Proceedings of the 2015 16th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2015)

The IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks established itself as a leading forum for the presentation and exchange of ideas and results among researchers and practitioners in the field of wireless, mobile, and multimedia systems. WoWMoM 2015 was fortunate to attract very high interest among the community, with the main conference receiving 349 submissions (234 after filtering out of scope and incomplete submissions including 217 full papers, and 22 work in progress papers) from more than 57 countries spanning all continents. These figures indicate that WoWMoM has become a worldwide reference event in the field. The high number of submissions provided an excellent opportunity for a high-quality program, but also called for a demanding and laborious paper evaluation process. The 89 members of the Technical Program Committee worked efficiently and responsibly under tight time constraints to produce a total of 699 reviews and 226 meta reviews that provided the basis for the final paper selection. As a result of this process, 46 regular papers were finally selected for presentation at the main conference, an acceptance rate of 21%. A set of 8 work-in-progress papers were also accepted. Given the large number of submitted manuscripts and the tight time and space constraints, many strong submissions could not be accepted. The main program of WoWMoM 2015 covers three days and includes two streams of parallel sessions. The program is further enriched by two keynote presentations offered by world-leaders in the field, Dr. Michael Luby Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm, and Professor Prasant Mohapatra Vice Chancellor of University of California Davis. The main program is complemented by an Industry Panel, a Posters & Demos session, and a diverse set of high-quality workshops. We are grateful to all authors who trusted us with their work; without them there would be no conference. The final result would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of many colleagues. We would like to thank the members of the Technical Program Committee, for their sense of responsibility and responsiveness under very tight deadlines. Special thanks to the General Chair Professor Ibrahim Matta, and members of the organizing committee in particular Dr. Kaushik Chowdhury, Dr. Flavio Esposito, Dr. Yue Frank Gao, Dr. Victoria Manfredi.