Dear all,

Hope that you will be interested in contributing to this workshop.
Aplogize if you received this CFP multiple times.

Regards,

Sunghyun Choi

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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 The workshop solicits high quality and previously unpublished work in the field.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 submission details will be provided at the workshop home page at http://www.willopan.org.

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Deadline: September 7, 2005
Notification of Acceptance: October 7, 2005
Camera-Ready Papers: November 7, 2005

Technical Program Committee (TBC)
Santosh P Abraham Qualcomm, USA
Suman Banerjee University of Wisconsin, Madison, 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
Sumit Roy University of Washington, USA
Puneet Sharma HP Labs, USA
Ilenia Tinnirello University of Palermo, ITALY
Li-Chun Wang National Chiao-Tung University, TAIWAN