VTC 2004-Spring
    IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference
    May 11-14, 2004
    Magazzini del Cotone
    GENOA, ITALY


    SYMPOSIUM ON

    "INTERWORKING BETWEEN
    WIRELESS LANs AND 3G NETWORKS"


    The integration of WLANs and 3G networks, such as GSM/GPRS, UMTS,
cdma2000, etc, has recently evolved into a very hot topic. The recent
evolution and successful deployment of WLAN systems has fueled the need for
this integration. Several forums and standardization bodies worldwide have
already taken initiatives for exploiting WLAN technology and integrating
this technology into 3G networks. In this context, many technical challenges
need to be resolved such as those associated with vertical handovers across
WLAN and 3G radio technologies, security, 3G-based authentication, 3G
network selection, consistent provision of quality of service, etc.

    The VTC 2004-Spring symposium on ?Interworking between Wireless LANs and
3G Networks? aims to address the above challenges and to focus on efficient
interworking solutions. It also aims at reporting the recent results of
related R&D and standardization activities worldwide. Papers are solicited
in the following representative areas:

    ? 3G-based authentication
    ? Security issues
    ? Access to 3G-based services (e.g. WAP, MMS) from WLANs
    ? Access to 3G multimedia services from WLANs
    ? Seamless session handover between WLAN and 3G
    ? WLAN information advertisement
    ? 3G network selection
    ? Consistent QoS across WLAN and 3G
    ? 3G-based online/offline billing
    ? 3G voice services over WLANs
    ? Interworking architectures and scenarios
    ? Value added services with WLAN-3G integration
    ? Performance evaluation studies
    ? Standardization activities
    ? Extension of location services to WLANs.

    TECHNICAL PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

    Online submission is available at the conference Web site
http://www.vtc2004spring.com/. Authors should submit a short abstract (200
words) and an extended abstract (up to 1000 words) through the electronic
submission interface (EDAS system) by selecting the "Interworking between
WLANs and 3G networks" area. Extended abstracts are requested in PDF format.
The submission must include the name, complete mailing address, telephone
and fax numbers, and the email address of the author(s). For conference
details, please refer to the Conference Web site.

    IMPORTANT DATES

     
    September 15, 2003 	- 	Last date for submission of abstracts
    December 15, 2003 	- 	Notification of acceptance
    February 16, 2004 	- 	Camera-ready version of accepted papers

    Symposium Chair

    Apostolis Salkintzis
    Motorola
    Applied Technology & Knowledge Engineering
    Tel: +30-210-8172335
    Fax: +30-210-6810168
    E-mail: salki@motorola.com

     

    last update 08/07/2003