WON 2014 - The Third IEEE International Workshop on Opportunistic Networking (WON-2014)

Due to recent advances in wireless technologies and the explosive deployment of mobile wireless devices, a pragmatic evolution of the generic Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) paradigm (referred to as opportunistic networking) has emerged and is becoming increasingly popular as networking research area. Opportunistic networks (or OppNets for short) are a kind of challenged mobile ad hoc networks, where prolonged disconnections, unpredictable and unstable topologies, and partitions can frequently occurred. These types of networks are quite different from legacy ad hoc networks in the sense that disconnection and reconnection are common and link performance is extremely dynamic, making them very suitable to support pervasive networking scenarios. In OppNets, nodes are typically controlled by rational entities such as people. As such, by taking advantage of device mobility, information can be stored and forwarded over a wireless link when connection 'opportunities' arise (e.g. an appropriate network contact is met). Due to its nature and features, OppNet applications pose a number of research challenges in all areas of network, including system and protocol design, security, interoperability, deployment, applications and architectures, routing, performance, development and analysis, to name a few. The aim of this workshop is to provide a high profile, leading edge forum for researchers and engineers to present their latest research in the field of mobile opportunistic networking.
Topics:
This workshop provides an international forum for the research community in the above-mentioned research areas. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Opportunistic and Delay-tolerant Networks
Advanced technologies for enabling opportunistic communication
Architectures for OppNets
Mobility models for OppNets
Opportunistic Applications for OppNets
Biological and social models for opportunistic communication
Middleware services in OppNets
Network and resource management techniques for OppNets
Trust and cooperation in OppNets
Security, Trust, Privacy, and Cooperation in OppNets
Transport and reliability issues in OppNets
Routing Dissemination and Caching in OppNets
Dissemination and replication techniques for OppNets
MAC layer issues and physical layer for OppNets
Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building OppNets
OppNets testbeds and measurements
Simulation and modeling of OppNets