• GMC'04 was extremely successful and productive. Please see the PHOTOS PAGE for more information. See you next year at GMC'2005 !

• As Oct.1-7 is the public holiday of China. See you at GMC'04 in Shanghai ! Any registration after Oct. 7th will be On-Site Registration only.

• For all registration issues, please contact steve@delson.org directly.

• For GMC'04 Authors: Your official paper number in the final publication and EI Compendex Index is listed in this Table of Contents. Please cite it as your official publication record.

• General Chairman's Welcome Address is available at the Welcome Page.

• GMC'04 TPC (Technical Program Committee) office will be moved to Shanghai on Sept.15. Please contact us if you need any help on-site in Shanghai. The final program (including details of speech slots) will be published after Sept.15.

• To apply for Chinese business visa to come to Shanghai, please print this Invitation Letter together with your registration RECEIPT and registration form for GMC'04. Registration is required for Chinese visa application !

• GMC'04 schedule is very tight and program is very professional. We expect a very fruitful and invaluable technical discussions at GMC'04, and have planned an excellent combination of work and leisure in Shanghai. Welcome on board !

• GMC'04 Advance Program is available here. Please download it and feel free to distribute it in your organization.

• GMC'04 will host a grand reception to welcome world-class B3G experts and C3G executives on Oct.11. You are invited to join this All-Hands Global Club for Technical as well as Professional Excellence @ GMC'04 !

• "Lots of things are happening now rapidly in China as well as the region, and you will be very astonished to know more when you attend GMC'2004", said Prof. Willie W. Lu, founder of GMC'04 and Professor of Stanford University, in a media interview in Hong Kong, "China will be well positioned to next generation mobile communication technologies, together with regional as well as global technology  developments in this emerging industry."

• The independent 4GMF kickoff meeting will be held in SIMIT Hall, Shanghai on October 14th, 2004.

• Approved by board and sponsoring government, GMC'04 will be focusing on 3G and B3G technologies. 4GMF will be independently on October 14th, 2004.

• Due to very tight schedules in GMC'04, 4GMF kickoff will be moved out to October 14th, separated from main GMC'04 programs.

• GMC and WWC will deliver the world's most authoritative Special Issue on B3G & 4G Technologies: Emerging Wireless Convergence. Stay Tuned !

• Per security control, only registered participants with name badges can enter the GMC'04 meeting areas and other important function areas.

• For quality control and technical authority, everyone must pay registration fee to attend GMC'04 - NO exception at all ! Please refer to Registration Page for details.

• Over 50 very good wireless openings will be posted on-site in GMC'04, and many overseas wireless scholarship will be available for applications during GMC'04.

• Requested by lots of international participants for this very prestigious mobile congress, the committee provides special discount for group registration. Details are: 10% off for 5 people or more; 20% off for 10 people or more; 40% off for 20 people or more.

• Over 10 countries' governmental delegation will be joining GMC'04 to reflect its leading position in the region.

• Are you looking for new jobs, careers, educations or just an influential reference letter for your promotion or immigration, GMC'04 is the premier platform to help you realize your dreams in life ! Welcome on board.

• GMC'04 is committed to provide an important direction for future development of 4G and B3G, and therefore a very prestigious international platform on this emerging subject. It has been strongly supported by over 50 leading technical  organizations on the worldwide basis.

• Lots of very famous world-class scientists and experts will be joining GMC'04 in Shanghai. This is the best-of-best opportunity to meet these most influential people for professional networking and research exchange - especially for those young researchers, students, engineers who are seeking further development overseas or exploring cooperation back to China. Join in GMC'04, and you will make yourself a great difference !

• With the increasing significance and importance of GMC'04 in Shanghai, conference seats will be sold out very soon. Please register ASAP to book your space in GMC'04 and get involved in this historic summit in October - the golden season of Shanghai !

• Many important regulations and policies regarding China 3G and 4G development will be announced in GMC'04 in Shanghai. Stay tuned for these very important news in GMC'04 !

• 4GMF (4G Mobile Forum) passes international registration and is protected on the worldwide basis. This is an important milestone for 4GMF mission.

• GMC'04 will be held together with 14th ITU WP8F meeting on B3G & 4G in Shanghai this Oct. 13-20. Come join these two significant 4G events in Shanghai.

• For GMC'04 authors with accepted papers, please follow the "Information for Authors" guideline to prepare your camera-ready submission with required forms.

• 160 excellent papers have been accepted out of 388 submissions for GMC'04. For details, please refer to the "Technical Papers" webpage.

