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Deadline fast approaching for IEEE MASS 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Deadline for paper submissions is fast approaching. Please find below the CFP for the conference. All the best, -- Pedro M. Ruiz http://ants.dif.um.es/staff/pedrom/ -- Call for Papers The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2006) October 9 - 12, 2006 Vancouver, Canada http://www.ieee-mass.org Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE TC on Distributed Processing and TC on Simulation OVERVIEW Earlier research in wireless networks and mobile computing has concentrated on single-hop networks, where network nodes communicate directly with a fixed infrastructure, such as cellular or satellite systems. More recently, interest in multi-hop networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks, has stimulated a significant amount of scientific research. In particular, wireless mesh networking (a new community network architecture) has been proposed as an alternative for providing Internet access to business and residential customers. This conference focuses on multi-hop ad hoc and sensor networks systems, covering topics ranging from physical issues to applications. TOPICS Manuscripts that focus on analytical modeling, protocol/algorithm design, and/or experimental studies of the following topics of interest are sought: - Channel behavior modeling and its impact on design of higher-layer protocols - Directional and smart antennas for ad hoc networks - MAC protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Provisioning of wireless QoS; e.g., bandwidth and delay assurance - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) and routing metrics - Data transport in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks - Power-aware and energy-efficient design - Topology construction and maintenance of coverage - Cross-layer design and optimization - Incentives and game theoretic approaches in wireless ad hoc networks - Localization and synchronization in wireless sensor networks - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in wireless sensor - Reliability, security, and trustworthiness in ad hoc and sensor networks - Operating system and middleware support - Applications of multi-hop technology SUBMISSION Technical papers: All submissions must be full papers in .pdf or .ps (PostScript) format. Papers must be uploaded to EDAS by March 31, 2006, and must not exceed 10 single-spaced, two-column pages using at least 11 point size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages. Detailed submission instructions will be published in due time on the conference website http://www.ieee-mass.org together with format files. Workshops: Proposals for full day workshops are solicited. Selections will be made considering the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers and the relevance of the topic to the central theme of the conference. Proposals of at most 4 pages, including a 1-page biographical sketch, should be submitted to the Workshops Chair, Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer (ebelding(a)cs.ucsb.edu ) by March 31, 2006. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2006 Acceptance Notification: June 30 2006 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2006 Conference: Octorber 9-12, 2006 COMMITTEE GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Charles E. Perkins Nokia Research Center Jie Wu Florida Atlantic University PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Zygmunt J. Haas Cornell University Jennifer Hou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PROGRAM VICE CO-CHAIRS Ben Liang University of Toronto Mingyan Liu University of Michigan WORKSHOPS CHAIR Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer University of California, Santa Barbara PROGRAM COMMITTEE check http://www.ieee-mass.org

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[CFP] SSS 2006 --- First Call for Papers
by fclaerho＠irisa.fr 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.] Eighth International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (formerly Symposium on Self-stabilizing Systems) (SSS 2006) November 17th-19th, 2006, Dallas, Texas, USA http://www.irisa.fr/sss/2006/ ============================================================================== Important Dates Paper Submission: July 7th, 2006 Notification to Authors: August 21st, 2006 Camera-ready: August 31st, 2006 Symposium: November 17th-19th, 2006 ============================================================================= The Symposium is a prestigious international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of fault-tolerant distributed systems with self-* properties, such as self-stabilizing, self-configuring, self-organizing, self-managing, self-repairing, self-healing, self-optimizing, self-adaptive, and self-protecting. The theory of self-stabilization has been enriched in the last 25 years by high quality research contributions in the areas of algorithmic techniques, formal methodologies, model theoretic issues, and composition techniques. All these areas are essential to the understanding and maintenance of self-* properties in fault-tolerant distributed systems. Research in distributed systems is now at a crucial point in its evolution, marked by the importance of dynamic systems such as peer-to-peer networks, large-scale wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, robotic networks, etc. Moreover, new applications such as grid and web services, banking and e-commerce, e-health and robotics, aerospace and avionics, automotive, industrial process control, etc. have joined the traditional applications of distributed systems. Now, more than ever, the theory of self-stabilization has tremendous impact in these areas. Therefore, this year, we are extending the scope of the symposium to cover all safety and security related aspects of self-* systems. The title of the conference has been changed to reflect this expansion. There will be three tracks: networking, safety and security, and self-* properties in static and dynamic systems. The symposium solicits contributions on all aspects of self-stabilization, safety and security, recovery oriented systems and programing, from theoretical contributions, to reports of the actual experience of applying the principles of self-stabilization to static and dynamic systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Stabilization: - self-stabilizing systems - self-managed, self-assembling, autonomic and adaptive systems - self-optimizing and self-protecting systems - self-* abstractions for implementing fundamental services in static and dynamic distributed systems - impossibility results and lower bounds for self-* systems - application of stabilizing algorithms and techniques in dynamic distributed systems - data and code stabilization - algorithms for self-* error detection/correction Safety: - safety critical systems - trust models and specifications - semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk and reputation - trust-related security and privacy - reliable and dependable systems - fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery Security: - security of network protocols - security of sensor and mobile networks protocols - secure architectures, frameworks, policy, intrusion detection/awareness - proactive security - self-* properties and their relation with classical fault-tolerance and security - security protocols for self-* systems Networks and Applications: - models of fault-tolerant communication - stochastic, physical, and biological models to analyze self-* properties - communication complexity - data structures for efficient communication - self-stabilizing hardware, software, and middleware - algorithms for high-speed networks, sensors, wireless and robots networks - mobile agents - peer-to-peer networks, sensor networks, MANETs, and wireless mesh networks - network topologies, overlays, and protocols - protocols for secure and reliable data transport and search in wireless mesh networks - information storage and sharing in wireless mesh networks Contributors are invited to submit a PDF file of their paper. Submissions should be no longer than 4800 words and should not exceed 12 pages on letter-size paper using at least 11 point font and reasonable margins (the page limit includes all figures, tables, and graphs). Submissions should include a cover page (that does not count towards the 12 page limit) that includes paper title, authors and affiliations, contact author's e-mail address, an abstract of the work in a few lines, and a few keywords. Submitted papers may have appendices beyond the 12 page limit, but reviewers are free to disregard any material beyond the 12 page limit. A paper submitted to SSS 2006 is expected to be original research not previously published; a submission may not be concurrently submitted or to any other conference, workshop, or journal. The proceedings of the conference are expected to be published in the Springer Verlag LNCS series. Selected papers will appear in a special issue of a high quality journal devoted to SSS 2006.

