The 23rd International Symposium on
Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications
Virtual Edition
October 18-21, 2020

Honorary Chair
Hirofumi MAKINO
Okayama UniversityGeneral Chair
Hideyuki TOKUDA
National Institute of Information
and Communications Technology
Technical Program Co-Chairs
Satoshi DENNO
Okayama University
Yukitoshi SANADA
Keio University (Asia PacificRegion)
Pavlos LAZARIDI
University of Huddersfield, UK(Europe Region)
Stavros KALAFATIS
Texas A&M University, USA(America Region)
Financial Chair
Tetsuya YASUIYRP R&D Promotion Committee
Publication Chair
Kiyoshi HAMAGUCHINational Institute of Information
and Communications Technology
Conference Operation Chair
Kazuhiro UEHARAOkayama University
General Secretary
Yasuhiro KOYAMANational Institute of Informationand Communications Technology

Considering the global infection situation of corona virus, WPMC2020 will be held asa virtual conference as The 23rd WPMC2020 Virtual Edition from October 18th to21st, 2020.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Bridging wireless and business worlds”. This
event is co-hosted by Okayama University, National Institute of Information andCommunication Technology (NICT), Yokosuka Research Park (YRP), and CTIF
Global Capsule (CGC).
The WPMC symposium was inaugurated in 1998, as a global platform which aims atenabling academia-industry-government collaboration in the field of wirelessinformation. The WPMC has established itself as a unique global annualinternational symposium on wireless techno-business world. It encapsulates thehigh-end wireless technology and the current market and trends to create futurebusinesses and innovative societies.
Continuing the series, the 23rd WPMC will bring together academia, government,
business sectors and standardization bodies to explore activities, trends and futurechallenges towards innovative societies by bridging wireless and business worlds.
Main Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Wireless Communication Systems• Advanced modulation schemes• Cooperative communications• Massive MIMO channel models• Smart/ Reconfigurable antennas• Ultra wideband, mm-Wave and THzcommunications• Visible Light Communications• Local 5G Systems• Beyond 5G and 6G Vision & Systems
Wireless Networks• Ad-hoc networks• Cross-layer design• Interference management• IoT and M2M communications• Localization for wireless networks• Multimedia QoS, traffic management• Spectrum sharing/coexistence• Vehicular networks

Security and Privacy in Communications• PHY-layer Security• Communication privacy and anonymity• Network intrusion detection and prevention,firewalls, packet filters• Malware, botnets and distributed denial ofservice• Public key infrastructures, key management,credential management
Multi Business Modeling in wireless worlds• Big data and data mining• Vertical and Horizontal 5G Business ModelEcosystems• Leadership and management in 5G network
based Multi Business Modeling• 5G slicing in a world of Multi BusinessModeling• 5G Multi Business Modeling for NonConventional Approaches

A proposal for Special Sessions can be submitted to the special session chair before thedeadlines. The session topics can be varied upon one’s interest but still relate to thetechnical tracks.
Important Notice!
The submitted regular papers will be reviewed by a normal review process and accepted
papers will be published in IEEE Xplore.

IMPORTANT DATESFull Papers Submission
Special Session Proposal
Acceptance Notification
Final Manuscript Deadline

WEB site : https://wpmc2020.wpmc-home.com

June 30, 2020
August 1, 2020
August 16, 2020
September 1, 2020