CFP : The Fifth IEEE Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks MWCN 2003

CFP : The Fifth IEEE Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks MWCN 2003
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*********************************************** ** CALL FOR PAPERS ***** *********************************************** * IEEE MWCN 2003 * * The Fifth IEEE Conference on Mobile and * * Wireless Communications Networks * * * * Singapore in 27 - 29 October, 2003 * * * * * * * * http://www.icr.a-star.edu.sg/mwcn2003/ * ************************************************* You are invited to submit original papers addressing topics in all areas of wireless communication systems and networks. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the technical subject categories listed below: Management - Resource and Information Management - Pricing and Billing Issues Architecture - Convergence of Fixed and Mobile - Hybrid Communications System Devices - Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications Security - Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks QoS - Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning - End-to-end Quality of Service Mobility Support - Handoff Algorithms - IP and Mobility - Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks - Policy-based Mobility Management Applications - Personal Communications - Location and Context Management - Smart Media - Mobile Code - Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications Access - Wireless IP - Wireless Multimedia Services - Wireless Local Loop (WLL) - Multiple Access Technology - Broadband Wireless Access Networking - Wireless Personal Area Networks - Wireless Local Area Networks - Mobility and Nomadic Computing - Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols - Home Networking - Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet - Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing - Satellite Networks The official language of the conference for submission of a paper and or an extended abstract and view graphs is English. This conference will identify the theoretical and actual problems that face designers of today's complex problems associated with mobile and wireless communications networks. The participants will show test results of experiments from building prototype systems, explore modelling and simulation tools as well as analytical methodologies and techniques for dealing with wireless systems. The objective of this event is to foster the exchange of information among researchers in this fast-moving field. The program will include presentations by distinguished researchers, speaking on recent advances in theory and practice. This conference also intends to bring together various mobile and wireless network systems developers to discuss the current status, technical challenges, standards, fundamental issues, and future services and applications in the form of workshops, business applications sessions and tutorials. It is also intended to provide a timely forum for exploratory research and practical contributions from North America, Europe, The Middle East, and the Far East. Guidelines for Submission Papers are invited on the conference theme and related topics. The original submission containing affiliation and full contact information of the authors should be addressed to the TPC chairs by the date indicated above based on the following instructions: Extended abstract should be in English, with no more than 1500 words and submitted to http://mwcn2003.lri.fr/REG-paper/ The paper should include an abstract of about 150 words, and must not exceed Accepted formats include Microsoft Word, PostScript and PDF. Authors must state that their paper have neither been published before nor currently being submitted elsewhere. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the lead author's postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail. The language of the conference is English and papers must be in this language. Accepted papers will have to expanded into full paper to be distributed on the conference proceedings and or CD-ROMS, and will also be made available in the IEEExplore. Dates to Remember Deadline for submitting an extended abstract : May 5, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2003 Papers received in camera ready form to MWCN 2003: July 1, 2003 Conference Date and place: 27-29 October, Singapore Organizing Committee Conference General Chair Dr. Guy Omidyar Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore Email:gomidyar@icr.a-star.edu.sg Conference Technical Program Chair Khaldoun Al-Agha Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France Email: alagha@lri.fr Conference Technical Program Co-chairs and area Coordinators Asia-Pacific: Boon Sain Yeo Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore Email: boonyeo@ieee.org North and South Americas: Azzedine Boukerche University of North Texas, USA Email: boukerche@cs.unt.edu Middle-East and Far East: Khaled Elsayed Cairo University, Egypt Email: khaled@ieee.org Tutorial, Workshop, Panel Chair Dr. Guy Omidyar Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore Email:gomidyar@icr.a-star.edu.sg Organizing Chair Ms Patricia Loh Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Email:patricia@i2r.a-star.edu.sg Publication Chair TBA Finance Chair S Kunaselvam Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore Email:kuna@icr.a-star.edu.sg Conference Secretariat Please contact mwcn@i2r.a-star.edu.sg Web Chair Gek Hiong Tan Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore Email:tangh@icr.a-star.edu.sg Steering Committee Guy Omidyar, ICR-NUS, Singapore (Chair) Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France Boon Sain Yeo, ICR-NUS, Singapore Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France Technical Scientific Program Committee Albert Zomaya, University of Western Australia Adam Wolisz, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany Adolf Finger, Technical University of Dresden, Germany Afonso Ferreira, CNRS INRIA, France André-Luc Beylot, IRIT - France Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University, USA Antonio A.F. Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Ayman Naguib, Qualcomm, USA Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, US Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Communication Research, NUS, Singapore Branimir Vojcic, George ashington University, USA Christopher Rose, Associate Director, Rutgers WINLAB, USA Colin Chandler, Qualcomm Europe, France Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Elena Pagani, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy Elisabeth Royer, University of California, Santa Barbara Fabrizio Sestini, European Commission, Belgium Francois Chin, Institute for Communications Research, NUS, Singapore Gerald Q. Maguire, Jr., KTH, Wireless Center, Sweden Geraldo Robson Mateus, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Gregory P. Pollini, Telecordia, USA Guillaume Vivier, Motorola Labs, France Guy Omidyar, Institute for Communications Research, NUS, Singapore Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France Hamid Aghvami, Kings College of London, UK Hossam Afifi, INT, France Ivan Vukovic, Motorola, USA Jamshid Khun Jush, Ericsson, Germany Jan SLAVIK, TESTCOM, Czech Republic Jon W. Mark, University of Waterloo, Canada Kaveh Pahlavan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA KElvino S. Sousa, University of Toronto, Canada Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University, HK Khaled Elsayed, Cairo University, Egypt Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Marie-Jose Montpetit, Nokia, USA Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Markus Endler, IME/USP, Brazil Martin Haardt, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany Mirela Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Olga Casals, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain Parviz Kermani, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark Sajal K. Das, University Texas at Arlington, USA Serge Fdida, Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6, France Sumei Sun, Institute for Communication Research, NUS, Singapore T.T. Tjhung, Institute for Communication Research, NUS, Singapore Theo Kanter, Ericsson Research, Sweden Witold Krzymien, University of Alberta, Canada Xavier Lagrange, ENST Bretagne, France Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA

