The Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) is a semiannual international

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organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Vehicular Technology Society.

History

The first conference was held in

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, Michigan, United States in 1950 and then annually until 1998. Since 1999, the conference has been held in spring and

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, when it is known as VTC Spring and VTC Fall respectively. The alignment with the

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s has meant that the conference has almost always been held in the Northern Hemisphere, but in May 2006, VTC Spring was held in

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, Victoria, Australia, visiting the Southern Hemisphere for the first time. Recent VTCs have been attended by about 600-700 people. The conference focuses mainly on the physical layer and medium access control layer (PHY and MAC) of wireless systems.

References

External links

The Vehicular Technology Society
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