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DISC 2006 Call for Papers
by dolev 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

The 20th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2006), will be held on September 18-20, 2006, in Stockholm, Sweden. Submission deadline is Monday May 1st 2006. More details and a call for papers appears at http://www.sics.se/disc2006 Shlomi Dolev DISC 2006 PC Chair

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DISC 2006 Call for Papers
by dolev 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

The 20th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2006), will be held on September 18-20, 2006, in Stockholm, Sweden. Submission deadline is Monday May 1st 2006. More details and a call for papers appears at http://www.sics.se/disc2006 Shlomi Dolev DISC 2006 PC Chair

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Fwd: INTRANET-DIVERS: publication
by André Danthine 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

I do not resist to forward to TC6 members the copy of an email dixtributed in the academic circles of Belgium. BR Andre >Begin forwarded message: > > >From: "Dumont Jacques E." <jedumont(a)ulb.ac.be> >Date: March 10, 2006 4:36:11 PM GMT+01:00 > >We, scientists, create, provide and judge the science presented to >journals. While we are not paid by the publishers, we pay to get >access to this science. > >Publishers who concentrate more and more journals within a few >companies use their oligopoly to charge more and more and earn >tremendous amounts of money. They use a snobbism about impact >factors and the tyranny this exerts on the career of young >scientists. > > We can dilute this power in a simple way. Open access is the only >answer. Whenever I have to choose one reference out of several, I >shall from now on choose a reference to a paper that I and my >readers can access freely on the Internet PubMed. If we all do >that, we shall push the impact factor of those journals (printed or >not) which do not grudge us. > >If you agree with this message diffuse it. > >Yours, > >Jacques E. Dumont > >Pr Jacques E. DUMONT, >Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (IRIBHM), >Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Faculte de Medecine, >Campus Erasme, Bldg C, (CP 602), >Route de Lennik, 808 >1070 Bruxelles, Belgique. >tel : 32 (0)2 555 41 34 >fax : 32 (0)2 555 46 55 >email: jedumont(a)ulb.ac.be >http://www.ulb.ac.be/medecine/iribhm/ > >_______________________________________________ >Biochemistry mailing list >Biochemistry(a)icp.ucl.ac.be >http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/mailman/listinfo/biochemistry -- -------------- ANDRE DANTHINE andre.danthine(a)ulg.ac.be + 32 4 383 75 42 25, rue Henri Fays B-4160 Anthisnes (Belgium)

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DCOSS 2006 Student Travel Grants
by Wendi Heinzelman 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

----------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation **NEW** Student Travel Grants Available for I E E E D C O S S 2 0 0 6 June 18 - 20, 2006, San Fransisco, CA Hotel reservation deadline: May 19th Advance Registration deadline: May 15th http://www.dcoss.org/dcoss2006/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The 2006 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '06) announces the availability of student travel grants, funded by the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP). The grants will provide reimbursement of up to a maximum of $500. The reimbursement can be applied to airfare, up to 3 nights of hotel accommodations, transportation, and meals. Deadline for Applying: April 15th. Award Decisions: May 8th. Award Acceptance by: May 15th. Award conditions: ------------------ The following criteria will be considered in awarding the grants: Priority for travel grants will be given to students who are presenting a regular paper or a workshop paper, followed by students who otherwise would not be able to attend. In addition, preference will be given to students from under-represented groups in the broad field of Computer and Information Science and Engineering. Students from under-represented states and institutions are also encouraged to apply. How to apply: -------------- Please provide the following items in text or pdf format and email them to the Student Scholarships Chair, Loren Schwiebert, at loren(a)wayne.edu with the subject line "DCOSS STUDENT TRAVEL APPLICATION". The application must include the following items: 1. The title of the paper at DCOSS, if applicable. 2. The need for the travel grant (air fare and other anticipated costs). 3. Applicant's school and contact information. 4. A letter of recommendation from the student's advisor. Please note that conference registration fees are not covered by this grant, so the advisor's recommendation letter must clarify what other sources of funding are available to cover the registration and any other additional expenses. ---------------- Loren Schwiebert DCOSS Student Scholarships Chair

