Call for Papers

ACM DIN 2005
First International ACM* Workshop on Dynamic Interconnection of Networks
http://www.docomoeurolabs.de/mobicom-2005-din-ws.html,
(In Conjunction with ACM MOBICOM'2005)
September 2, 2005
Cologne, Germany

Scope: A salient feature of future mobile networks will be support for
flexible, dynamic inter-connection of networks. New kinds of mobile networks,
such as Personal Area Networks (PANs), Body Area Networks (BANs),
inter-vehicle networks, and sensor networks, arise and have to interconnect
among themselves and with existing infrastructure. Such networks will
integrate heterogeneous technologies, and their topologies are dynamic. 
Currently, inter-working in IP networks consists essentially of inter-domain
routing. In the future, the control plane interconnection of these networks
needs to enable e.g. seamless mobility, routing, QoS, multi-homed networks,
charging, and security. For instance, mobility handling is different for a
mobile phone, a train network or a BAN. Hence it needs to be negotiated which
specific protocols to use and in which way. The owners of future mobile
networks often are non-experts and hence auto-configuration is a major issue.
The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers working on
interconnection of mobile networks and related topics to exchange their
ideas.

Topics of Interest:

Original papers are invited in the area of dynamic interconnection of
networks. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work.
Topics of interest include:

- Internetworking architectural principles
- End-to-end control interconnection regarding e.g.
    Mobility management, routing, QoS provisioning, security, charging
- Naming & addressing for inter-networking
- Moving networks, ad-hoc networking and interconnection technology
- Autoconfiguring networks
- Self-organized internetworking

Important Dates:
 
Paper Submission Deadline:              April 30th, 2005
Notification of Acceptance:             June 15th, 2005
Camera-Ready Papers:                    July 15th, 2005 

Workshop Co-Chairs:

Christian Prehofer (DoCoMo Euro-Labs) lastname at docomolab-euro.com
Cornelia Kappler (Siemens, Germany)    firstname.lastname at siemens.com

Technical PC Members:
 
Bengt Algren (SICS, Sweden)
Jon Crowcroft (Cambridge, UK)
A. Feldmann (TU München, Germany)
James Kempf (DoCoMo US Labs)
Holger Karl (U. Paderborn, Germany)
Pekka Nikander (Ericsson, Finland)
Jürgen Quittek (NEC Europe)
Joe Touch (USC/ISI USA)

Submission Guidelines:
 
5 pages in pdf format with font size not smaller than 10 points, and must fit
properly on A4 paper with reasonable margins.  A link for paper submission
will be provided by April on the Workshop Webpage
http://www.docomoeurolabs.de/mobicom-2005-din-ws.html, which is also
accessible from the MobiCom 2005 webpage
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/ 

*Sponsorship pending by ACM SIGMOBILE