• "Shanghai GMC'04 has the world's highest technical quality and standard in the field, and set the milestone of emerging mobile communication research, development and design which are driven by industrial labs, academic labs and regulatory bodies," said Willie W. Lu, Professor at Stanford University and technical chairman of GMC'04.

• The board approved a schedule to separate the 4GMF independently from Delson Group for the upcoming international launch of this very important forum on 4G mobile technology. Stay tuned !

• The tentative keynote team represents the highest authority in the China wireless industry and administration. For more, please click the Keynote page.

• What's the game-rule in wireless industries? First-class company owns Standards; Second-class company owns Brands; Third-class company owns Technologies and Fourth-class company owns Products. So, let's join together to define the wireless future at GMC.

• The submission to GMC'04 has been very exciting and of very good quality. The technical review process is on-going now. Please stay tuned and we will announce the reviewing results in late May. Thanks for your cooperation.

• IEEE published special issues on Open Wireless Architecture (OWA) by Prof. Willie W. Lu to reflect the increasing importance of this emerging technology. For more, please refer to Article 1, Article 2 and Article 3.

• Are you looking for the highest pay in the wireless industry? Is your company looking for risk-free future-proven technology in the emerging wireless and mobile business? Join the Special training program on Open Wireless Architecture (OWA) and reserve your seat in our worldwide schedule.

• 4G with focus on Open Wireless Architecture (OWA), will definitely drive the new generation mobile communication technologies from 2005 to 2020. To reflect its importance in global R&D on this emerging 4G storm, Prof. Willie Lu, world-class leading expert in the field,  will propose and lead over 10 IEEE special issues on this extremely important and timely topic in the coming months and years.

• To reflect the importance of this great congress, keynote and featured speeches will include Honorable Welcome Keynote by senior government authorities; The Elite Keynote by leading sponsoring companies; Distinguished Featured by famous experts and executives; Industrial Featured by supporting companies. The government special interview will be limited to The Elite Keynote and some Distinguished Featured speakers only. For details, please contact Prof. Lu.

• GMC'04 will become the Global All-Hands Technology Summit for Mobile communications. Over 1000 leading wireless R&D and Design engineers, researchers, scientists and technologists, etc will be participating in this historic technology summit in Shanghai.

• 4G investment is increasing rapidly worldwide. Over $1B was invested worldwide in the first month of 2004. 4G mobile has become one of the hottest investment spots in Asia-Pacific region in the field of Information and Communication technologies. 4GMF is committed to help drive this mission.

• Over 50 international well-known investment firms and law firms will join this very important technical event in emerging wireless mobile communications.

• GMC'04 Call-for-Paper has been distributed to over 100,000 engineers, researchers, scientists and managers. Over 1000 professionals will be expected to participate in this historic technical event in Shanghai, the shinning pearl of East Asia. Major leading industries and authorities will send delegation too.

• GMC's parent conference - World Wireless Congress (WWC) has been approved to be included in the "EI" Index to reflect WWC's global technical and academic leadership in the field. GMC, a WWC conference, will also be searchable in EI.

• GMC will become the most important and authoritative R&D summit on emerging mobile communications focusing on B3G and 4G technologies in the Asia-Pacific region. You are welcome to work together for this great mission and effort for the promotion of education, research and technology !

• Global Mobile Congress (R) passes International Trademark Registration and becomes protected on the worldwide basis.

• Global Mobile Congress will help telecom authorities of Asia-Pacific regions to set standards for next generation mobile communications targeted for 2005 to 2015. This congress will become the flagship event in the field.

• 4GMF passed major legal registrations worldwide. 4GMF will definitely become the most authoritative international platform on 4G mobile communications.

• IEEE Special Issue on "China Wireless Communications: Technology vs. Market" will be released in 2004 Global Mobile Congress.

• Press Conference on "China 3G and B3G Strategy and Investment" will be held in 2004 Global Mobile Congress. Stay Tuned !

• All major wireless industries' R&D centers will send delegation to this most important Mobile Communication R&D Summit in Shanghai for GMC'04. Over 100 R&D bodies have committed to attend this great event in China.

• SHRCWC (Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communication) has joined the organizing of this very important 2004 Global Mobile Congress to enhance its authority and recognize its leadership in the field.

• 4GMF effort has been supported by around 2500 outstanding Chinese wireless experts and executives worldwide. With its launching base in China and the region, 4GMF is growing rapidly.

• In the recent held high-level strategic meetings by the authorities, China has definitely set the future R&D target on 4G Mobile Communications with focuses on Open Wireless Architecture and New Air-Interfaces.