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News from IFIP council
by Otto Spaniol 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Dear all, > >I just received word that Springer has agreed to a trial with IFIP >publications. >The description of the program is described in the attachment. It even >works! > >I found registration a bit awkward for problems that I do not understand. >But after finally being registered, one has, at this point, access to some >twenty-three IFIP conference proceedings. I have successfully downloaded >a pdf version of one of our papers. > >I will append the text of the announcement at the end of this note. The >trial will last for one year. > >I have no idea how all of this happened. I am copying Otto; perhaps he >can explain. > Yes, this was discussed and presented at the publication committee meeting at the occasion of the IFIP council from where I'm just returning. I got a printed version of the advertising sheet but I attach it for everybody once more (see attachment). Nevertheless, things with Springer are far from being perfect (even if they are improving slightly). The way to IFIP DL was discussed in much detail. There are three steps planned: 1. An archive (to be maintained by IFIP itself as a collection of CD's or so; interestingly, Springer would be willing to do that; but IFIP secretariat believe that it can be done there practically without any cost - and of course with no particular service quality). 2. A basic digital library (renamed from the original wording "electronic repository" according to the suggestions made by TC6, particular thanks to Harry Rudin and to Peter Radford!). Interestingly enough, Springer is not at all interested in that. It was also unclear whether this basic digital library should also include some other material than the papers, e.g. conference announcements which would be deleted after the conference has happened. Nobody had the slightest idea about cost and how, when and where to make a bid for such a basic DL. Also copyright issues and linking to Springer (if somebody else operates the basic DL) were fully unsolved and unsolvable since of course Jennifer's mandate was only the mandate to stay negative if a critical issue comes up. So things ended once more without any concrete plan; IFIP is little more than a collection of low-qualified bureaucrats! But bureaucrats who cann at least appreciate the positive things of an excellent dinner - such a dinner was organised by our host Ramon Puigjaner who really did an absolutely great job!! 3. A "real" DL - which is of course even more in the nirwana than the basic DL. On the more positive side: The "sleeping pill" Jennifer Evans has been upgraded so much in the Springer hierarchy that she cannot do any further harm. The real business will be done from now on by Amy Brais <amy.brais(a)xn--springer-75a.com>. Please contact Amy whenever you have a publication problem. I'm confident that she will do a much better job. Finally (for Guy Pujolle and Harry Perros !!!): I tried to cut the Gordian knot concerning the "TC6 journal". Amy Brais told me that she waits desparately for a message from Guy and/or Harry. She said that she had send out such a inquiry but had never received an answer. What she would like to have are aims and scopes of the journal and maybe a concrete plan about how the journal might be installed. So this ball is now on our side (Springer is not guilty for themoment being). We have to plack the ball back. Guy and Harry: Please do it! Best regards Otto

