WONS 2018 - 14th Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services Conference

Wireless on-demand network systems and services have become pivotal in shaping our future networked world. Starting as a niche application over Wi-Fi, they can now be found in mainstream technologies like Bluetooth LE, LTE Direct and Wireless LANs, and have become the cornerstone of upcoming networking paradigms including mesh and sensor networks, the Internet of Things, cloud networks, vehicular networks, disruption tolerant and opportunistic networks, underwater and intra-body networks.
The challenges of this exciting research field are numerous. Examples include how to make smart use of these novel technologies when multiple technologies or a mix of permanent services and on-demand networking opportunities are available to a network node, how to provide robust services in highly dynamic environments, how to efficiently employ and operate heavily resource-constrained devices, and how to develop robust and lightweight algorithms for self-organization and adaptation. Finally, there are many application-specific challenges.
WONS, now in its fourteenth edition, is a high quality forum to address these challenges. WONS aims to provide a global platform for rich interactions between experts in their fields, discussing innovative contributions in a stimulating environment.
This announcement solicits original contributions of high-quality research providing novel insights on all aspects of wireless on-demand networks and systems; from protocol and network design, modeling, performance evaluation, energy efficiency, QoS models and mechanisms, practical implementations, service level aspects, application use-cases, to the integration of multiple wireless network technologies.
Topics of interest comprise, but are not limited to:
Cognitive radio networks
Cross-layer design
Energy-efficient protocols and power management
Heterogeneous wireless networks
Implementations and testbeds
Integration and co-existence of heterogeneous technologies
Intra-body and biomedical on-demand systems
Green wireless networks
Localization and mobility management
MAC and advanced PHY technologies
Middleware aspects
Mobile peer-to-peer systems
Mobile computing and services
Modeling and optimization
Network management
New architectures for on-demand wireless systems
Novel applications and services
Opportunistic, delay-tolerant, and dissemination-based protocols
Performance evaluation through simulations and experiments
Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
Security, privacy, and trust
Social and economic aspects
Underwater on-demand networked systems