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unpublished work in the field.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