CALL FOR PAPERS
QShine 2004 - First International Conference on
Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks
October 18-20, 2004, Dallas, TX, USA
http://www.qshine.org/
 
Scope:
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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.

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Papers should not exceed 20 pages, must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere.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:    June 15 , 2004  ****** Extended Deadline *************
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,

Vice Chair:
        Michael Fang, University of Florida

Technical Program Co-Chairs
        Jorge Cobb, University of Texas at Dallas       
        Shigang Chen, University of Florida

Steering Committee Chair:
        Imrich Chlamtac, University of Texas at Dallas

Publicity Co-Chairs:
        Mirela Sechi M. Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil
        Thomas Hou, Virginia Tech

Local Chair & Finance Chair:
        Hua Zhu, University of Texas at Dallas