HETNET 2013 - The 4th International Workshop on Heterogeneous Networking Environments and Technologies (HETNET-2013)

Due to advances in networking technologies, and especially, in wireless and mobile communication technologies, and devices with different networking interfaces, the networking systems are moving towards the integration of wired and wireless resources leading to Heterogeneous Networking Environments and Technologies (HETNET). Such environments comprise and integrate wireless LANs, multiple MANETs, Cellular Networks, Wireless Sensor networks, Wireless Mesh Networks, etc. Besides, other types of networking systems such as Grid and P2P systems are going wireless and mobile adding yet another dimension to the HETNET. The integration of various networking paradigms into one networking system is requiring new understandings, algorithms and insights, frameworks, middleware and architectures for the effective design, integration, deployment aiming at achieving secure, programmable, robust, transparent and ubiquitous HETNETs .
The aim of this workshop is to present innovative researches, methods and techniques related to the HETNETs and their applications. The workshop seeks original contributions in all relevant areas, including but not limited to the following topics.
Topics of interest
Frameworks, Middleware and Architectures for HETNETs
Services Discovery and Allocation in HETNETs
Integration issues, Modelling and Performance and testbeds for HETNETs
Interaction and integration of different types of networks and testbed
Energy saving algorithms in HETNETs
Context-aware computing in HETNETs
Security in HETNETs
QoS in HETNETs
HETNETs for Disaster Managment
Wireless & Wired Grid Systems
Wireless & Mobile P2P Systems
Collaborative systems based on Grid and Mobile P2P technologies
Context-aware computing in Mobile Information Systems
Security in Wireless Grid and Mobile P2P Systems