Call for Papers
5. Wireless Networking
Sponsoring TCs: | Wireless Communications TC |
| Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks TC |
| Satellite and Space Communications TC |
| Communication Switching and Routing TC |
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Chairs: | Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University (Canada) |
| Yu Cheng, Illinois Institute of Technology (USA) |
| Mario Marchese, University of Genova (Italy) |
| Abdelhamid Mellouk, University Paris XII (France) |
Advances in radio technologies and low power electronics have fueled developments in
wireless networks and systems. Such advances are widely being viewed as changing the way
we interact, do business and manage our daily life. Examples of civil wireless applications
include smart homes, remote medical care, mobile commerce, disaster management, etc. It is
even envisioned that most future business solutions will involve, if not become totally based on,
wireless technologies. In addition, many defense and combat systems are becoming wireless or providing
a wireless interface. Moreover, wireless and satellite networking is essential to scientific exploration
both in space and in remote areas. Along with the expanding set of applications comes a growing list
challenges. Wireless networks may be based on stand alone infrastructure or formed on demand in an
ad-hoc manner, may involve a diverse set of data rates, may be expected to meet a variety of data
delivery latency requirements, etc. In addition, nodes can be stationary or mobile causing communication
links to be unstable and forcing frequent changes in the network topology. Also, nodes are often constrained
in on-board energy, computation and storage resources necessitating lightweight communication protocols.
Moreover, the shared medium and the variable signal propagation conditions may disrupt the network connectivity
and further complicate the network management. Last, but not least, wireless networks are susceptible to myriad
of security attacks ranging from eavesdropping to radio jamming and non-cooperative (selfish or compromised)
communications. Such non-conventional challenges have motivated lots of research by the scientific and engineering communities.
Topics of Particular Interest
- Wireless wide area networks
- Satellite systems, proxy and gateways
- Deep space communications
- Cellular systems (2G/2.5G/3G/4G and beyond)
- WMAN, and other broadband wireless access technologies
- WLAN, WPAN, and other home/personal network technologies
- Body-area wireless networks
- Pervasive and wearable computing
- Wireless networks for vehicle, underwater, UAVs communications
- Delay/Disruption tolerant wireless networks
- Wireless mesh networks
- Inter-networking of wireless heterogeneous and multi-tier networks
- Multimode wireless networks
- Architectural design and operation models
- Service-centric and overlay networks
- End-to-end protocol, flow and congestion control
- Wireless Internet
- Mobile Routing/Switching and multicasting protocols
- Resource management, mobility management, and admission control
- MAC schemes
- Power management and control, and energy conservation techniques
- User cooperation and incentive schemes
- Cross-layer design and optimization
- Wireless Network Performance
- Network planning, capacity analysis, and topology control
- Wireless network monitoring
- Security in wireless networks
- Fault-tolerance and traffic reliability issues
- Validation and verification schemes
- Testbeds and deployment
- Handoff Protocols and Management (incl. mobile IP)
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