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Re: [ifip-tc6] An amazing development
by Otto Spaniol 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Dear all, >Guy Leduc wrote: > >> Harry, >> >> This is not the first similar initiative of Springer. >> In 2005 they offered another token to get access to a subset of their >> DL for free. I had tried it, but it was not very useful because very >> limited. >> >> I've also introduced this new 'ifip' token which indeed gives access >> to some IFIP books. Let's keep in mind that this is only for one year >> though. ANyway this is a very nice initiative that we should support. >> Did IFIP "ask" them to do so, or is it their own initiative? I suppose that this activity is in line with Springers trials for establishing an own "real" digital library. And it is probably a reaction to the continuous pressure by IFIP to make "something" in direction to a DL. >> This is somehow odd given that in the other email from Otto they are not >> really willing to do anything in support of an IFIP DL. Springer explained at the council meeting that they would not be interested in being the outsource provider for an intermediate digital library. For the third step, namely a "real" DL (at which cost?), Springer didn't make a statement. Concerning the intermediate digital library there was the "offer" made by Britisch Computer Society to take over their system which is not overwhelmingly powerful. When asked about cost Roger Johnson said that it would be 50 British Pounds per paper handled. According to him, this would be the same which is asked for BCS internally. Behind the doors, some people believed that this price is enormous. What do you think? Anyway, there was no decision made in Palma whether to take over the BCS system for IFIP or not. > >I have no idea whether IFIP asked Springer to set up such a system or >how it happened. >On some days it is hard to believe that we are all working together for >IFIP ---- there do >seem to be some real communications problems. Yes indeed, there are communication problems and misunderstanding. Let me give an example: In the recent email received from Guy P. where he recalls the story about the discussions with Springer (I attach the first part of the email below) you will see that there is a lot on Belize, South Korea and of bad snow) but you will also see that I was never on the recipients list of all those messages. You may imagine that I'm usually surprised about questions made in the IFIP publication committee when it comes to the problem of TC6 journal since I don' get any information about that. Thus communication should be really improved for a technical committee whose name is "communication systems". > >I am beginning to think that within TC6 we should decide what we think >is best and >do it, probably on a small scale with just one or two meeting >proceedings, being careful >to avoid copyright problems and stepping on other people's toes >as hard as they are stepping on ours! > Really I would like to see a concrete action rather than learning that agreed projects die (exceprt form a message received by Harry P.): >I was suprised to read in Otto's first message that Amy was looking for >Guy P. and me. We (Guy P. and I) did have a tele-conference with Jennifer, >and she liked our basic idea, i.e. that of accepting the 5 best papers >from each conference plus papers submitted inependently of conferences. >She insisted that we should expand this model to non-IFIP conferences, and >she encourged us to provide some more information plus some 500 hundred >emails of networking people who they could poll to see if there was >interest in such a Journal. The idea was to publish a regular Journal. She >was hoping that we would give her this information prior to an IFIP >meeting. We never submitted the stuff Jennifer requested, and I personally >never received any messages from Amy. The project died because I did not >feel like pursuing it further. I was being battered by Otto about a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ???? I don't understand at all ??? >strawman proposal for a new optical networking conference, which put me >off doing anything for IFIP and its glory (you all know the rest of the >story). I was also a little burnt out from too much work. So, I went >sailing to the Chesapeake Bay !! (highly recommended for releasing stress >..not to mention their crab cakes!!) An open electronic journal may be the best solution but we will have to find a real sponsor for that. This is easier said than done. Concrete proposals are more than welcome. Best regards Otto ---------------------------------------------- The beginning of Guy Pujolle's message (everybody got a copy of it): Otto, Sorry for the late answer. I did not look at more of my email for a week. May be some questions are discussed more in details in next mails. Concerning the IFIP Journal and the events, you will find in the following an exchange of emails that finished on a confcall. In this confcall it was asked us all the email files we have to eventually advertized the future Journal, to produce a large number of contacts and a lot of things so that Springer can think about the possibility or not to launch the Journal. The very pessimistic conclusion of this confcall was interpreted by Harry and I as a negative answer to our proposal. However, we prepared a new proposal that was stopped by the conflict between Otto and Harry. At that point we were thinking Harry and I to have a free journal and DL, etc. So may be the Springer message after the confcall was not correctly intrepreted by Harry and I but I am not sure about that. I will be reading next mails during the week-end. Best regards, Guy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evans, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Evans(a)springer-sbm.com> > To: "Harry Perros" <hp(a)csc.ncsu.edu> > Cc: "Guy Pujolle" <Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr>; "IFIP Mailbox" > <ifip(a)springer-sbm.com>; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; "Klaus Brunnstein" > <brunnstein(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de>; "Eduard Dundler" > <eduard.dundler(a)ifip.or.at> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:40 PM > Subject: RE: A strawman proposal for a new Journal > > > Let's make a start with a call between us anyway. OK? If so please send me > you number, and I'll call you at 9:15 (bad snow!!). Hopefully Guy will > read > this mail by then and be able to join. > > ________________________________ > > From: Harry Perros [mailto:hp@csc.ncsu.edu] > Sent: Wed 1/26/2005 11:16 AM > To: Evans, Jennifer > Cc: Guy Pujolle; IFIP Mailbox; r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk; Klaus Brunnstein; > Eduard Dundler > Subject: Re: A strawman proposal for a new Journal > > > > Hallo Jeniffer: > > I am acually free this Friday 9 am. I don't know about Guy, though. He > sometimes > travels a lot. I he is to join us, it wil be from France. > > Harry > > > On Jan 26, 2005, at 11:00 AM, Evans, Jennifer wrote: > >> Dear Harry, >> >> I would love to come to Belize. Not sure I can though! When will you >> next both be together? >> >> I can have a teleconference on this Friday at 9AM NYC time. Does this >> work for you? >> >> Jennifer >> >> >> From: Harry Perros [mailto:hp@csc.ncsu.edu] >> Sent: Wed 1/12/2005 9:06 PM >> To: Evans, Jennifer >> Cc: Lambert, Yana; Guy Pujolle; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; Klaus >> Brunnstein; Eduard Dundler >> Subject: Re: A strawman proposal for a new Journal >> >> >> Hi Jennifer >> >> As Guy said we will not be going to South Korea. >> Maybe we can setup a teleconference.. unless you feel like coming down >> to Belize !! >> >> Harry >> >> >> On Jan 12, 2005, at 8:29 PM, Guy Pujolle wrote: >> >> > I don't think so. From March 1 to 13, I will be with Harry and >> > participating in a workshop in Belize on March 11 and 12. >> > Best regards, >> > Guy >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr - LIP6-CNRS - Université Paris 6 >> > Assistante: Laetitia.Jacquey(a)lip6.fr, >> > Tel: +33 1 44 27 87 74 - Fax: +33 1 44 27 87 83 >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evans, Jennifer" >> > <Jennifer.Evans(a)springer-sbm.com> >> > To: "Harry Perros" <hp(a)csc.ncsu.edu> >> > Cc: "Lambert, Yana" <Yana.Lambert(a)springer-sbm.com>; "Guy Pujolle" >> > <Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr>; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; "Klaus Brunnstein" >> > <brunnstein(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de>; "Eduard Dundler" >> > <eduard.dundler(a)ifip.or.at> >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:23 PM >> > Subject: RE: A strawman proposal for a new Journal >> > >> > >> >> Dear Harry and Guy, I assume you will be in South Korea at the end >> of >> >> February? Jennifer >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Harry Perros [mailto:hp@csc.ncsu.edu] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:20 PM >> >> To: Jennifer Evans >> >> Cc: Yana Lambert; Guy Pujolle; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; Klaus >> >> Brunnstein; >> >> Harry Perros; Eduard Dundler >> >> Subject: A strawman proposal for a new Journal

