BcN 2009 - The 4th IEEE International Workshop on Broadband Convergence Networks (BcN 2009)

The 4th IEEE International Workshop on Broadband Convergence Networks (BcN 2009)
June 5, 2009, New York, USA (In conjunction with IEEE/IFIP IM 2009)
http://www.ieee-im.org/

Convergence is a key design aspect for next generation networks. The
seamless integration of the wireless and wired network architectures, point
to point and broadcasting communications, data and multimedia oriented
services, mobile and cellular systems, sensors networks, fast fiber and long
delay networks remains a challenging endeavor. The end-to-end picture
becomes unclear to say the least.

As new technologies meet old ones, many need to be revisited to fit into
this complex scenario. In this Workshop, we will look at the latest advances
in Broadband technologies including IEEE 802.11e Wireless LAN, 802.16
Wireless MAN (WiBro, WiMax) and 3G/4G wireless cellular networks and their
SIP based IMS platform, broadband access networks such as xDSL and Cable and
examine their use for emerging streaming, multicast and broadcast
applications such as IPTV.

We also welcome research into next generation architectures and their
management. Architectural design issues such as naming and addressing,
routing and service scalability, late binding, cross layer design, mobility
and heterogeneous support, service orchestration, among others are also
encouraged into the broadband context.

This 4th edition of the event builds on the success of the 1st. IEEE
International Workshop on Broadband Convergence Networks (BcN2006) held on
April the 7th. 2006 in Vancouver, Canada, in conjunction with IEEE/IFIP
NOMS2006), the 2007 edition held on May the 21st of 2007 in Munich, Germany
(In conjunction with IEEE/IFIP IM2007) and the 2008 edition held on April
the 7th of 2008 in Salvador, Brazil (In conjunction with IEEE/IFIP NOMS
2008).
We seek to draw researchers with different backgrounds to share their
experience and knowledge of the current status of standardization and
technology development of BcN, to discuss challenges and present possible
solutions and innovations for the challenges that broadband networking
brings forward.

Topics of interest for this workshop include, but not limited to, the
following:
- Trends in broadband networking, architectures and standardization
- Converged networking issues for telecommunication and broadcasting
- Fixed and mobile networks convergence
- IMS and Telecom convergence
- Next Generation Networks
- Broadband access networking with hybrid fiber optic and wireless network
- Seamless service provisioning with roaming and handover
- Regulatory issues
- Applications and service provisioning
- QoS, mobility and policy management in broadband networks
- 3P services over broadband access networks
- Security issues on the convergence networks
- Accounting and billing
- Automated resource management and service provisioning
- Signaling for application sessions and networking
- Virtual networks and operators
- Overlay networks
- TCP for broadband links
- Streaming services over wireless access networks

PAPER SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit original contributions (written in English) in
PDF format through the JEMS (Journal and Event Management System). We are
seeking submissions for full papers (max. 6 pages on 2-column IEEE style)
and short papers presenting position statements or preliminary results on
relevant work (up to 2 pages on 2-column IEEE style). All accepted papers
will be published in IEEE Xplore.

Please use the stylesheet templates provided by IEEE, standard IEEE
Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/trans...


Organization, sponsorship
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- Organized by KICS KNOM
- Sponsored by IEEE CNOM
- Supported by KCC/ETRI, KT, FT (France Telecom), NIST

Organizing Committee
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- Co-Chairs and Contact emails:
Choong Seon Hong, Kyung Hee University, Korea, cshong-AT-khu.ac.kr Nazim
Agoulmine, University of Evry, France, nazim.agoulmine-AT-iup.univ-evry.fr

Important Dates:
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- Paper Submission Deadline: 26 January 2009
- Notification of Acceptance: 2 March 2009
- Final Camera Ready Paper Due: 16 March 2009
- Workshop: 5 June, 2009

Advisory Committee
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Fabiano Fernandes, Brazil Telecom, Brazil Idir Fodil, France Telecom R&D,
France Chieteuk Ahn, ETRI, Korea Kyung-Hyu Lee, ETRI, Korea Yoshiaki Tanaka,
Waseda Univ., Japan Young-Tak Kim, Yeungnam Univ., Korea Doug Zuckerman,
Telcordia, USA James Hong, POSTECH, Korea Djamel H. Sadok, UFPE, Brazil

Technical Program Committee
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Carlos Kamienski, the Federal University of ABC, Brazil Judith Kelner, the
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Borje Ohlman, Ericsson Research,
Sweden Lizandro Zambretti, The Federal University of the Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil Marcus Brunner, NEC Europe, Germany Sven van Der Meer, Waterford
Institute of Technology, Irland Alan Marshall, Queen University of Belfast,
UK Lionel Fiat, Alcatel, France John Strassner, Motorola, USA Milla Huusko,
VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland Makoto Yoshida, Univ. of
Tokyo, Japan Al Vincent, NTIA, USA Raouf Boutaba, U. of Waterloo, Canada
Alberto Leon-Garcia, U. of Toronto, Canada Veli Sahin, Sahin Assoc., USA
Memhet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA Christian Rad, AT&T, USA Carlos
Westphall, Santa Catalina Federal University, Brazil Jos? Marcos Silva
Nogueira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Jae-Hyung Yoo, KT,
Korea Young-Myoung Kim, KT, Korea Dong-Sik Yun, KT, Korea Tae-Sang Choi,
ETRI, Korea Yoshiaki Hori, Kyushu University