Welcome from the General Chair
J.R. Cruz
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It is my honor to welcome you to VTC2018-Spring, hosted in my hometown of Porto, Portugal! The largest city in the northwest region, it is a vibrant metropolis that attracts both tourists and corporations from diverse economic sectors: an exciting place to host VTC2018-Spring. The city's center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Porto has been honored as Best European Destination (2012, 2014, 2017). Please take an opportunity to explore: the Livraria Lello Bookstore, the long beaches, the 100-year-old São Bento Train Station, the Dom Luis I bridge, and fine dining along the Ribeira. You'll not want to miss this thriving city within a beautiful landscape!
The technical presentations will report on the latest research in wireless communications and networks, vehicular communications, future trends and emerging technologies, and many more topics that will help shape the future of the industry. Featured are 12 tracks,12 workshops, several tutorials, ~428 peer-reviewed papers and a series of world-class invited speakers.
VTC2018-Spring will feature top level executives from global companies, sharing their perspectives and hi-tech developments. This event gives an opportunity to network with some of the world’s most distinguished industry leaders, and renowned researchers.
A successful event happens with tireless efforts of volunteers: many thanks to those who contributed. The commitment of the Organizing Committee truly was inspirational. Special recognition is due to Honorary Chair Augusto Albuquerque, TPC Chair Rui Dinis, and TPC Vice-chairs Witold Krzymień and Hideki Ochiai. Their energy and commitment has ensured an exciting and professional event.
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Welcome from the TPC Chair and Co-chairs
Rui Dinis (Chair); Witold Krzymień and Hideki Ochiai (Co-chairs)
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Our committee has put together an excellent technical program on the latest research developments in wireless systems and networks (emphasizing 5G cellular developments), autonomous and connected vehicles, intelligent transportation, and promising new emerging topics. The program is organized into 12 topical tracks, plus the Recent Results track.
We received 505 submissions (including 32 invited papers). Each paper has been reviewed by at least 3 independent reviewers, totaling 1878 reviews, resulting in 336 papers chosen for presentation. Papers are organized into 58 oral presentation sessions and 6 poster sessions to be held from 4–6 June. All papers presented will be published in the conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore.
It is our great pleasure to offer you this high quality and comprehensive technical program, and we hope that you will find it inspiring for your own research. We thank all the authors that submitted their papers to the conference. We are genuinely obliged to the 38 track co-chairs for their leadership of and dedication to the paper review process and the organization of technical sessions. Furthermore, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the 1050 TPC members and 841 reviewers for their great effort to provide expert reviews of the papers, and to the 64 session chairs for ensuring effective paper presentation.
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Welcome from the VTS President
Alex Wyglinski
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VTC2018-Spring is comprised of papers, tutorials, talks, and activities to facilitate knowledge exchange, enable professional development, and support networking with other attendees from around the world. The technical program is focused on millimeter wave communications, vehicular networking, UAVs, MIMO, 5G, cognitive radio, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), connected and automated vehicles (CAV), and 5G communications. VTC2018-Spring includes an exciting line-up of keynotes and panels, with an excellent industry track: speakers from many companies will discuss 5G, CAV, Smart Cities and IoT. These activities will provide an invaluable professional development experience.
We are very fortunate that Porto is host to VTC2018-Spring, with its exciting history dating back over two millennia. Located on Rio Douro, Porto is also known as the City of Bridges, home to the Ponte D. Maria railway bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel and the Ponte Dom Luís I bridge. This city is also renowned for port wine, produced in the surrounding Douro Valley.
A world-class event like VTC2018-Spring involves a large and dedicated volunteer team; VTS is most thankful to you all! I would like to sincerely thank Honorary Chair Augusto Albuquerque, General Chair J. R. Cruz, Technical Program Chair Rui Dinis and Co-chairs Witold Krzymień and Hideki Ochiai, Panels & Keynotes Co-chairs Luis M. Correia and Abbas Jamalipour, Industry Program Co-chairs Jim Budwey, David Soldani and Zoran Zvonar, Workshops Co-chairs Luís Bernardo, Marco Gomes, and Narcís Cardona, and Tutorials Chair Oliver Holland for their time, effort, and commitment!
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