• Shanghai City Gov't, China Academy of Science and Southeast University, etc jointly launched the Shanghai Research Center of Wireless Communications (SHRCWC) to focus on the 4G mobile R&D. As an important international platform, 4GMF will be in partnership with SHRCWC on this emerging 4G Open Wireless Architecture and New Air-interface R&D.

• Strongly supported by many China government authorities, GMC'2004 will surely become the Flagship technical event focusing on the R&D of next generation mobile communications. Lots of worldly famous inventors and scientists in wireless communications will be joining this historic moment at 2004 Global Mobile Congress in Shanghai - one of the most fantastic cities in the world !

• Prof. Willie W. Lu, technical chairman of IEEE Globecom'2003 (the flagship event of IEEE), has been finally appointed to lead the technical program of this most authoritative 2004 Global Mobile Congress in China. Congratulation !

• Over 20 regional government telecom delegations will be participating in this historic mobile congress in Shanghai.

• GMC'2004 (incld. 4GMF Grand Kickoff) has been officially approved and endorsed by Ministry of Information Industry, China to reflect its authority in the field.

• What's real 4G? It is not just "high-speed" ! It is "Open Wireless Architecture". The 4G system requirements and research subjects are well defined in IEEE Communications Magazine by Prof. Willie W. Lu.

• "If 3G takes too long time to takeoff in China as well as the world, 4G may come here much earlier than expected ...", many Chinese wireless experts agreed at the PT/COMM China' 2003 in Beijing.

• GMC'2004 (including 4GMF'04) will be officially endorsed by Ministry of Information Industry of The People's Republic of China. Stay tuned !

• China will become one of the global R&D hubs in emerging mobile communications. GMC will become the optimal platform to report its development every year.

• Over 20 China major medias and 10 international medias will be witnessing and attending the grand kickoff of 4GMF in Shanghai. Stay tuned !

• To get involved in China's decision-making of wireless and mobile communications technology (research, standards, development, etc), come and meet with the committee members of this historic GMC'04. They are mostly the pioneers of China telecommunications industry.

• GMC'04 is the most authoritative technical event on B3G and 4G in China. To reflect its technical as well as professional authority and importance of GMC'04, the congress committee includes most famous experts and scientists in China - many are fellows of China Academy of Engineering, fellows of China Academy of Science, fellows of IEEE, Fellows of ACM, etc.

• To reflect its authority and significance in China's future mobile / wireless research and development, this GMC'04 will be strongly supported by China central governments. The GMC'04 grand openings will be officially addressed by ministerial level officers of China as well as most prestige  international authorities in communications.

• 4G/B3G with Open Wireless Architecture (OWA) will reshape China's future mobile communications research covering capacity, spectrum, service, cost and interference, etc.

• GMC'2004 is in cooperation with China Mobile Communications Magazine (the flagship media in mobile communications by China MII) to promote this very important technical event in China.

• GMC'2004 is officially co-sponsored by IEEE China (Beijing Section) to reflect its leadership in technical and professional excellence.

• GMC'2004 is officially hosted and sponsored by China Institute of Communications (CIC) to reflect its authority in China's mobile communications. GMC'2004 will be one of the most important and biggest wireless technical conferences in China.

• To encourage English speaking in Shanghai and support Shanghai Expo 2010, this GMC'2004 information is in English only. We strongly support Chinese local professionals to join international technical discussions by encouraging them to speak English and write English.

• GMC'2004 will be jointly organized by many regional authorities in many countries in the Asia-Pacific regions. Please stay tuned.

• Considering the SARS and WAR in this year, and the local authorities' recommendation for this significant congress, the committee has decided to move this GMC'03 to 2004. This re-schedule is also in consideration of the warning of possible re-outbreak of SARS in late Fall or Winter this year again.

• Due to SARS impact, we are still waiting for local government special approval for large event in October. Please stay tuned !

• Call-for-Submission of Special Issue on B3G and 4G Mobile Communications is available in this website. Papers for this congress will be automatically considered for this special issue too.

• The honorable Mr. Wang Xudong was elected the new minister of MII after the newest people's congress. We are looking forward to his great leadership to bring China information industry to a new level of milestone and excellence for China, the region as well as the world. Congratulation !

• OWA (Open Wireless Architecture) has become the most hottest technical and business model in China mobile industries. As its first phase of OWA implementations, GSM/cdma2000-1X, PHS/GSM, cdma2000-1X/WLAN, etc will become the very potential products in coming years. After 2006, OWA will dominate the China mobile markets.

• The GMC'03 committee members are all world-class leaders in emerging mobile communications. Please visit the committee page for Who's Who in the field.

