Subject: ATAMS'2001

From: Tomasz Zbieżek <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:49:40 +0100

Enclosed below please find a Preliminary Announcement and Call for
Papers for the Advanced Technologies, Applications and Market 
Strategies for 3G Conference (ATAMS'2001) to be held in Cracow, 
Poland, June 18-20, 2001

We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers.
Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested.

Yours,

ATAMS'2001 Organizing Committee

************************ ATAMS '2001 ***************************
Advanced Technologies, Applications and Market Strategies for 3G
              Cracow, Poland, June 18-20, 2001
               http://ATAMS2001.kt.agh.edu.pl

The wireless personal communications world is at the dawn of next revolutionary 
step forward. From initial voice and low-speed data services it is jumping into 
a new environment. Broadband 3G wireless service platforms offer a significant 
leap in types of information available to end users, offering a multitude of new 
services. The possibilities of video on demand, multimedia, unlimited Internet 
access, distant learning etc. Will be life changing. Network operators are 
investing billions today in licences, infrastructure, and strategic plans. 
The robust business cases and marketing strategies should be prepared for 3G systems. 
There are many questions that need to be answered including: what will be the 2G to 3G 
migration roadmap, how to interwork existing services with 3G networks, 
what will be commercial drivers for new services and sources for revenue? 
To answer these questions and many others the following areas has been selected 
as the primary categories for paper submission:

Enabling Technologies and Infrastructure:
ˇ Advances in 3G mobile terminals
ˇ Software Radio
ˇ Smart & Phased Array Antennas
ˇ Technology evolution of 3G wireless systems
ˇ Evolution towards a common IP-based backbone network
ˇ Support of previous generations in 3G networks

3G networks deployment:
ˇ 3G Vision & drivers
ˇ Cost effective deployment of 3G networks 
ˇ UMTS Network Performance optimisation 
ˇ Migration plans
ˇ Overlay and replacement considerations
ˇ 3G impact on existing telecommunications infrastructure
ˇ Spectrum sharing of 2G and 3G
ˇ 3G network deployment scenarios

Services:
ˇ 3G services vision
ˇ Global roaming
ˇ High-speed Internet access
ˇ Video conferencing and multimedia
ˇ M-commerce
ˇ Impact of service type on cell capacity

Standardisation:
ˇ Current 3G standardisation status
ˇ Standard comparison: W-CDMA, cdma2000, UWC-136, WP-CDMA
ˇ Regulatory/Political/Patent issues

Business opportunities:
ˇ User acceptance
ˇ 3G market forecasts
ˇ Sources for revenue
ˇ Business case for 3G network deployment

VENUE:
 Cracow, Poland (lovely city with numerous historic monuments; direct flight 
 connections from: Chicago, Copenhagen, New York, Toronto, Frankfurt, London,
 Paris, Rome, Tel-Aviv, Vienna, Zurich, and other cities)

IMPORTANT DATES:
 First call for papers:      15.11.2000
 Extended abstracts due:     15.03.2001
 Confirmation of acceptance: 15.04.2001
 Camera ready papers due:    15.05.2001
 ATAMS Conference:	     18-20.06.2001
 Please refer to the website for submission instructions.

CONFERENCE CHAIR: 
 Andrzej R. Pach 
 Technical Program Committee Chair
 Department of Telecommunications
 University of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH)
 Al. Mickiewicza 30
 30-059 Cracow, Poland
 E-mail: [email-masked]
 Phone: +48 12 634 5582, Fax: +48 12 634 2372

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
 Andrzej Jajszczyk, AGH, Poland
 Jorge M. Pereira, EC, Belgium
 Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark
 Joao Schwarz Da Silva, EC, Belgium
 Walter HW Tuttlebee, Mobile VCE, UK 

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: 
 Anton Cizmar, TU Kosice, Slovakia
 Jozef Lubacz, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
 Wieslaw Ludwin, AGH, Poland
 Sergio Palazzo, Universita di Catania, Italy
 Zdzislaw Papir, AGH, Poland
 Jozef Wozniak, TU Gdansk, Poland

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
 Chair: Tomasz Zbiezek
 Department of Telecommunications
 University of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH)
 Al. Mickiewicza 30
 30-059 Cracow, Poland
 E-mail: [email-masked]
 Phone: +48 12 634 5582, Fax: +48 12 634 2372