CALL FOR PAPERS
             QShine 2004 - The First International Conference on
        Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks
                October 18-20, 2004, Dallas, TX, USA
                        http://www.qshine.org/
Co-sponsored by IEEE (pending upon approval), ICST and CreateNet
 
Recent technological developments in broadband high-speed networks,
peer-to-peer networks, wireless and mobile networks, and grid computing have
led to newer challenging problems, such as providing QoS support to the
emerging high-speed Internet and multimedia applications across both wired
and wireless networks. This conference will focus on all aspects of QoS
support for heterogeneous wired and wireless networks. Papers addressing
cross-layer design on QoS support for both wired and wireless networks are
strongly encouraged. It will serve as a forum for researchers from both
academia and industry for presenting recent research results in QoS issues
for both wired and wireless networks. The conference features prominent
invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field.

Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of
significance. The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to:

- QoS in wireless local area networks
- QoS in sensor networks and wireless ad-hoc networks
- QoS support and mobility management in wireless Internet
- QoS in wireless and mobile multimedia
- QoS provisioning in mobile IP and IPv6
- Scheduling policies for wireless networks
- QoS in current and emerging cellular and satellite networks
- Differentiated service in wireless multimedia networks
- QoS in broadband high-speed networks
- QoS in optical networks
- QoS support for Internet applications
- QoS across heterogeneous link technologies
- Middleware support for QoS provision
- Policy-based QoS differentiation
- Interactive broadband television, gaming, and video distribution
- Variable and adaptive QoS
- QoS modeling and measurement
- QoS routing, resource management, and admission control
- QoS pricing and billing
- QoS architectures, protocols, and systems
- QoS in web systems and storage systems
- QoS specification, metrics, and analysis
- QoS in peer-to-peer networks, grid and application-layer overlay networks
- Security aspects of QoS systems

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of
particular merit will be proposed for publication in ACM / Kluwer Wireless
Networks (WINET).

Submission Guidelines:
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Papers should not exceed 20 pages, must be unpublished and must not be
submitted for publication elsewhere. All submissions should be sent
electronically in Postscript or Adobe PDF format. Electronic submission
instructions will be available at http://www.qshine.org/.

Important Dates:
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Submission Deadline:    	May 28, 2004
Notification of Acceptance:     July 26, 2004
Camera-ready Manuscripts Due:   August 20, 2004
Conference Dates:       	October 18-20, 2004

Organizing Committee
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General Chair:
        Azzedine Boukerche
        University of Ottawa, Canada, boukerch@site.uottawa.ca

Vice Chair:
        Michael Fang
        University of Florida, USA, fang@ece.ufl.edu

Technical Program Co-Chairs
        Jorge Cobb
        The University of Texas at Dallas, USA,  cobb@utdallas.edu

        Shigang Chen
        University of Florida, USA,  sgchen@cise.ufl.edu

Steering Committee Chair:
        Imrich Chlamtac
        The University of Texas at Dallas, USA,  chlamtac@utdallas.edu

Publicity Co-Chairs:
        Mirela Sechi M. Annoni Notare
        Barddal University, Brazil,  m.notare@computer.org

        Thomas Hou
        Virginia Tech, USA,  thou@vt.edu

Local Chair & Finance Chair:
        Hua Zhu
        The University of Texas at Dallas, USA , zhuhua@utdallas.edu