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            ******         CALL FOR PAPERS          *********
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            *               IEEE MWCN 2003                  *
            *   The Fifth IEEE Conference on Mobile and     *
            *       Wireless Communications Networks        *
            *                                               *
            *    Singapore in 27 - 29 October, 2003         *
            *                                               *
            *                                               *
            *                                               *
            *       http://www.icr.a-star.edu.sg/mwcn2003/  *
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You are invited to submit original papers addressing topics in all areas of
wireless communication systems and networks. Potential topics include, but
are not limited to, the technical subject categories listed below:

Management
- Resource and Information Management 
- Pricing and Billing Issues 
Architecture
- Convergence of Fixed and Mobile 
- Hybrid Communications System 
Devices
- Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications 
Security
- Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks 
QoS
- Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning 
- End-to-end Quality of Service 
Mobility Support
- Handoff Algorithms 
- IP and Mobility 
- Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks 
- Policy-based Mobility Management 
Applications
- Personal Communications 
- Location and Context Management 
- Smart Media 
- Mobile Code 
- Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications 
Access
- Wireless IP 
- Wireless Multimedia Services 
- Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 
- Multiple Access Technology 
- Broadband Wireless Access 
Networking
- Wireless Personal Area Networks 
- Wireless Local Area Networks 
- Mobility and Nomadic Computing 
- Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols 
- Home Networking 
- Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet 
- Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing 
- Satellite Networks 


The official language of the conference for submission of a paper and or an
extended abstract and view graphs is English. This conference will identify
the theoretical and actual problems that face designers of today's complex
problems associated with mobile and wireless communications networks. The
participants will show test results of experiments from building prototype
systems, explore modelling and simulation tools as well as analytical
methodologies and techniques for dealing with wireless systems. The
objective of this event is to foster the exchange of information among
researchers in this fast-moving field.  The program will include
presentations by distinguished researchers, speaking on recent advances in
theory and practice. This conference also intends to bring together various
mobile and wireless network systems developers to discuss the current
status, technical challenges, standards, fundamental issues, and future
services and applications in the form of workshops, business applications
sessions and tutorials. It is also intended to provide a timely forum for
exploratory research and practical contributions from North America, Europe,
The Middle East, and the Far East.


