Abstract:
The international conference Personal Wireless Communications (PWC 2007)
was the twelfth conference of its series aimed at stimulating technical exchange
between researchers, practitioners and students interested in mobile computing
and wireless networks. On behalf of the International Advisory Committee, it is
our great pleasure to welcome you to the proceedings of the 2007 event.
Wireless communication faces dramatic changes. The wireless networks are
expanding rapidly in subscribers, capability, coverage, and applications, and
costs continue to decrease. Mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous with greatly
expanded computing power and memory, improved displays, and wireless lo
cal and personal area connectivity. The PWC 2007 program covered a variety
of research topics that are of current interest, starting with Ad~Hoc Networks,
WiMAX, Heterogeneous Networks, Wireless Networking, QoS and Security, Sen
sor Networks, Multicast and Signal processing. This year we enriched PWC with
a poster session covering diversity topics related to wireless networks (e.g., fil
ters, current conveyors, etc.).
We would like to thank the International Advisory Committee members and
the referees. Without their support, the program organization of this conference
would not have been possible. We are also indebted to many individuals and
organizations that made this conference possible (Czech Technical University,
IFIP, ESTEC). In particular, we thank the members of the Organizing Commit
tee for their help in all aspects of the organization of this conference.
We hope that the attendees enjoyed the conference in Prague, and found it
a useful forum for the exchange of ideas and results and recent findings. We
also hope that the attendees found time to enjoy Prague and to visit its major
cultural monuments.