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Ad hoc networks have attracted the attention of the research community
in the last several years. By now, some of the early fundamental issues
and challenges of ad hoc networking have been clearly assessed, while
new ones emerge as a result of the ever expanding application domain of
ad hoc networking. Current emphasis of ad hoc networking includes
application scenarios (road safety, disaster recovery, sensors and
actuators, etc.), autonomous organization and operation, optimization
and control, service creation and support and middleware. Moreover,
wireless mesh networking is emerging as an “ad hoc spin-off” aimed
at extending and integrating the multi-hop paradigm with more traditional
networking, which poses new and exciting technical challenges.
Med-Hoc-Net 2007 is an established annual international workshop aiming
to serve as a forum where researchers from academia, research labs and
the industry from all over the world, meet to share ideas, views, results,
and experiences in the field of ad hoc networking. Anything from theoretical
and experimental achievements, to innovative ad hoc systems, prototyping
efforts, and case studies is of interest to the Med-Hoc-Net community.
The papers solicited in Med-Hoc-Net 2007 cover a variety of topics related
to ad hoc networks, including but not limited to:
- Novel multi-hop wireless network architectures
- Routing algorithms and protocols
- MAC protocols, scheduling, power control and radio resource sharing
- Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks
- Middleware for ad hoc networks
- Application driven architectures and protocols
- Sensor network applications and protocols
- Vehicular networks
- Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks
- Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes
- Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16,
IEEE 802.20, etc.)
- Self organization and network reconfiguration
- Optimization models and algorithms
- Autonomic Communications: paradigms and algorithms
- Resource and service discovery
- Call admission and traffic shaping policies for ad-hoc networks
- QoS support
- Security and privacy
PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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The members of program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers
will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit
will be published in the Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks journal.
Manuscripts must be formatted according to the IEEE double-column standard format,
(
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/procieee/authinfo.html)
with the exception of the font size, which must be 11pt. Authors should use only
standard fonts, i.e., Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica, or their
equivalent. The maximum length of the manuscript is 8 pages, including figure,
tables and references.
Submission instructions: All papers in pdf format should be emailed to
cdoulig@unipi.gr.
The email subject should be: “MedHocNet07 Paper Submission”.
IMPORTANT DATES
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EXTENDED Full Paper Electronic Submission: Monday March 5, 2007
Paper notification of acceptance/rejection: Tuesday April 3, 2007
Camera ready submission of full papers: Friday April 27, 2007
Conference dates: June 13-15, 2007