CALL FOR PAPERS - WONS 2011

The Eighth International Conference on
Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services


Technically sponsored by IEEE COMSOC, IFIP, TCCC, and Euro-NF

January 26-28, 2011
Bardonecchia, Italy

http://conferenze.dei.polimi.it/wons2011/


Scope of the conference
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As more and more users become increasingly dependent on wireless and
mobile communications, it is necessary to secure a reliable and
dependable technology support for "on-demand" services through any of
the wireless architectures that have been in development recently,
such as mesh networks, WiMax, WiFi, ad hoc networks, sensor networks,
vehicular networks, etc.

However, there are serious challenges to overcome, such as the
integration of infrastructure-based and ad hoc networks, robust
algorithms for self-organizing, reconfigurable wireless networks,
on-demand service models and their provision in a highly-volatile
interconnection environment, and smooth interoperability of
architectures.

WONS, now in its eighth edition, has established itself as a
high-quality forum to address these challenges in the context of a
workshop that is rich in intense interactions and based on innovative
contributions by experts in the field.

This announcement solicits original submissions of high-quality
research papers on "wireless on-demand networks" that provide novel
insights on protocol and network design, modeling, performance
evaluation, pricing and profitability models, QoS models and mechanisms,
practical implementations, service level aspects, and Internet
integration of wireless networks.

Topics related to all kinds of wireless on-demand networks comprise,
but are not limited to:

* Architecture and design
* Evaluation through simulations and experiments
* Modeling
* Integration and co-existence
* Social and economic aspects
* Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
* Localization and mobility management
* Security, privacy, and trust
* Novel applications and services
* Energy-efficient protocols and power management
* Implementations and testbeds
* Opportunistic, delay-tolerant, and dissemination-based protocols
* Future wireless Internet solutions
* Mobile peer-to-peer systems
* Middleware aspects
* Self-X and network management


Manuscript submissions
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Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere and must not be
currently under review by another conference or journal. Authors are
invited to submit double-column full papers (up to 8 pages) and short
papers (up to 4 pages) as a PDF file in IEEE format with a font size no
smaller than 10pt. Short papers should present future research
directions and ongoing work with visionary, innovative ideas; accepted
short papers will populate poster sessions at the conference and will
be included in the conference proceedings. Submission implies the
willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the
paper. Conference proceedings will be included in the IEEE Xplore
library.

Further submission instructions will be published on the conference
web site.


Important dates
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* Full Paper Submission: October 15, 2010
* Acceptance notification: November 15, 2010
* Camera-ready due: December 13, 2010


Committee Information
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General Co-Chairs
Antonio Capone (Politecnico di Milano)
Falko Dressler (University of Erlangen)

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
Björn Scheuermann (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Steven Weber (Drexel University)

Publicity Chair
Christoph Sommer (University of Erlangen)

Web Chair
Ilario Filippini (Politecnico di Milano)

Steering Committee
Renato Lo Cigno, Chair (University of Trento)
Ernst Biersack (EURECOM)
Mario Gerla (UCLA)
Edward W. Knightly (Rice University)
Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens)

Technical Program Committee
Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
Torsten Braun (University of Bern)
Sonja Buchegger (KTH Stockholm)
Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino)
Matteo Cesana (Politecnico di Milano)
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino)
Gustavo de Veciana (The University of Texas at Austin)
Christophe Diot (Technicolor)
Andrzej Duda (Grenoble Informatics Laboratory)
Anthony Ephremides (University of Maryland at College Park)
Marco Fiore (INSA Lyon)
Mario Gerla (University of California at Los Angeles)
Silvia Giordano (University of Applied Science - SUPSI)
Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento)
Martin Haenggi (University of Notre Dame)
David Hay (Columbia University)
Gunnar Karlsson (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology)
Edward Knightly (Rice University)
Sastry Kompella (Naval Research Laboratory)
Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento)
Henrik Lundgren (Thomson)
Martin Mauve (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Joerg Ott (Aalto University)
Theodoros Salonidis (Technicolor)
Harish Sethu (Drexel University)
Ioannis Stavrakakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Violet Syrotiuk (Arizona State University)
Kurt Tutschku (University of Vienna)
John Walsh (Drexel University)
Klaus Wehrle (RWTH Aachen University)
Joerg Widmer (DOCOMO Euro-Labs)
Martina Zitterbart (KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology))