RELABIRA 2012 - The third Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet

The third Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet
Technically Sponsored by: IEEE and IEEE COMSOC
May 28 - 29, 2012, Baabda - Lebanon
http://www.relabira.com
At the request of a number of potential contributors, we have decided to extend the deadline for receipt of papers to be presented to the 3rd Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet RELABIRA 2012. This deadline is extended to March 23, 2012.
Overview

RELABIRA’2012 is the third International Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet that will be held from 28 to 29 May, 2012 at the main campus of the Antonine University in Baabda, Lebanon. This Symposium is organized by the Faculty of Engineering at the Antonine University with the collaboration of France Telecom R&D and Rennes 1 University. RELABIRA’2012 is technically sponsored by: IEEE and IEEE COMSOC.
This 3rd edition of the symposium, which is free of charge, discusses the technical, economic, judicial and social impacts on deploying a broadband network and the migration towards new Internet-oriented technologies in core networks as well as mobile and fixed access networks. All key actors, governments, industry and academia are becoming more aware of the increasing applications usage while surfing websites, which needs a rich bandwidth connection and a high service quality.
Enlarging the spectrum of discussed subjects related to the main theme gave this symposium its identity. The main idea is to treat all technical aspects related to the subject of the symposium in addition to one non technical session that introduces, each time, a new controversial subject. The non technical theme in RELABIRA’2012 is the “Sustainable development and logical recycling”. In this 3rd edition, the symposium program will feature three invited keynote speakers, both from industry and academia.
** Important Dates **

Paper submission deadline: March 23, 2012
Acceptance Notification: April 23, 2012
Camera ready submission: May 09, 2012
Symposium dates: May 28-29, 2012
Topics of interest

The research sessions will include presentations of latest research projects and papers, on the following topics (but not limited to):
1. Broadband fixed networks infrastructure:
- Optical networks and switching technologies (OCS, OBS, OPS, etc.)
- Submarine networks
- Optical access networks (PON, EPON, GPON, XGPON, etc.)
- Multi-level routing protocol (GMPLS)
- Protection and restoration
- Technical constraints awareness
2. Broadband wireless networks infrastructure:
- Broadband mobile networks engineering
- New generation mobile networks (NGN): 3G, 4G, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX, etc.
- Software Radio and Software Defined Radio
- Modulation and multiplexing technologies in mobile networks
- Ad hoc networks (MANET) for Multimedia applications
3. Applications, services and security:
- Multimedia applications and services
- Systems and networks security
- Grid computing
- Semantic Web
- Optimization algorithms
4. Broadband networks non technical aspects:
- Telecommunications networks impact on the climate warming problem
- Broadband networks regulation and legislation
- Right of access to information
- Social impacts of networks and networks applications
5. Broadband networks economic models
Submissions

Submissions should be in English, strictly not exceeding 8 double-column pages (3,000 words) in IEEE proceedings style (Adobe PDF format), including tables and figures.
All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work.
Acceptance will be based on full papers. Accepted and registered papers will be published in the symposium proceedings and in IEEE Xplore. Papers must be submitted via EasyChair on the following address: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=relabi...
To access the full list of topics, submission guidelines, as well as venue and travel information please visit: http://www.relabira.com/
Steering committee

Esther Le ROUZIC - France Telecom R&D, France
Paul GHOBRIL - Antonine University, Lebanon
Bernard COUSIN - Rennes 1 University, France
Tijani CHAHED - Telecom Sud-Paris, France
Conference Chair

Paul GHOBRIL - Antonine University, Lebanon
Technical Program Committee Chair

Bernard COUSIN - Rennes 1 University, France
Keynote Speakers

Samir TOHME - University of Versailles, France
Marco Ajmone MARSAN - Politecnico di Torino
Lanfranco MARASSO - Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Technical Program Committee

Samir TOHME - University of Versailles, France
Abed Ellatif SAMHAT - Lebanese University, Lebanon
Gerardo RUBINO - Inria, France
Nicolas ROUHANA - Saint Joseph University, Lebanon
Adam Ouorou - France Telecom R&D, France
Loutfi NUAYMI - Telecom Bretagne, France
Chady NADER - Lebanese University, Lebanon
Imad MOUGHARBEL - Lebanese University, Lebanon
Esther LE ROUZIC - France Telecom R&D, France
George KOUTITAS - International Hellenic University, Greece
Kinda KHAWAM - University of Versailles, France
Yvon GOURHANT - France Telecom R&D, France
Christophe GOSSET - Telecom ParisTech, France
Ahmad FADLALLAH - Arab Open University, Lebanon
Elias DOUMITH - Telecom ParisTech, France
Jacques DEMERJIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon
Zaher DAWY - American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Tijani CHAHED - Telecom Sud-Paris, France
Carole BASSIL - Lebanese University, Lebanon
Mohamad BADRA - Dhofar University, Oman
Mohamad AOUDE - Lebanese University, Lebanon
Nadine AKKARI - King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Local Organizing Committee Chair

Jacques DEMERJIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon
Local Organizing Committee

Josette DIBIANY - Antonine University, Lebanon
Rony DARAZI - Antonine University, Lebanon / Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Talar ATECHIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon
For further information please send an email to contact-AT-relabira.com