WAHS 2013 - Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium

The Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium focuses on all topics related to ad hoc
and sensor networking. A wireless sensor network is a wireless network consisting of
populations of spatially distributed limited-resource nodes that cooperatively monitor physical or
environmental conditions at different locations. Each node is capable of computation, sensing,
and communication. Challenges may be exacerbated by the presence of mobile nodes in the
network. The applicability of such a network is vast. Such networks may consist, for example, of
independent and isolated fixed devices that gather environmental data, they may be embedded in
urban environments in order to facilitate actuation over managed resources, or may be fixed to
and move with the object of interest. Ad hoc networks may exist in environments where there is
no pre-existing communications infrastructure, and thereby organize to create their own. As we
move towards a world that connects all things, these issues become ever more relevant. Dynamic
topologies, bandwidth constraints, energy-constrained operations, wireless vulnerabilities, and
limited physical security are among the characteristics that differentiate mobile ad hoc networks
from fixed multi-hop networks.
This symposium aims to provide a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners
working on state- of-the-art solutions to the challenges of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks.
We seek papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects
of ad hoc and sensor networks. Topics include but are not limited to,
? Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
? Autonomic Networking
? Implementation Challenges
? Novel Measurement Techniques
? Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
? Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms
? Topology Control and Management
? Opportunistic or delay-tolerant communications
? Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management
? Architectures of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
? MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
? QoS Provisioning in MAC and Routing for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks