SDMN 2014 - Software Defined Mobile Networks (SDMN) : Beyond LTE Network Architecture

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Software Defined Networking (SDN) Concepts
o Evolution of SDN
o History of SDN
o SDN Controllers, Network Programmability
o SDN Working Groups/ Research Communities
o SDN Applications
Mobile Networking Concepts
o Evolution of Mobile Networks
o Limitations in current mobile technologies
o Requirement in future mobile networks
o Beyond LTE network architectures
Software Defined Mobile Networks (SDMN)
SDMN Architectures and Network implementation
o State of the art in Software Defined Networks
o Architectural options for Software Defined Mobile Networks
o Requirements and Scenarios in Software Defined Mobile Networks
o Implementation and validation aspects of SDMN
o Mobile Network Optimized SDN Controller Functionality; SDMN controller
o Standardization aspects of SDMN
o Validation setup and open source solutions of SDMN
Traffic Transport and Network Management aspects of SDMN
o Network virtualization and Virtualized traffic transport Technologies
o Optimization of Traffic Transportation
o Scalability of SDMNs
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)
Mobile Peer-to-Peer Services
Mobile Cloud Services
Traffic, Resource and Mobility Management aspects
o Mobility Management
o Resource selection and Management
o Microscopic/Macroscopic Traffic Management
o Application supported traffic Management
o Optimization of traffic and resource management
Security aspects of SDMNs
o State of the art in Security challenges in future mobile architectures
o Economically viable security techniques for mobile networks
o Secure Mobile Network services
o Security Management in SDMN
Software Defined Radio (SDR) Networks
o Introduction to SDRN
o Integration aspect of SDRN to SDMN
o SDN based interference management
o Virtualized Radio Resource Management
Techno-economic aspects
o State of the art in techno-economic modeling of SDMN
o Business Cases in virtualized Mobile Network Environments