CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2005 (IWSSC 2005) 8th - 9th September 2005, University of Siena - Via Banchi di Sotto, 55, Siena, Italy Web site with URL: http://www.iswcs.org/iwscs05/ The workshop is supported by IEEE and Comsoc (as part of ISWCS), University of Siena and SatNEx (EU 6th Framework project relating to Satellite Communications). The workshop is also endorsed by SSC TC and TCPC. Papers accepted for presentation in the workshop will appear in the IEEEXplore (as part of the ISWCS 2005 main conference). The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and technologists to present new ideas and contributions in the form of technical papers, panel discussions and tutorials of ideas in the field of satellite communications. This workshop will be held jointly with ISWCS’05. It is intended to bring together various satellite communication systems developers to discuss the current status, technical challenges, standards, fundamental issues, and future services and applications in the form of panels and tutorials. IWSCS’05 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and state of the art research from the satellite communications industry. The scope of the workshop includes a wide range of technical challenges in view of the growing interest for satellite access to Internet, multi-media and broadband access to satellite communication systems, the evolution of future satellite communications with access across hybrid platforms, the definition of a cross-layer design for improving the efficiency and the performance of the air interface. The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: - QoS Issues - Standards Status (e.g., ITU, ETSI) - Hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks - Navigation Services - Reliable Multicast Protocols - Innovative services through satellite - TCP Performance over Satellite - Routing protocols - Onboard switching and processing technologies - Medium access control protocols - Cross-layer air interface design - Handover techniques - Call admission control schemes - Dynamic bandwidth allocation - Radio resource management for S-UMTS - HSDPA via satellite - Advances in modulation and coding - Advances in antenna technology - Channel models - HAP-related issues *** A special session will be made available for Ph.D students to provide them with the opportunity to present their activities. Longer presentations will be allowed *** General Chair Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy General Co-Chair and Finance Chair Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Technical Program Chair Michel Bousquet, SUPAERO, Toulouse, France Technical Program co-Chair Gérard Maral, ENST, Toulouse, France Organizing Chairs Giuliano Benelli, University of Siena, Italy Bernardo Marzucchi, Etruria Telematica and Univ. of Siena, Italy Publicity Chair Victor Kueh, University of Surrey, UK Publication Chair Yong Huat Chew, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Web Chair Tan Gek Hiong, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Steering Committee Michel Bousquet, SUPAERO, Toulouse, France Gerard Maral, ENST, France Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy Jose Ignacio Moreno, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Markus Werner, DLR, Germany Local Organizing Committee Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy Giuliano Benelli, University of Siena, Italy Bernardo Marzucchi, Etruria Telematica and Univ. of Siena, Italy Veronica Pasqualetti, University of Siena, Italy Conference Secretariat: Università di Siena, Servizio Congressi, Via Banchi di Sotto, 46 53100 Siena, Italy, email: ghiselli@unisi.it Paper Submission Guidelines Submission will be based on an extended abstract (NOT the full paper) of about 1500 words (two pages in the standard IEEE conference format) in pdf format. The extended abstract should include diagrams, initial results, and other details required for the reviewers to be able to assess the contribution of your work. In addition to the extended abstract, a short paper description (approx. 150 words). The extended abstract must be submitted electronically by May 1, 2005 (12:00 hr EST). The interested author should go under EDAS (http://www.edas.info/) at the "ISWCS 2005" submission row and should click under submission and management column. A new page appears with two rows: - ISWCS 2005 Main Symposium -September 5-7, 2005 - International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2005 -September 8-9, 2005 Each row has a button (on the right) for the submission of the paper in the related area. Please use the button related to the International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2005! When entering the data of the paper, select one of the two following options (see the bottom): - "Regular submission" - "PhD or young researchers". Please note that in case of Ph.D or young researchers, it is expected that the main author is a PhD or a young researcher and that he/she will give the presentation at the workshop. Panel Sessions & Tutorials Proposals for Tutorial and Panel Sessions are also being solicited. Tutorials (half-day or full-day sessions) are intended to provide in-depth learning on a specific topic of interest to the participants. Panel sessions are 60 minutes long. They present leaders in a particular area discussing a topic of interest to the attendees of IWSCS 2005. Proposals for Tutorials and Panel sessions should consist of 1000 words summary, a 150 word abstract, and a cover page listing the details of the author (s) as given above. Please submit your proposal to the tutorial and panel Chair, Markus Werner, DLR, Germany: Markus.Werner@dlr.de Exhibitions Exhibitions of company products are solicited for the Technical Subject Areas. Interested parties should contact the Local Organizing Committee by email: giambene@unisi.it Important Dates Last date for submitting of papers, proposals for tutorials and panel sessions: May 1, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2005 Last date for submission of camera-ready versions of accepted papers: July 15, 2005. Technical Program Committee Members Foo Yu Chiann, National Univerity of Singapore, Singapore Frederic Cornet, CNES, France Haitham S. Cruickshank, University of Surrey, UK Michel Bousquet, SUPAERO, Toulouse, France (Chair) Franco Davoli, CNIT, Italy Alban Duverdier, CNES, France Riccardo De Gaudenzi, ESA Gorry Fairhurst, University of Aberdeen, UK Erina Ferro, ISTI-CNR, Italy Istvan Frigyes, Budapest University of Technologies Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy David Grace, University of York, UK Boris Gremont, University of Porsmouth, UK Michael Hadjitheodosiou, University of Maryland, USA Lee Ho-Jin, ETRI, Korea Takashi Iida, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan Mahamod Ismail, UKM, Malaysia Abbas Jamalipour, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia Athanasios Kanatas, University of Piraeus, Greece Sastri Kota, Harris, USA Victor Kueh, University of Surrey, UK Khaled Ben Letaief, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HONG KONG Michele Luglio, Università Roma Tor Vergata, Italy Gérard Maral, ENST, Toulouse, France (co-Chair) Mario Marchese, CNIT, Italy Mihael Mohorcic, IJS, Slovenia Jose Ignacio Moreno, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Kanagasabapathy Narenthiran, University of Surrey, UK Mathiopoulos Panayiotis, National Observatory of Athens George Pantos, National Technical Univerity of Athens Niovi Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece José Radzik, SUPAERO, Toulouse, France Gonzalo Seco, ESA, The Netherlands Gunnar Stette, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Zhili Sun, University of Surrey, UK Petia Todorova, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, University of Bologna, Italy Maria Angeles Vazquez Castro, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Ruhai Wang, Lamar University, USA Markus Werner, DLR, Germany Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore