MMFI 2011 - First International Workshop on Multi-homing and Mobility for the Future Internet

Today’s mobile terminals are equipped with more than one network interface such as Wi-Fi, 3G/4G, Wi-Max and Ethernet. The variety of access technologies offer users a great deal of flexibility to connect to the Internet. Multi-homing and mobility are becoming the focal point in protocol design. Mobility support allows users to be constantly connected, even when they are on the go. Multi-homing utilizes resources
from the available interfaces in an efficient manner. Depending on the access technology associated with each interface, a mobile host can be connected to the Internet by an infrastructure network or through an ad-hoc network.

Many protocols have been proposed for mobility and multi-homing support. Mobile IP, vertical handover and cross-layer design are mainly proposed for mobility in infrastructure-based networks. Multipath TCP, Stream Control Transmission Protocol, Multiple Care-of-Address registration, Level 3 Multi-homing Shim Protocol for IPv6 are solutions for multi-homing. Routing protocols are the major means to provide mobility in ad-hoc networks. In designing protocols for the future Internet, we will need to take into account not only mobility and multi-homing requirements, but also their potential impact on quality of service, resiliency and security of the communications.

The workshop is an opportunity for researchers working on multi-homing and/or mobility for the future Internet to present scientific results, exchange experiences and highlight future directions. The main topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- Multi-homing protocols at transport and network layers
- Mobility management architecture and protocols
- Performance evaluation of multi-homing and mobility management protocols
- Impacts of multi-homing and mobility on Quality-of-Service
- Security issues related to multi-homing and mobility
- Cross-layer design for multi-homing and mobility support
- Management of horizontal and vertical handovers
- Algorithms for multi-homing and mobility management
- Algorithms for interface selection
- Algorithms for bandwidth aggregation and performance optimization
- Mobility support in infrastructure mode and ad-hoc mode and their relationships
- Ad-hoc or mesh networks as a new type of access networks

Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the MMFI workshop.

Important dates:
Paper submission: May 25, 2011
Author notification: June 21, 2011
Camera-ready due: July 1, 2011
Author registration deadline: July 1, 2011

Submission instructions:
The MMFI workshop follows the formatting guidelines of the GIIS conference with a maximum paper length of 6 pages (4-5 pages are recommended). Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in PDF format through the EasyChair conference system at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmfi201...

Co-chairs:
Thi Mai Trang Nguyen and Brigitte Kervella
(University of Pierre Marie Curie ? Paris 6, LIP6, France)