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[CFP] Special Issue on Seamless Handover in Next Generation Wireless/Mobile Networks (Springer's International Journal on Wireless Personal Communication)
by Sunghyun Choi 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

Aplogies if you recieved this CFP multiple times. ---- Springer's International Journal on Wireless Personal Communication Special Issue on Seamless Handover in Next Generation Wireless/Mobile Networks Guest Editors Anand R. Prasad, DoCoMo Comm. Labs. Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany Selim Aissi, Intel Corporation, Portland, USA Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Jeevarathinam Ravikumar, Consistel, Singapore Scope of Special Issue Mobile communication has evolved in a rapid pace from the introduction of Analog Cellular networks in 1980s. Technology has gone through tremendous changes in terms of security, access techniques, protocol stacks, bandwidth usage and also convergence into packet switching based on All-IP network from the conventional circuit switched techniques. Complexity has increased due to the introduction of different access technologies, available services, and other aspects as mentioned above during the telecom evolution for the past 20 years. Pressure is mounting to harmonize various technologies under a common IP backbone so that seamless handover can be provided that exploits the benefits of available radio access technologies. Seamless handover should be achieved not only for Inter-Technology but also for Inter-Operator handover. Operators and the consumers will be greatly benefited in terms of cost effectiveness, enhanced features, location independence and ease of use through the introduction of seamless heterogeneous handover mechanisms. Several standardization activities have already started working on technical solutions for seamless handover. One of the well known activities is that of next-generation networks (NGN) making use of IMS based solution for service provisioning and handover between fixed and mobile operators. Within 3GPP and 3GPP2, activities are on-going to provision handover between different technologies and recently, in 3GPP, between different domains. This activity within 3GPP falls under All-IP Network (AIPN) System Architecture Evolution (SAE)/Radio Access Network (RAN) Long Term Evolution (LTE). IEEE 802 is also looking into media-independent handover (MIH) in 802.21 while 802.11u is working on inter-technology handover. Handover enhancement within IEEE 802.11 is taking place within Task Group R (TGr). IETF has produced some solutions in the seamoby working group while further enhancements are being done in various other groups including mobopts, mipshop and mobike. Along with standardization activities, various operators and vendors are also involved in developing harmonized solution for heterogeneous networks, like, UMA. At the same time a lot of research and development activities are taking place by academia, research institutes and industries too. So far, the work has focused on one specific topic of handover such as security, QoS, and routing. However, the focus should be on developing an end-to-end network perspective that covers the whole span of the network from radio aspects to OSS aspects that includes value added services. With the above background, this special issue invites people to present papers on seamless handover in heterogeneous networks in the following (but, not limited to) areas: - Handover security - Solutions for mobility support - Charging and billing, and AAA infrastructure - Fraud Management across various networks - Access Control techniques in heterogeneous networks - QoS provisioning for inter-technology and intra-/inter-domain handover - Content provisioning and seamless use of VAS across different networks - Standardization activities - Testbed or measurement results Important dates Deadline of paper submissions: 15th May 2006 Notification of acceptance: 1st October 2006 Final Manuscripts Due: 1st November 2006 Publication of Feature Topic: February 2007 Submission Papers should follow the Springer format (11pt, single column, double spaced) and not exceed twenty pages including figures and tables. Manuscript should be submitted on-line at: <https://www.editorialmanager.com/wire/> https://www.editorialmanager.com/wire/ You MUST select article type: "Special Issue: Seamless Handover" Author information is available at: <http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-40109-70-35706624-000.h tml> http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-40109-70-35706624-000.ht ml Guest Editors Contact Information Anand R. Prasad DoCoMo Comm. Labs. Europe GmbH Landsbergerstrasse 308-312 80687 Munich, Germany E-mail: <mailto:prasad@docomolab-euro.com> prasad(a)docomolab-euro.com Selim Aissi Mobile Platforms Group Intel Corporation CO5-166, 15400 NW Greenbrier Parkway Beaverton, Oregon, 97007, USA E-mail: <mailto:selim.aissi@intel.com> selim.aissi(a)intel.com Sunghyun Choi School of Electrical Engineering Seoul National University Kwanak P.O.Box 34 Seoul 151-600, Korea E-mail: <mailto:schoi@snu.ac.kr> schoi(a)snu.ac.kr Jeevarathinam Ravikumar Consistel (Singapore) Pte Ltd 5 Jalan Kilang Barat, #08-01/03 Petro Centre Singapore 159349 E-mail: <mailto:jravikumar@consistel.com> jravikumar(a)consistel.com --- Sunghyun Choi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Multimedia & Wireless Networking Laboratory (MWNL) School of Electrical Engineering Seoul National University Office: +82-(0)2-880-1753 Mobile: +82-(0)11-798-0180 Email: <mailto:schoi@snu.ac.kr> schoi(a)snu.ac.kr URL: <http://ee.snu.ac.kr/~schoi> http://ee.snu.ac.kr/~schoi

