WLN 2013 - The 13th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLN 2013)

Wireless Local Networks (WLNs) play a key role in a plethora of domains. From smart phones to smart cities, applications spanning our engaging planet boost the impact of IT on our daily lives. WLNs present many unique and dynamic challenges, yet their utilization is on a rapid rise. As a technology, the combination of relatively low costs and ease of deployment has led many communities to rely on local wireless infrastructures. Those encompassing the Internet of Things (IoT), Clouds of Sensing (CoS), and Information-Centric Networks (ICNs), which form a significant evolution towards Next Generation Networks (NGNs) in its global scope. However, the rapid pace of their deployment and utilization have rarely adequately addressed up front caveats; including planning and ongoing support requirements. This can manifest in degraded levels of service and significant sustainability exposures, dramatically increasing failure rates of user adoption and seamless usage. In its 13th year, the WLN workshop would like to focus on how such wireless networks can be made reliable enough, while maintaining the promised high levels of service quality in NGNs. Hence the focus lies on both design and implementation dimensions in WLNs that can change phase in NGNs and demonstrate added utility in providing sustainable global communication networks. Consequently, WLN this year will feature multiple special sessions, including:
? QoS constrained Clouds of sensors over WLNs: Do they scale?
? Resource management in M2M communications.
With this spirit, we are soliciting works describing both theoretical and practical research endeavors. We also encourage visionary and experimental descriptions. Short reports on work-in-progress will also be accommodated. The following is a non-exclusive list of topics of interest:
? Design and deployment guidelines.
? Implementation and testbed issues.
? Cost-efficient and energy-aware network architectures.
? Protocol design, including cross-layer and opportunistic approaches.
? Wireless multihop networks, including mesh, ad hoc and sensor networks.
? Localization approaches utilizing locally distributed wireless devices.
? Integration and coexistence issues in NGNs.
? Coexistence of heterogeneous wireless networks.
? Locally distributed sensor networks towards a global CoS.
? Optimized wireless local networks towards efficient ICNs.
? Resource management functionalities (CAC, reservation, scheduling, etc.)
? Cognitive radios and dynamic spectrum assignments.
? Performance evaluation, including analytical and simulation approaches