• To reflect the technical and professional importance of this congress, selected papers from this congress will be published in IEEE major journals and magazines as IEEE Special Issues on 4G Mobile Technologies.

• On behalf of our supporters and sponsors, we are looking for wireless researchers and engineers on 4G mobile and Beyond 3G R&D projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xi'an etc by international leading industries and R&D institutions. Very attractive packages and benefits will be provided. Please bring your CVs to the congress and on-site interview will be required.

• GMC'03 supports fellow outstanding students and researchers from under-developed countries to Shanghai as a Non-Fully-Commercial-Purpose event. GMC will continue its commitment to help promote education and research worldwide in the field of mobile communications.

• China supports Open Wireless Architecture by integrating TD-SCDMA, GSM, Bluetooth, etc into one handset as an example. The another product based on OWA is cdma2000 1X / W-LAN / Bluetooth 3-in-1 handset.

• The 4G OWA (Open Wireless Architecture) will support convergence of GSM/W-CDMA/TD-SCDMA/cdma2000 in Base-band and RF with Hardware-Defined Radio and Software-Defined Signal-Processing Modules.

• Asia is becoming the global hub of 4G Mobile. According to IEEE special issue on 4G, the Asia's 4G mobile program will focus on these topics: Adaptive Modulation and Coding, Adaptive Hybrid ARQ, MIMO and OFDM, Open Broadband Wireless Core, Open Backbone Network Access Platform, Spectrum Efficiency and Capacity Enhancement, Open Distributed Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.

• GMC'03 ads has been published in major Chinese wireless medias and journals. Please download this sample in Chinese version for distribution.

• Based on technical submissions in IEEE conferences and publications, it is predicted that by the end of 2003, there will be over 1,500 4G mobile projects worldwide.

• On behalf of our supporters, sponsors and partners, we are looking for senior level technical experts and business executives on 4G mobile projects based in Shanghai, Beijing and other Asian locations. If interested, please e-mail to job@delson.org.

• To reflect the importance of this historic congress, many government offices and new administration of the wireless mobile authorities will be invited to deliver the keynote and featured speeches on new policy, regulation as well as strategy in this industry.

• "Open Wireless Architecture" becomes the global strategy on the R&D of next generation mobile communications. This congress will strongly support this international effort and mission.

• The GMC'03 Committee includes the most authoritative wireless/mobile experts in China. Most of them are also worldwide well-known in the field.

• "The objective and mission of GMC'2003 is to promote China's B3G and 4G R&D, and promote the international cooperation in the field," said Prof. Willie W. Lu, Chief Technical Advisor in joint China mobile industries and related authorities, and professor of Zhejiang University and Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Some companies are scared to mention the name of 4G. But the survey in major publications shows that in 2000, there were only 8 companies doing R&D on 4G mobile; in 2002 there were over 200 companies involved in 4G mobile R&D, and almost major wireless industries set-up their 4G research projects or labs. 4G mobile will definitely drive the next wave in mobile communications.

• This GMC'2003 will become the largest and most important technical event on China B3G and 4G mobile communications. Most B3G experts in China and the regions will come to the congress for this kickoff meeting in Shanghai.

• In a recent seminar in Guangzhou, experts discussed whether China needs 4G or B3G in the next 5 years. The conclusion is 4G mobile with converged platform of wireless mobile and wireless access.

• Experts predicted that 4G mobile may come much earlier than expected if 3G takes too long time to take-off. Most Asian countries will be starting 4G mobile R&D in the coming years.

• "The IMT-2000 project in ITU has been terminated". We expect the new project on 4G mobile (B3G+) to be launched worldwide very soon.

• The GMC'03 committee wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ! The committee would also like to thank all the members for their supports and efforts in this mission. Happy Holidays to our colleagues, supporters as well as participants !

• IEEE will launch several IEEE Special Issues on 4G Mobile in major Journals to promote this emerging technology. This congress will strongly support this important mission on the worldwide basis.

• GMC was launched to promote the B3G/4G mobile R&D in the Asia-Pacific region, and acts as the international platform to update the technology as well as business on this emerging mobile communication.

• 2003 Global Mobile Congress (GMC'2003) was officially initiated in ITU Telecom Asia'2002, Dec.2nd of 2002 in Hong Kong Convention Center, The People's Republic of China. "This GMC will become the annual technical and business summit on emerging mobile communications especially focusing on B3G (Beyond 3G) and 4G mobile technologies in this region", said Prof. Willie W. Lu, Professor of Chinese University of Hong Kong and Technical Program Chair of GMC'03, Globecom'03 as well as VTC'03.

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