CFP : The First International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks

CFP : The First International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks
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Call for Papers WILLOPAN 2006 The First International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks http://www.willopan.org/ In Conjunction with COMSWARE 2006 January 8th, 2006 New Delhi, India Wireless local area networks (LANs) and personal area networks (PANs) are becoming more and more popular today. Applications for such networks include wireless extensions of wired networks (such as 802.11 family of networks), cable replacement and short-range communications (such as Bluetooth and UWB), packet radio networks, sensor networks (such as 802.15.4 ZigBee), and other wireless networks with fixed or variable topology. Performance of such networks is the major factor that determines their feasibility for the given set of application requirements. Performance has many different aspects, from physical and data link layers, and all of these are intimately related to topology, energy efficiency, management, user mobility, and security issues. The key goals of this improvement include Quality of Service (QoS) support mechanisms, efficient channel access mechanisms, and energy saving mechanisms, etc. The effort to improve the MAC layer is linked with many technical challenges including compatibility with legacy networks, complexity in implementation, and practical values in real market, etc. The need to address QoS support, MAC enhancement, and energy saving and provide timely, solid technical contributions in the MAC layer of these networks establishes the motivation behind this workshop. Original papers are invited on emerging architectures and technologies in the design of wireless local area networks (WLANs) and wireless personal area networks (WPANs) with emphasis on the use of such networks in diverse areas of applications such as supporting ubiquitous mobile Internet access, and the design of ad-hoc/mesh networks, and sensor networks. The workshop solicits high quality and previously unpublished work in the field. The main scope of the workshop is the MAC layer and above. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ? Design and improvements of MAC protocols ? Performance evaluation of different MAC protocols ? Mobility and handoff ? Scheduling and link adaptation ? UWB wireless networks and related issues ? Spectral and power management issues ? Cross-layer approaches ? Network measurement and management ? Range estimation and location management (e.g., using UWB) Workshop Co-Chairs: Sai Shankar N Qualcomm Inc, USA nsaishankar@qualcomm.com Sunghyun Choi Seoul National University, KOREA schoi@snu.kr Submission Guidelines: All papers are limited to 6 pages and must be in standard IEEE double-column format. The submission details will be provided at the workshop home page at http://www.willopan.org. Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: September 7, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: October 7, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers: November 7, 2005 Technical Program Committee (TBC) Santosh P Abraham Qualcomm, USA Suman Banerjee University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Milind Buddhikot Lucent Bell Labs, USA Chun Ting Chou Philips Research, USA Javier del Prado Philips Research, USA Xingang Guo Intel Corp., USA Jennifer Hou University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Kyunghun Jang Samsung Institute of Advanced Technology, KOREA Srinivas Kandala Airgo Networks, Inc., USA Byoung-Jo Kim AT&T Labs ? Research, USA Taekyoung Kwon Seoul National University, KOREA Tae-Jin Lee Sungkyunkwan University, KOREA Stefan Mangold Swisscom Innovations, SWITZERLAND Qiang Ni Hamilton Institute, IRELAND Anand R. Prasad Docomo Euro Labs, GERMANY Daji Qiao Iowa State University, USA Chandramouli R Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Sumit Roy University of Washington, USA Puneet Sharma HP Labs, USA Ilenia Tinnirello University of Palermo, ITALY Li-Chun Wang National Chiao-Tung University, TAIWAN

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Call for Papers

WILLOPAN 2006
The First International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area
Networks
http://www.willopan.org/

In Conjunction with COMSWARE 2006

January 8th, 2006
New Delhi, India

Wireless local area networks (LANs) and personal area networks (PANs) are
becoming more and more popular today. Applications for such networks include
wireless extensions of wired networks (such as 802.11 family of networks),
cable replacement and short-range communications (such as Bluetooth and
UWB), packet radio networks, sensor networks (such as 802.15.4 ZigBee), and
other wireless networks with fixed or variable topology. Performance of such
networks is the major factor that determines their feasibility for the given
set of application requirements. Performance has many different aspects,
from physical and data link layers, and all of these are intimately related
to topology, energy efficiency, management, user mobility, and security
issues. The key goals of this improvement include Quality of Service (QoS)
support mechanisms, efficient channel access mechanisms, and energy saving
mechanisms, etc. The effort to improve the MAC layer is linked with many
technical challenges including compatibility with legacy networks,
complexity in implementation, and practical values in real market, etc. The
need to address QoS support, MAC enhancement, and energy saving and provide
timely, solid technical contributions in the MAC layer of these networks
establishes the motivation behind this workshop. Original papers are invited
on emerging architectures and technologies in the design of wireless local
area networks (WLANs) and wireless personal area networks (WPANs) with
emphasis on the use of such networks in diverse areas of applications such
as supporting ubiquitous mobile Internet access, and the design of
ad-hoc/mesh networks, and sensor networks. The workshop solicits high
quality and previously unpublished work in the field. The main scope of the
workshop is the MAC layer and above. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

?	Design and improvements of MAC protocols
?	Performance evaluation of different MAC protocols
?	Mobility and handoff
?	Scheduling and link adaptation
?	UWB wireless networks and related issues
?	Spectral and power management issues
?	Cross-layer approaches
?	Network measurement and management
?	Range estimation and location management (e.g., using UWB)
 
 
Workshop Co-Chairs: 

Sai Shankar N
Qualcomm Inc, USA
nsaishankar@qualcomm.com	

Sunghyun Choi
Seoul National University, KOREA
schoi@snu.kr

Submission Guidelines:

All papers are limited to 6 pages and must be in standard IEEE double-column
format.  The submission details will be provided at the workshop home page
at http://www.willopan.org.

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Deadline: September 7, 2005
Notification of Acceptance:   October 7, 2005
Camera-Ready Papers:        November 7, 2005

Technical Program Committee (TBC)
Santosh P Abraham 	Qualcomm, USA
Suman Banerjee          University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Milind Buddhikot	Lucent Bell Labs, USA
Chun Ting Chou         	Philips Research, USA
Javier del Prado	Philips Research, USA
Xingang Guo		Intel Corp., USA
Jennifer Hou            University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Kyunghun Jang		Samsung Institute of Advanced Technology, KOREA
Srinivas Kandala	Airgo Networks, Inc., USA
Byoung-Jo Kim 		AT&T Labs ? Research, USA
Taekyoung Kwon		Seoul National University, KOREA
Tae-Jin Lee		Sungkyunkwan University, KOREA
Stefan Mangold 		Swisscom Innovations, SWITZERLAND
Qiang Ni		Hamilton Institute, IRELAND
Anand R. Prasad		Docomo Euro Labs, GERMANY
Daji Qiao 		Iowa State University, USA
Chandramouli R 		Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Sumit Roy		University of Washington, USA
Puneet Sharma 		HP Labs, USA
Ilenia Tinnirello 	University of Palermo, ITALY
Li-Chun Wang		National Chiao-Tung University, TAIWAN