Guidelines for Submission
Papers are invited on the conference theme and related topics. The original
submission containing affiliation and full contact information of the
authors should be addressed to the TPC chairs by the date indicated above
based on the following instructions: Extended abstract should be in English,
with no more than 1500 words and submitted to
http://mwcn2003.lri.fr/REG-paper/ The paper should include an abstract of
about 150 words, and must not exceed Accepted formats include Microsoft
Word, PostScript and PDF. Authors must state that their paper have neither
been published before nor currently being submitted elsewhere. The cover
page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, name and affiliation of
author(s) as well as the lead author's postal address, telephone number, fax
number and e-mail. The language of the conference is English and papers must
be in this language. Accepted papers will have to expanded into full paper
to be distributed on the conference proceedings and or CD-ROMS, and will
also be made available in the IEEExplore.

Dates to Remember
Deadline for submitting an extended abstract : May 5, 2003
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2003
Papers received in camera ready form to MWCN 2003: July 1, 2003
Conference Date and place: 27-29 October, Singapore



Organizing Committee

Conference General Chair Dr. Guy Omidyar
Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore
Email:gomidyar@icr.a-star.edu.sg

Conference Technical Program Chair 
Khaldoun Al-Agha 
Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France
Email: alagha@lri.fr 

Conference Technical Program Co-chairs and area Coordinators
Asia-Pacific: Boon Sain Yeo 
Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore
Email: boonyeo@ieee.org 

North and South Americas: Azzedine Boukerche 
University of North Texas, USA 
Email: boukerche@cs.unt.edu 

Middle-East and Far East: Khaled Elsayed 
Cairo University, Egypt 
Email: khaled@ieee.org 

Tutorial, Workshop, Panel Chair
Dr. Guy Omidyar
Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore
Email:gomidyar@icr.a-star.edu.sg

Organizing Chair
Ms Patricia Loh
Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Email:patricia@i2r.a-star.edu.sg

Publication Chair
TBA 

Finance Chair
S Kunaselvam
Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore
Email:kuna@icr.a-star.edu.sg 

Conference Secretariat
Please contact mwcn@i2r.a-star.edu.sg 

Web Chair
Gek Hiong Tan
Institute for Communications Research, National University of Singapore
Email:tangh@icr.a-star.edu.sg 

Steering Committee
Guy Omidyar, ICR-NUS, Singapore (Chair)
Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA 
Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France
Boon Sain Yeo, ICR-NUS, Singapore
Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France

Technical Scientific Program Committee
Albert Zomaya, University of Western Australia
Adam Wolisz, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany
Adolf Finger, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Afonso Ferreira, CNRS INRIA, France
André-Luc Beylot, IRIT - France
Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University, USA
Antonio A.F. Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ayman Naguib, Qualcomm, USA
Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, US
Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Communication Research, NUS, Singapore
Branimir Vojcic, George ashington University, USA
Christopher Rose, Associate Director, Rutgers WINLAB, USA
Colin Chandler, Qualcomm Europe, France
Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland
Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Elena Pagani, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Elisabeth Royer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Fabrizio Sestini, European Commission, Belgium
Francois Chin, Institute for Communications Research, NUS, Singapore
Gerald Q. Maguire, Jr., KTH, Wireless Center, Sweden
Geraldo Robson Mateus, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Gregory P. Pollini, Telecordia, USA
Guillaume Vivier, Motorola Labs, France
Guy Omidyar, Institute for Communications Research, NUS, Singapore
Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France
Hamid Aghvami, Kings College of London, UK
Hossam Afifi, INT, France
Ivan Vukovic, Motorola, USA
Jamshid Khun Jush, Ericsson, Germany
Jan SLAVIK, TESTCOM, Czech Republic
Jon W. Mark, University of Waterloo, Canada
Kaveh Pahlavan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
KElvino S. Sousa, University of Toronto, Canada
Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France
Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University, HK
Khaled Elsayed, Cairo University, Egypt
Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK
Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Marie-Jose Montpetit, Nokia, USA
Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA
Markus Endler, IME/USP, Brazil
Martin Haardt, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
Mirela Notare, Barddal University, Brasil
Olga Casals, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Parviz Kermani, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark
Sajal K. Das, University Texas at Arlington, USA
Serge Fdida, Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6, France
Sumei Sun, Institute for Communication Research, NUS, Singapore
T.T. Tjhung, Institute for Communication Research, NUS, Singapore
Theo Kanter, Ericsson Research, Sweden
Witold Krzymien, University of Alberta, Canada
Xavier Lagrange, ENST Bretagne, France
Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA