Hi All I sincerely apologize if you have received this multiple times. This is for the WILLOPAN WORKSHOP to be held on Jan. 8th 2006, India. With Regards Sai and Sunghyun ************************************************************************ ************************ Call for Papers WILLOPAN 2006 The First International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks http://www.willopan.org/ In Conjunction with COMSWARE 2006 January 8th, 2006 New Delhi, India Wireless local area networks (LANs) and personal area networks (PANs) are becoming more and more popular today. Applications for such networks include wireless extensions of wired networks (such as 802.11 family of networks), cable replacement and short-range communications (such as Bluetooth and UWB), packet radio networks, sensor networks (such as 802.15.4 ZigBee), and other wireless networks with fixed or variable topology. Performance of such networks is the major factor that determines their feasibility for the given set of application requirements. Performance has many different aspects, from physical and data link layers, and all of these are intimately related to topology, energy efficiency, management, user mobility, and security issues. The key goals of this improvement include Quality of Service (QoS) support mechanisms, efficient channel access mechanisms, and energy saving mechanisms, etc. The effort to improve the MAC layer is linked with many technical challenges including compatibility with legacy networks, complexity in implementation, and practical values in real market, etc. The need to address QoS support, MAC enhancement, and energy saving and provide timely, solid technical contributions in the MAC layer of these networks establishes the motivation behind this workshop. Original papers are invited on emerging architectures and technologies in the design of wireless local area networks (WLANs) and wireless personal area networks (WPANs) with emphasis on the use of such networks in diverse areas of applications such as supporting ubiquitous mobile Internet access, and the design of ad-hoc/mesh networks, and sensor networks. The workshop solicits high quality and previously unpublished work in the field. The main scope of the workshop is the MAC layer and above. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: " Design and improvements of MAC protocols " Performance evaluation of different MAC protocols " Mobility and handoff " Scheduling and link adaptation " UWB wireless networks and related issues " Spectral and power management issues " Cross-layer approaches " Network measurement and management " Range estimation and location management (e.g., using UWB) Workshop Co-Chairs: Sai Shankar N Qualcomm Inc, USA nsaishankar@qualcomm.com Sunghyun Choi Seoul National University, KOREA schoi@snu.kr Submission Guidelines All papers are limited to 6 pages and must be in standard IEEE double-column format. The papers should be e-mailed to the workshop co-chairs at both nsaishankar@qualcomm.com and schoi@snu.ac.kr. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: September 22, 2005 (extended) Notification of Acceptance: October 7, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers: November 7, 2005 Technical Program Committee (TBC) Santosh P Abraham Qualcomm, USA Milind Buddhikot Lucent Bell Labs, USA Chun Ting Chou Philips Research, USA Javier del Prado Philips Research, USA Xingang Guo Intel Corp., USA Jennifer Hou University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Kyunghun Jang Samsung Institute of Advanced Technology, KOREA Srinivas Kandala Airgo Networks, Inc., USA Byoung-Jo Kim AT&T Labs - Research, USA Taekyoung Kwon Seoul National University, KOREA Tae-Jin Lee Sungkyunkwan University, KOREA Stefan Mangold Swisscom Innovations, SWITZERLAND Qiang Ni Hamilton Institute, IRELAND Anand R. Prasad Docomo Euro Labs, GERMANY Daji Qiao Iowa State University, USA Chandramouli R Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Puneet Sharma HP Labs, USA Ilenia Tinnirello University of Palermo, ITALY With Best Regards Sai Sai Shankar N Staff Engineer Qualcomm Standards Engineering Dept. 5775 Morehouse Drive San Diego, CA, 92121, USA Phone: +1-858-651-4218 Fax: +1-858-651-4880 URL: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze47c5f/