Full paper submission deadline: Extended to July 31, 2016 (firm deadline)

Special Issues:
Selected high-quality papers will be invited to submit extended versions to special issues in the following journals:

- International Journal of Parallel, Emergent, and Distributed Systems and International
- Journal of Information, Communication Technology and Applications.

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Yonghong Tian - Towards Coding-Representation-Analysis Framework for Multimedia Big Data
Prof. Liang Zhou - Large-Scale Video Transmission via D2D Communication


Student Travel Grant: NZD$600 per approved application
Workshops:
(1) Software Defined Networking Workshop
(2) Modelling and Simulation Workshop

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Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, Indexed by Ei COMPENDEX

With the increasing number of emerging robust networks, the challenges to design new networking protocols, techniques, and applications are never ending. With the imminent deployment of 4G and 5G on the horizon, the demand for better service and quality has never been greater. ITNAC (formerly known as ATNAC) has been a leading forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss topics related to advanced telecommunication network technologies, services and applications.

ITNAC 2016 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and state-of-the-art research from academia, communications industry and standardisation bodies that covers applications for and analysis of distributed, mobile, cognitive and cloud computing, computer and data communications, local and metropolitan networks, optical, wired and wireless telecommunication networks and applications.
Contributions are welcome on all advanced research and particularly (but not limited to) the following topics:

Mobile & Wireless Networks
¥ Wireless access and routing protocols
¥ Cross-layer design optimisation
¥ Green, low power, energy efficient and sustainable networking
¥ Nature and bio-inspired approaches to networking
¥ Network-based mobile positioning and tracking systems
¥ Cognitive and cooperative principles for networking
¥ Mobile social and ambient networks
¥ Delay tolerant networks
¥ Mobile and fixed wireless broadband access networks
¥ 4G/5G networks
¥ Wireless sensor networks
¥ Vehicular Ad-hoc networks
¥ Cognitive networks
¥ Wireless mesh networks

Internet Technologies and Applications
¥ Network Modelling and Simulation
¥ Traffic engineering, congestion and admission control
¥ Software defined networks
¥ Content-centric networks
¥ Datacenter networks
¥ Cloud computing
¥ Peer-to-peer networks and overlays
¥ Novel network-enabled applications and services
¥ Future Internet routing schemes or transport concepts
¥ IPv6 and its derivatives
¥ High performance network virtualisation
¥ Networking standards and regulations
¥ QoS/QoE provisioning and resource management
¥ Novel network-enabled applications and services

Network Management, Privacy and Security
¥ Next generation network regulation
¥ Broadband network management
¥ Intrusion detection and prevention
¥ Key distribution and management
¥ Large-scale attacks and defense
¥ Security and privacy in wireless networks
¥ Network security policy, theory and tools
¥ Secure Mobile Agents and Mobile Code
¥ Trusted computing and management
¥ World Wide Web security
¥ Network resiliency and network security
¥ Cyber security

Optical Networking and Applications
¥ Optical switching and routing
¥ Optical Network on Chips
¥ Visible light communication
¥ Optical Ethernet, EPON/GPON, 10Gb/s Ethernet, 100Gb/s Ethernet
¥ WDM Access Networks, WDM-PON
¥ Wired/wireless convergence, Telecom/broadcast convergence, IPTV
¥ Hybrid optical-wireless access networks, Radio-over-fiber
¥ Large capacity optical transmission, WDM, OTDM
¥ OFDM and advanced modulation formats in photonics
¥ Energy efficient optical networks



*SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS*

Submitted manuscripts should be written in English conforming to IEEE conference proceedings format (8.5"x11", 10pt font, two-column, template available at http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html). We invite the following two types of submissions:
Full Papers (6 pages complementary, and up to 8 pages with over length charge) and Short Papers (3 pages complementary and up to 4 pages with over length charge).

All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS:
https://edas.info/N21968

*PUBLICATIONS*

Accepted papers from this conference will be published by the IEEE Computer Society in IEEE proceedings (indexed by EI Compendex). Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be considered for possible publication in SCI & EI indexed special issues of prestigious international journals. By submitting a paper to the conference, authors assure that if the paper is accepted, at least one author will attend the conference and present the paper.


*IMPORTANT DATES*
Paper submission: extended to *31* July, 2016 (firm deadline)
Notification of acceptance: 30 August, 2016
Camera-ready due: 20 September, 2016
Registration due: 1 November, 2016
Conference: 7-9 December, 2016



*CONFERENCE COMMITTEES*

General Chairs
Martin Purvis, University of Otago, New Zealand
Mark Gregory, RMIT University, Australia

Program Chairs
Graeme Woodward, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rudolf Mathar, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Haibo Zhang, University of Otago, New Zealand

Publication Chair
Qiang Fu, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Local Organising Committee Chair
Jeremiah Deng, University of Otago, New Zealand

Web Chair
Yawen Chen, University of Otago, New Zealand

Steering Committee
Adnan Al-Anbuky, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Naveen Chilamkurti, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Franco Davoli, University of Genova, Italy
Mark Gregory, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Vijay Sivaraman, University of New South Wales, Australia
Krys Pawlikowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Richard Harris, Massey University, New Zealand
Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Alexander Kist, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Harsha Sirisena, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Ron Addie, University of Southern Queensland, Australia