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Re: [ifip-tc6] News from IFIP council
by Ramon Puigjaner 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Dear Raghavan, Just two comments. It would be convenient to find another title for the anceint series of Netwroking because now there is a very successful series of conferences (next one in coimbra next May) with the same title. If you decide to go ahead with this idea I suggest to contact with Ana Pont (Developing countries) and I offer my cooperation to set up this new series. Best regards Ramon > Otto, Guy, Harry, > > >From Indian and Asian perspective, I believe it is a good idea to start a > Journal of repute. I prefer the title Journal of Networking as opposed to > Annals of Networking. > > Besides, it may a good idea to revive the Networking Conference series; it > can be re-launched as a Conference that circulates between Asia- Pacific and > Europe in alternate years. The TOP FIVE papers can be a feed into the > Journal as well. > > I volunteer for the re-launch. India is doing well and it no longer needs > the type of support one used to expect from IFIP during the last decade. > > Let us give it a try. > > Earlier I did send a mail about Digital Library, but even I did not get a > copy. I do not how exploder handles my mails. I hope all og you get to see > this mail. > > Professor S V Raghavan > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > Indian Institute of Technology Madras > Chennai 600036 INDIA > Tel: 91 44 2257 4359 > Fax: 91 44 2257 0563 > Res: 91 44 2257 6359 > Email: svr(a)cs.iitm.ernet.in > Web: http://netlab.cs.iitm.ernet.in > > -----Original Message----- > From: ifip-tc6-bounces(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > [mailto:ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE] On Behalf Of Guy Pujolle > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:15 PM > To: Otto Spaniol > Cc: ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de > Subject: Re: [ifip-tc6] News from IFIP council > > Otto, > Sorry for the late answer. I did not look at more of my email for a week. > May be some questions are discussed more in details in next mails. > Concerning the IFIP Journal and the events, you will find in the following > an exchange of emails that finished on a confcall. In this confcall it was > asked us all the email files we have to eventually advertized the future > Journal, to produce a large number of contacts and a lot of things so that > Springer can think about the possibility or not to launch the Journal. The > very pessimistic conclusion of this confcall was interpreted by Harry and I > as a negative answer to our proposal. However, we prepared a new proposal > that was stopped by the conflict between Otto and Harry. > At that point we were thinking Harry and I to have a free journal and DL, > etc. > So may be the Springer message after the confcall was not correctly > intrepreted by Harry and I but I am not sure about that. > I will be reading next mails during the week-end. > Best regards, > Guy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Evans, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Evans(a)springer-sbm.com> > > To: "Harry Perros" <hp(a)csc.ncsu.edu> > > Cc: "Guy Pujolle" <Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr>; "IFIP Mailbox" > > <ifip(a)springer-sbm.com>; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; "Klaus Brunnstein" > > <brunnstein(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de>; "Eduard Dundler" > > <eduard.dundler(a)ifip.or.at> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:40 PM > > Subject: RE: A strawman proposal for a new Journal > > > > > > Let's make a start with a call between us anyway. OK? If so please send me > > you number, and I'll call you at 9:15 (bad snow!!). Hopefully Guy will > > read > > this mail by then and be able to join. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Harry Perros [mailto:hp@csc.ncsu.edu] > > Sent: Wed 1/26/2005 11:16 AM > > To: Evans, Jennifer > > Cc: Guy Pujolle; IFIP Mailbox; r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk; Klaus Brunnstein; > > Eduard Dundler > > Subject: Re: A strawman proposal for a new Journal > > > > > > > > Hallo Jeniffer: > > > > I am acually free this Friday 9 am. I don't know about Guy, though. He > > sometimes > > travels a lot. I he is to join us, it wil be from France. > > > > Harry > > > > > > On Jan 26, 2005, at 11:00 AM, Evans, Jennifer wrote: > > > >> Dear Harry, > >> > >> I would love to come to Belize. Not sure I can though! When will you > >> next both be together? > >> > >> I can have a teleconference on this Friday at 9AM NYC time. Does this > >> work for you? > >> > >> Jennifer > >> > >> > >> From: Harry Perros [mailto:hp@csc.ncsu.edu] > >> Sent: Wed 1/12/2005 9:06 PM > >> To: Evans, Jennifer > >> Cc: Lambert, Yana; Guy Pujolle; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; Klaus > >> Brunnstein; Eduard Dundler > >> Subject: Re: A strawman proposal for a new Journal > >> > >> > >> Hi Jennifer > >> > >> As Guy said we will not be going to South Korea. > >> Maybe we can setup a teleconference.. unless you feel like coming down > >> to Belize !! > >> > >> Harry > >> > >> > >> On Jan 12, 2005, at 8:29 PM, Guy Pujolle wrote: > >> > >> > I don't think so. From March 1 to 13, I will be with Harry and > >> > participating in a workshop in Belize on March 11 and 12. > >> > Best regards, > >> > Guy > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr - LIP6-CNRS - Université Paris 6 > >> > Assistante: Laetitia.Jacquey(a)lip6.fr, > >> > Tel: +33 1 44 27 87 74 - Fax: +33 1 44 27 87 83 > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evans, Jennifer" > >> > <Jennifer.Evans(a)springer-sbm.com> > >> > To: "Harry Perros" <hp(a)csc.ncsu.edu> > >> > Cc: "Lambert, Yana" <Yana.Lambert(a)springer-sbm.com>; "Guy Pujolle" > >> > <Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr>; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; "Klaus Brunnstein" > >> > <brunnstein(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de>; "Eduard Dundler" > >> > <eduard.dundler(a)ifip.or.at> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:23 PM > >> > Subject: RE: A strawman proposal for a new