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************************************************************ * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * ACCESSNETS 2007 * * The Second International Conference on Access Networks * * August 22-24, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * * http://www.accessnets.org/2007/ * * * ************************************************************
Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST
OVERVIEW: With the rapid growth of the Internet as well as the increasing demand for broadband services, access networks have been receiving growing investments in recent years. This has led to a massive network deployment with the goal of eliminating the bandwidth bottleneck between end-users and the network core. Today many diverse technologies are being used to provide broadband access to end users. The architecture and performance of the access segment (local loop, wired and wireless access networks, and even home networks) are getting increasing attention for ensuring quality of service of diverse broadband applications. Moreover, most access lines will no longer terminate on a single device, thus leading to the necessity of having a home network designed for applications that transcend simple Internet access sharing among multiple personal computers and enable multimedia support. Therefore, the access network and its home portion have become a hot investment pool from both a fin! ancial as well as a research perspective.
The aim of the annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with their in-home counterparts. AccessNets'07 is the second edition of this exciting event, which will be held in Ottawa, the beautiful and historical capital city of Canada, in August 2007. The conference will consist of technical sessions, workshops, and panels. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the workshops and panels will focus on development, application, and related business issues in this hot and exciting area.
TOPICS: The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* FTTx and PON technologies * xDSL technology and DSM * Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) technology * Cable-based access technology * Powerline communication technology * Digital satellite access technology * WiFi and WiMax networks * Wireless mesh networks * Integrated wired/wireless networks * Long reach Ethernet * Home networks * Networked appliances * Hybrid wired/wireless LANs * Municipal and community networks * Network architectures and protocols * Medium access control * Cross-layer design * OFDM, OFDMA, CDMA techniques * MIMO techniques * Service convergence * Quality of service provisioning * Network scalability and upgradeability * Network survivability and security * Billing and management aspects * Business and regulatory aspects * Deployment/standardization statuses
PANELS AND WORKSHOPS: We solicit panel and workshop proposals on hot and controversial topics in access networks. Proposals should be submitted to the panel and workshop co-chairs, respectively. Please visit the conference website for detailed instructions.
PAPER SUBMISSION: Please visit the conference website for detailed instructions.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Workshop proposal due February 15, 2007 Panel proposal due March 10, 2007 Paper submission due March 10, 2007 Notification of acceptance May 31, 2007 Final manuscript due June 15, 2007
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
GENERAL CHAIR Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada
TPC CO-CHAIRS Stefano Galli, Panasonic, USA Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology, India
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Martin Maier, University of Quebec, Canada Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, USA
PANEL CO-CHAIRS Kenneth J. Kerpez, Telcordia Technologies, USA Abdallah Shami, University of Western Ontario, Canada
PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Baoxian Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
PUBLICATION CHAIR Shiwen Mao, University of Auburn, USA
INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP CHAIR Angel Lozano, Lucent Technologies, USA
FINANCIAL CHAIR Karen Decker, ICST, USA
CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Zita Rozsa, ICST, USA
LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Peng He, University of Ottawa, Canada
STEERING COMMITTEE Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-net, Italy Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology, Greece Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology, India
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE See http://www.accessnets.org/2007/
Cheng Li *************************************** Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, NL, A1B 3X5
Tel: (1) 709 737 8972 Fax: (1) 709 737 4042 Web: www.engr.mun.ca/~licheng
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