WICON 2011 - WICON 2011 The 6th International ICST Wireless Internet Conference

WICON 2011

The 6th International ICST Wireless Internet Conference

October 19 - 21, 2011, Xi?an, China

http://www.wicon.org/2011

Submission deadline: March 1, 2011

Sponsored by ICST
Technically co-sponsored by CREATE-NET
In technical cooperation with Xi?an Jiaotong University, China

CALL FOR PAPERS



SCOPE OF CONFERENCE


The 6th International ICST Wireless Internet Conference (WICON 2011) brings
together technical experts and researchers from academia, industry, and
government all around the world to discuss novel research results related to
the future Wireless Internet.


TOPICS


The Wireless Internet Conference (WICON) will continue to serve as a premier
international forum to discuss novel research results related to the
emerging Wireless Internet. WICON 2011 is soliciting both academic research
and industry practice papers. Papers solicited in the WICON 2011 are divided
into FOUR tracks, PHY, MAC, Network and Service/Application tracks, and span
a wide range of areas of interest including but not limited to:

1. Seamless Integration of Heterogeneous Networks
* Convergence and interworking of heterogeneous wireless networks
* Vertical handoff and seamless roaming
* Mobile P2P networking, systems, and applications
* Next generation Internet services and applications

2. Cross?layer Design and Optimization
* Clean?slate wireless Internet architecture
* Interaction among PHY/MAC, routing, and congestion control
* PHY?aware wireless scheduling
* QoS provisioning over Multimedia wireless networks

3. Wireless Access Technologies
* Multiple access technology (OFDMA, CDMA, and TDMA)
* WLANs, WiMAX, satellite, 3G and Beyond
* QoS management and traffic modeling
* Algorithm design and performance analysis

4. Multi?hop Wireless Networks
* Wireless sensor networks
* Mobile ad hoc networks
* Wireless mesh networks
* Cooperative and relay networks

5. Emerging Technologies and Applications
* IMT2000, UMTS, LTE, IMT?Advanced networks
* Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET)
* Cognitive radio networks
* Bio?inspired networks
* Context?aware mobile networking
* Wireless body area networks (WBANs)
* Tele?medicine/e?health networks

6. Network Security
* Architectural support for security
* Security, privacy, and dependability issues
* Security in cooperative networks

7. Wireless Internet Platforms and Software
* Testbeds and simulation tools
* Middleware, operating system, and programming languages
* Experimental measurements

8. Green Communications
* Green wireless network architectures and communication protocols
* Green applications by wireless communications and mobile computing
technologies
* Energy?efficient mobile and wireless networks
* Network planning and optimization for green wireless networking


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


General Chair:
Pinyi Ren, Xi?an Jiaotong University, China

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Xin Liu, University of California, Davis, USA
Pei Liu, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA

Steering Committee:
Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy
Xudong Wang, TeraNovi Technologies Inc., USA
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwain
Mahmoud Daneshmand, AT&T Labs, USA


PUBLICATION


Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE (pending) International
Conference Proceedings Series and will be made available in IEEE Digital
Library (pending), as well as submitted to be indexed by EI. (The
Proceedings of WICON 2010 have been index by EI).


IMPORTANT DATES


Paper submission deadline: 1 March 2011
Notification deadline: 15 May 2011
Camera?ready submission deadline: 1 July 2011
Registration deadline: 1 July 2011


SUBMISSIONS

Please visit the conference website (http://www.wicon.org/2011) for detailed
instructions.


SPECIAL ISSUES

Selected papers will be published on a special issue of ACM/Springer MOBILE
NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS (MONET) journal. The special issues for selected
WICON 2011 papers on other international journals are under application.