Journal > >> > > >> > > >> >> Dear Harry and Guy, I assume you will be in South Korea at the end > >> of > >> >> February? Jennifer > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: Harry Perros [mailto:hp@csc.ncsu.edu] > >> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:20 PM > >> >> To: Jennifer Evans > >> >> Cc: Yana Lambert; Guy Pujolle; <r.johnson(a)bcs.org.uk>; Klaus > >> >> Brunnstein; > >> >> Harry Perros; Eduard Dundler > >> >> Subject: A strawman proposal for a new Journal > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Dear Jennifer: > >> >> > >> >> Below please find a strawman proposal for the Journal. > >> >> > >> >> We will start with a bimonthly-published Journal, which will carry > >> >> full > >> >> versions of the best papers presented > >> >> in the TC6 sponsored conferences. Assuming about 10 papers per > >> issue, > >> >> we believe that we will have an > >> >> oversupply of good papers. > >> >> > >> >> In the second year of its operation, we will start accepting papers > >> >> from the open literature that will permit us > >> >> to build it up to a monthly publication. The final goal is to > >> >> alternate > >> >> issues, one with papers from TC6 conferences, > >> >> and one from the open call. > >> >> > >> >> Approximately 15 good quality IFIP TC 6 conferences take place every > >> >> year. The total number of submitted papers > >> >> is about 2000. The number of presented papers in a conference that > >> >> will > >> >> be invited for publication in the new Journal will > >> >> be proportional to the number of submitted papers to the conference. > >> >> In > >> >> this way, more papers from prestigious conferences, > >> >> such as the Networking 200x series, which typically attracts between > >> >> 500 to 600 submissions, will be published > >> >> in the Journal than from a lesser conference,which typically does > >> not > >> >> attract many papers. Assuming that we accept > >> >> 1 paper for every 33 submitted papers, we will have about 60 papers > >> >> per year. (These ratios can be changed > >> >> depending on our discussions). > >> >> > >> >> The acceptance procedure will be as follows. Once the selection of > >> the > >> >> papers has been concluded, we will invite > >> >> a number of authors to submit full papers. The papers will be sent > >> to > >> >> referees along with the original reviews > >> >> done for the conference. The refereeing process should take at most > >> 6 > >> >> months. > >> >> > >> >> Papers from open call will follow the normal reviewing process. > >> >> > >> >> Guy and I will be the Editors-in-Chief and we will build up a > >> >> prestigious editorial board. We hope that Kluver will be able to > >> help > >> >> us > >> >> with the administration side of the Journal, as we do not > >> >> have resources to higher our own secretary. > >> >> > >> >> The provisional title of the network is: The JOURNAL of NETWORKING. > >> We > >> >> belive that this exact title has not been used > >> >> yet. If this title is not appropriate due to its proximity to the > >> >> IEEE/ACM Transactions of Networking (ToN), maybe we can > >> >> call it the ANNALS OF NETWORKING. Of course, we will be happy to > >> >> entertain any other thoughst that you may have. > >> >> > >> >> Looking forward to hearing from you. > >> >> > >> >> Harry and Guy > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Dec 20, 2004, at 7:13 AM, Harry Perros wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Dear Jennifer > >> >>> > >> >>> We are glad that you liked our idea. Guy and I are certainly very > >> >>> excited and positive about this > >> >>> new Journal. Our original idea is to include all TC6 meetings, if > >> >>> this > >> >> > >> >>> is possible. > >> >>> > >> >>> As a preamble to our discussions, Guy and I will circlulate after > >> >>> Christmas a strawman proposal, where we > >> >>> will outline the structure of the proposed Journal. > >> >>> > >> >>> Happy Christmas. > >> >>> > >> >>> Harry > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> Harry Perros > >> Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor > >> Computer Science Department > >> NC State University > >> Raleigh, NC 27596-7534 > >> tel: 1-919-515-2041 > >> >>> On Dec 15, 2004, at 1:38 PM, Yana Lambert wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> Dear Harry and Guy, > >> >>>> > >> >>>> This proposal sounds interesting. Would the material include all > >> >>>> TC6 > >> >> > >> >>>> meetings, including those published in LNCS and elsewhere, or only > >> >>>> those published in the IFIP main series? Let's discuss in January > >> >>>> in > >> >> > >> >>>> light of > >> >>>> our assignation of an ISSN to the IFIP series. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Thank you for coming to me with this opportunity. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Best regards, > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Jennifer Evans > >> >>>> Publishing Director > >> >>>> Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. > >> >>>> 101 Philip Drive > >> >>>> Norwell MA 02061 > >> >>>> Tel: +1-(781) 681-0625 > >> >>>> Fax: +1-(781)-871-7507 > >> >>>> Email: Jennifer.evans(a)springer-sbm.com > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -----Original Message----- > >> >>>> From: Harry Perros [mailto:hp@csc.ncsu.edu] > >> >>>> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 7:50 AM > >> >>>> To: Harry Perros; Yana Lambert; Guy Pujolle > >> >>>> Subject: A proposal for a new Journal > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Dear Yana > >> >>>> > >> >>>> We are writing to you to discuss the feasibility of launching a > >> new > >> >>>> Journal in the area of networking. This proposal was discussed at > >> >>>> the > >> >> > >> >>>> recent TC 6 business meeting at Bankock > >> >>>> and it was well received. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> The Journal will supplement the TC 6 conference proceedings > >> >>>> published > >> >> > >> >>>> by Kluver or Springer-Verlag. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> The idea is that we will invite the authors of the best papers in > >> >>>> each of the major TC6 conferences to submit a longer version of > >> >>>> their > >> >> > >> >>>> paper to the Journal. The papers submitted to > >> >>>> the Journal will not require a lengthy review since they will have > >> >>>> already been reviewed for > >> >>>> the conference. