinary community of
researchers interested in the technical and business/policy challenges
associated with enabling more dynamic spectrum sharing and access. We are
seeking a small collection of technical and policy papers that range from
work-in-progress to publication-ready, from broad overviews to cutting-edge
research. Our intent is to organize a series of focused sessions that will
engender lively discussion and stimulus for multidisciplinary research dialog
and collaboration
Topics of interest include but
not limited to:
Technology Topics
Spectrum measurements, models
Enabling Technologies such as:
Reconfigurable Radio Platforms
Software Defined and Cognitive Radios
Dynamic Network Architectures, Protocols
Spectrum Access Management Techniques
Wide-band spectrum sensing
Multi-Band & Adaptive RF
Experimental Prototypes and Results
Accreditation, Trust, & Security Mechanisms
Infrastructure-Less and Coordinated DSA
Applications of DSA
(e.g. public safety,
cellular access networks)
Unlicensed Secondary Use of TV Spectrum
Characterizing Radio Environments
Interference Metrics and Measurements
Market and pricing mechanisms
Managing heterogeneous use
Architectures and abstractions
Quantifying agility requirements
Signal processing for adaptive spectrum use
Communications theory for shared spectrum |
Policy Topics:
(Note: papers which address the economics or policy
aspects of
above technologies are welcome)
Managing the regulatory transition
Valuing Spectrum and Interference Rights
Enforcement and comparative regulatory costs
Investment and innovation incentives
Risk management
Spectrum easements: underlays and overlays
Empirical studies of spectrum use and interference
Finding a balance between etiquette and law for spectrum use
Formulating property-rights for spectrum access
Sharing government spectrum, including
public safety spectrum
The role of transaction costs
Standardization and Backward/forward compatibility
Wireless equipment certification, including software radio
Historical and international perspectives
Regulatory enforcement mechanisms and costs
Management frameworks for open access spectrum
Significant case studies |
Submission
Instructions
Authors can submit papers in two formats: 6-page extended
abstracts or 10 page full final length papers.(two-column, 10pt font), IEEE conference
proceedings format, including references, figures and tables. Extended abstracts
should clearly identify main results for which details wlll be required in the
final version if the paper is accepted. Papers must be
submitted electronically in PDF format through COCUS web site. For details,
please refer to the "submission guidelines" at the TAPAS2006 Web site at
http://www.wtapas.org. Authors of
accepted papers are required to register at regular workshop registration
rates in order for the paper to appear in the proceedings.
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Organizing Committee |
General Chair:
Milind M. Buddhikot, Lucent Bell Labs
(mbuddhikot@lucent.com) |
Workshop Co-chairs:
Milind M. Buddhikot, Lucent Bell Labs (mbuddhikot@lucent.com)
William Lehr, MIT (wlehr@mit.edu)
Anant Sahai, University of California, Berkeley
(sahai@eecs.berkeley.edu) |
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Important Dates |
Full Papers due:
Notification of Acceptance:
Camera-ready Manuscripts due:
Workshop Date: |
May 15, 2006 June 15, 2006
June 10, 2006
June 23, 2006
August 5, 2006 |