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WWIC 2007 5th International Conference on Wired / Wireless Internet Communications May 23-25 2007, Coimbra, Portugal http://wwic2007.dei.uc.pt
Next generation mobile networks will be based on Internet core networks and wireless access networks. The need for efficient merging of the wired and wireless infrastructure as well as the new multimedia services and applications of next generation networks call for novel network architectures, protocols and traffic-related mechanisms. WWIC addresses research topics such as the design and evaluation of protocols, the dynamics of the integration, the performance tradeoffs, the need for new performance metrics, and cross-layer interactions.
The goal of the conference is to present high-quality results in the field, and to provide a framework for research collaboration through focused discussions that will designate future research efforts and directions. In this context, the program committee will accept only a limited number of papers that meet the criteria of originality, presentation quality and topic relevance.
Important dates: Submission deadline: December 8, 2006 Notification of acceptance: February 19, 2007 Camera ready papers: February 28, 2007
Conference topics: The conference objectives will be pursued through highly technical sessions organized thematically and invited keynote talks offered by recognized experts. Topics of interest to WWIC 2007 include (but are not limited to) the following: AAA in mobile environments, Ambient networks, Ad-hoc mobile networks, Blended network configurations, Beyond 3G networks technologies, Cross layer interactions, Economical issues of wireless networks, End-to-end Quality of Service support, Handover techniques, Heterogeneous wireless access networks, Hybrid wired / wireless environments, Integration of wired and wireless networks, Mobile service level agreements / specification, Mobility management, Network design and network planning, Network mobility, Network coding in mobile networks, Network security in mobile environments, Performance evaluation of wireless systems, Pricing, charging and accounting in wireless networks, QoS routing in mobile networks, QoS signalling in mobile environments, Resource management and admission control, Service creation and management for wireless, Simulation for next generation mobile networks, Traffic characterisation and modeling, Traffic engineering, Transport protocols and congestion control, Wireless mesh networks, Wireless multi-hop networks, Wireless multimedia systems, Wireless network monitoring Wireless sensor networks
Proceedings: The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of computer networking and data communications. All papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series (approval pending). Papers must be submitted electronically. The maximum size of papers should be 5000 words including tables and figures. Please adhere to the formatting standard for a 12-page manuscript of Springer-Verlag LNCS. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and postal address.
There will be a Best Paper Award for the best submitted paper.
General Chairs: Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Yevgeni Koucheryavy, TUT, Finland
TPC Chairs: Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal Saverio Mascolo, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
Local Organizing Committee: Fernando Velez, Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal Jorge Sá Silva, Paulo Simões, Marília Curado, Univ. Coimbra, Portugal
Steering Committee: Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Georg Carle, University of Tubingen, Germany Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy Yevgeni Koucheryavy, TUT, Finland Peter Langendoerfer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany Ibrahim Matta, Boston University, USA Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Demokritos University, Greece Nitin Vaidya, University of Illinois, USA
Program Committee: Bengt Ahlgren, SICS, Sweden, Ozgur B. Akan, Middle East Technical Univ., Turkey, Manuel Alvarez-Campana, UPM, Spain, Farooq Anjum, Telcordia Technologies, USA, Chadi Barakat, INRIA, France, Khalid Al-Begain, University of Glamorgan, UK, Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA J.L. van den Berg, TNO / U. of Twente, NL, Chris Blondia, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland, Wojciech Burakowski, WUT, Poland, Georg Carle, University of Tubingen, Germany, Xiuzhen Cheng, George Washington University, USA, Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, France, Adam Dunkels, SICS, Sweden, Peder Emstad, Norwegian U. of Science and Tech., NO Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University, USA, Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy, Geert Heijenk, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Marc Heissenbüttel, Swisscom Mobile, Switzerland, Markus Hofmann, Lucent/Bell Labs, USA, Ibrahim Khalil, RMIT University, Australia, Daniel Kofman, ENST, France, Yevgeni Koucheryavy, TUT, Finland, Rolf Kraemer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany, Peter Langendoerfer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany, Luciano Lenzini, University of Pisa, Italy, Remco Litjens, TNO, The Netherlands, Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France, Christian Maihöfer, DaimlerChrysler, Germany, Saverio Mascolo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy, Hermann de Meer, University of Passau, Germany, Paulo Mendes, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany, Ingrid Moerman, Ghent University, Belgium Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada, Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University, USA Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou, Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki, GR, Ruy de Oliveira, CEFET-MT, Brazil, Philippe Owezarski, LAAS-CNRS, France, George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK, George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece, Theodoros Salonidis, Rice University, USA, Guenter Schaefer, TU Ilmenau, Germany, Jochen Schiller, Free University Berlin, Germany, Xuemin Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada, Andrew Scott, Lancaster University, UK, Patrick Sénac, ENSICA, France, Dimitrios Serpanos, University of Patras, Greece Vasilios Siris, University of Crete /ICS-FORTH, Greece, Dirk Staehle, University of Würzburg, Germany, Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada, Burkhard Stiller, U. of Zurich / ETH Zurich, Switzerland Phuoc Tran-Gia, Universität Würzburg, Germany, Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Demokritos University, Greece, Fernando Velez, Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal, Giorgio Ventre, University of Napoli, Italy,Thiemo Voigt, SICS, Sweden, Miki Yamamoto, Kansai University, Japan, Ossama Younis, University of Arizona, USA, Chi Zhang, Florida International University, USA, Martina Zitterbart, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany, Michele Zorzi, University of Padova, Italy.
For more information please see the conference site wwic2007.dei.uc.pt or contact the Conference Secretariat at wwic2007@dei.uc.pt.