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> In addition, we will accept papers submitted directly to the > >> Journal > >> >>>> from an open call. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> The orientation of the Journal will be such that it will cover all > >> >>>> the activities of the TC6 Working Groups. Publishing a paper in a > >> >>>> Journal is important to > >> >>>> University Professors, and we think that this will a) help attract > >> >>>> more > >> >>>> papers > >> >>>> to the conferences, and b) we will have a good supply of excellent > >> >>>> papers. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> As for the copyrighhts and profits.. I will leave it to you and > >> IFIP > >> >>>> to > >> >>>> negotiate > >> >>>> this. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Let us know if this proposal is interesting so we can fine-tune > >> it. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Guy Pujolle, Chairmanof WG 6.2 > >> >>>> Harry Perros, Chairman of WG 6.10 > >> >>>> > > _____________________________________ > Guy Pujolle Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr > Université Pierre et Marie Curie > 8 rue du Capitaine Scott, 75015 Paris, France > Assistante: Laetitia Jacquey, Laetitia.jacquey(a)lip6.fr > tel: +33 1 44 27 87 74 fax +33 1 44 27 87 83 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Otto Spaniol" <spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de> > To: <ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de> > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:42 AM > Subject: [ifip-tc6] News from IFIP council > > > > Dear all, > >> > >>I just received word that Springer has agreed to a trial with IFIP > >>publications. > >>The description of the program is described in the attachment. It even > >>works! > >> > >>I found registration a bit awkward for problems that I do not understand. > >>But after finally being registered, one has, at this point, access to some > >>twenty-three IFIP conference proceedings. I have successfully downloaded > >>a pdf version of one of our papers. > >> > >>I will append the text of the announcement at the end of this note. The > >>trial will last for one year. > >> > >>I have no idea how all of this happened. I am copying Otto; perhaps he > >>can explain. > >> > > Yes, this was discussed and presented at the publication committee meeting > > at the occasion of the IFIP council from where I'm just returning. > > I got a printed version of the advertising sheet but I attach > > it for everybody once more (see attachment). > > Nevertheless, things with Springer are far from being perfect (even > > if they are improving slightly). > > > > The way to IFIP DL was discussed in much detail. There are three steps > > planned: > > > > 1. An archive > > (to be maintained by IFIP itself as a collection of CD's or so; > > interestingly, Springer would be willing to do that; but IFIP > > secretariat believe that it can be done there practically > > without any cost - and of course with no particular service quality). > > > > 2. A basic digital library (renamed from the original wording > > "electronic repository" according to the suggestions > > made by TC6, particular thanks to Harry Rudin and to Peter Radford!). > > Interestingly enough, Springer is not at all interested in that. > > It was also unclear whether this basic digital library should also > > include > > some other material than the papers, e.g. conference announcements > > which would be deleted after the conference has happened. > > Nobody had the slightest idea about cost and how, when and where > > to make a bid for such a basic DL. > > Also copyright issues and linking to Springer (if somebody > > else operates the basic DL) were fully unsolved and unsolvable > > since of course Jennifer's mandate was only the mandate to stay > > negative if a critical issue comes up. > > So things ended once more without any concrete plan; IFIP is > > little more than a collection of low-qualified bureaucrats! > > But bureaucrats who cann at least appreciate the positive things > > of an excellent dinner - such a dinner was organised by our host > > Ramon Puigjaner who really did an absolutely great job!! > > > > 3. A "real" DL - which is of course even more in the nirwana > > than the basic DL. > > > > On the more positive side: > > The "sleeping pill" Jennifer Evans has been upgraded so much in the > > Springer hierarchy that she cannot do any further harm. The real > > business will be done from now on by Amy Brais > > <amy.brais(a)xn--springer-75a.com>. > > Please contact Amy whenever you have a publication problem. > > I'm confident that she will do a much better job. > > > > Finally > > (for Guy Pujolle and Harry Perros !!!): > > I tried to cut the Gordian knot concerning the "TC6 journal". > > Amy Brais told me that she waits desparately for a message from > > Guy and/or Harry. She said that she had send out such a inquiry > > but had never received an answer. What she would like to have > > are aims and scopes of the journal and maybe a concrete plan > > about how the journal might be installed. > > So this ball is now on our side (Springer is not guilty for > > themoment being). We have to plack the ball back. > > Guy and Harry: Please do it! > > > > Best regards > > Otto > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ifip-tc6 mailing list > > ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > > http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ifip-tc6 mailing list > ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 > > > > _______________________________________________ > ifip-tc6 mailing list > ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 > ========================================================================= Ramon Puigjaner Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica 07122 PALMA (Spain) Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es =========================================================================

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