RuralComm 2011 - IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop on Rural Communications: Technologies, Applications, Strategies and Policies (RuralComm 2011)

IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop on Rural Communications:
Technologies, Applications, Strategies and Policies
(RuralComm 2011)
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~tse/ruralcom/index...

Scope:
This workshop aims at discussing the recent advances in rural
communications. Technologies, applications, strategies and policies
for every day life as well as technologies, applications, strategies
and policies for reducing loss of life and property from natural and
human-induced disasters will be discussed.

Topics of Interest are (but not limited to):

Access innovations in rural areas

Internet access in rural areas

Wireline and wireless communications technologies, systems and
applications for rural areas

Environment modelling: network planning and deployment studies
for rural, suburban and under-serviced environments

Next-generation communication technologies and applications in
the context of rural areas

Visions, strategies, and solutions for communication technologies
and applications in rural areas

Regulatory issues and spectrum policies for rural areas

Specific requirements on communication technologies and
applications due to needs of populations that may be agriculture-based
and/or low-literacy and/or low-income

Cost/benefit studies for communications technologies and
applications in rural areas

Economic/Business models for communications technologies and
applications in rural areas

Models for service provisioning and charging in rural areas

Case studies of enterprising networking technology ventures and
successes in rural areas

Telecom finance and economics in rural areas

Convergence and society in rural areas

Telecom and society in rural areas

Policy and re-structuring in rural areas

Communications systems during disasters in rural areas

Communications systems after disasters in rural areas

Prediction, mitigation and management of disasters in rural areas

Important Dates:
- Paper Submission: July 7, 2011
- Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2011
- Camera ready: August 31, 2011
- Workshop date: Dec 5, 2011

Submission guidelines:
All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper
length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures
without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page
with overlength page charge if accepted). Papers exceed 6 pages will
not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all. Standard IEEE
Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats should be
used. Papers should be submitted via EDAS (http://edas.info)