See: http://www.upperside.fr/adhoc/adhocintro.htm

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 4-7 Dec 2001 Sofitel Paris Bercy France



     MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS

   A new approach for mobile networking Mobile Ad Hoc networks are
   self-organizing network architectures in which a collection of
   mobile nodes with wireless network interfaces may form a temporary
   network without the aid of any established infrastructure or
   centralized administration.  According to the IETF definition, a
   mobile Ad Hoc network is an autonomous system of mobile routers
   (and associated hosts) connected by wireless links--the union of
   which form an arbitrary graph.  The routers are free to move
   randomly and organize themselves arbitrarily; thus, the network's
   wireless topology may change rapidly and unpredictably.  Such a
   network may operate in a standalone fashion, or may be connected
   to the larger Internet.

   How to design Ad Hoc routing protocols ?
   How to manage dynamically changing topology?
   Which applications are targeted ?
   Are these networks scalable ?

   Mobile Ad Hoc Networks '01, to take place in Paris, France, from
   December 4 to 7, 2001, will bring answers and enlightenment to all
   these questions through the presentations of leading-edge researchers
   in the domain.

     CALL FOR PROPOSALS
   The following list of topics is not exhaustive and authors may propose
   other subjects in keeping within the thematic framework.
   o Standardization process
   o Manet WG IETF current works
   o Mobile IP/Cellular IP and Ad Hoc networks
   o Distributed peer-to-peer mode of operation description
   o Ad Hoc advanced architectures description
   o Multi-hop routing over wireless links,
   o Topology changing issues
   o Routing over multiple-hop wireless paths
   o New protocols description
   o Multicast/Unicast extensions
   o Mobile agents
   o Service discovery algorithms
   o Security issues
   o Scalability issues
   o QoS support
   o Media access techniques
   o API design

   Abstracts must not exceed one page.
   They may be submitted in PDF, HTML or Word format by email at:
   info@upperside.fr or remi.scavenius@wanadoo.fr

   DEADLINE
   Deadline for turning in abstracts: July 31st, 2001