The objective of this symposium is to provide a forum for researchers and technologists to present new ideas and contributions in the form of technical papers, panel discussions as well as online demos of service applications or technologies related to the future wireless communication systems. This symposium, first in series to be held on a bi-annual basis in the proximity of the Indian Ocean, also intends to bring together various wireless communication systems developers to discuss the current status, technical challenges, standards, fundamental issue, and future services and applications in the form of panels and tutorials. ISWCS'04 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and state of the art research and work in the wireless industry. The scope of the conference includes a wide range of technical challenges in view of the growing interest for wireless access to Internet and the evolution of future wireless communications with access across hybrid platforms.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• Hybrid wireless communication systems
• Radio resource management and allocation
• Wireless access techniques
• Mobile Internet
• Satellite Communication Systems
• Wireless privacy and security
• Wireless services and applications
• Wireless IP
• Wireless network architecture and technologies systems
• Digital signal processing
• MANET
• End-to-End QoS
• Coding modulation and equalization
• DVB and DAB techniques
• Novel wireless switching and routing techniques
• Mobility management
• Antenna and RF subsystems
• MIMO
• Traffic control and engineering
• Network management and system operation
• UWB
• Sensor networks