CFP : 13th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks LANMAN 2004
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Submission deadline extended to January 9th, 2004
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                            Call for Submissions

  13th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN 2004)
               April 25-28, 2004, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
                        http://www.ieee-lanman.org


Keynote Speaker : Dr. Lawrence Roberts, Internet Pioneer, CTO and Chairman
of  Caspian Networks

The IEEE LAN/MAN Workshop  continues its tradition as a leading
forum   for  discussing   the  latest  technical   advances  in
networking in  the local  and metropolitan areas.  A focus area
for the  upcoming workshop  will be metro  and access networks,
where optical and broadband  wireless technologies are vying to
realize   true  broadband  connectivity,   promising  abundant,
inexpensive,   and   readily  available   bandwidth.  Yet   the
realization  of  agile  and  cost effective  metro  and  access
networks  requires both  theoretical  investigations (including
new architectures,  concepts, and economic  and service models)
and  experimentation  (including  prototypes,   testbeds,  and 
applications).                                                 

Single-track presentations  are planned  to stimulate technical
exchange  among  researchers  and  practitioners with  a  broad
interest in networking;  we specifically welcome submissions on
both  optical  and  broadband  wireless networks  and  relevant
experimental activities.  Submissions should be short, focused,
and provide a forum for discussion of new and interdisciplinary
ideas. Novel and speculative ideas are particularly encouraged.
                                                               
Extended   abstracts  are   solicited  on  any   LAN/MAN  topic
including, but not limited to, the following:                  
                                                               
   * Optical WDM networks based   * Emerging access networks:  
     on packet, burst, and flow     Ethernet in the First      
     switching                      Mile, EPONs, FTTx          
   * Resilient Packet Rings       * Measurement and modeling   
   * Broadband Wireless Access      of network operation and   
     Networks                       performance                
   * WiFi roaming services and    * Resource provisioning,     
     architectures                  QoS, dynamic bandwidth     
   * IEEE standards (802.3ah,       allocation, capacity       
     .16, .17, .20)                 placement                  
   * Network survivability,       * Routing                    
     self-healing rings           * Community networks and     
   * Topology adaptation,           services                   
     reconfigurability            * Pricing, multi-vendor      
   * Optical network                interoperability           
     management, security                                      
                                                               
The 13th LAN/MAN workshop will be held April 25-28, 2004 in the
San Francisco Bay Area, California. The workshop's proximity to
Silicon  Valley  places  it at  the  center  of innovation  for
emerging networking technology.                                
                                                               
Submission, Review  and Publication:  Please submit  a 2-4 page
extended abstract, including  figures and tables. All abstracts
must  be  electronically  submitted  in PDF  according  to  the
guidelines in the workshop website  http://www.ieee-lanman.org.
Abstracts  and  copies  of  slides  will  be  included  in  the
proceedings,  so please  do  not send  or prepare  full papers.
Selected papers  will be directed to  a post-conference journal
publication.                                                   
                                                               
Important Dates:
Submissions Due:  Jan. 9, 2004            ******Extended******
Notification of Acceptance: Feb. 15, 2004
Workshop: April 25-28, 2004

Attendees: The number of workshop attendees is limited.