WMCNT 2011 - WMCNT 2011 3RD IEEE WORKSHOP ON MOBILE COMPUTING AND NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES

(WMCNT 2011)
IEEE 3rd International Workshop on
Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies

http://wmcnt.ntua.gr

5-7 October 2011
Budapest, Hungary

Scope

The Third IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies (WMCNT2011) will take place in conjunction with the IEEE International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2011) to be held in Budapest, Hungary, in October 2011. The Workshop will be a full day event. Continuing the great success of the previous events, WMCNT 2011 Workshop is anticipated to attract a large number of high-quality submissions and stimulate the cutting-edge research discussions among academic pioneering researchers/scientists and industrial engineers/leaders from all around the world.

Overview

Mobile computing and networking have inarguably emerged among the most vibrant areas in the field of telecommunications today. Customers requirement for immediate response to their prerequisites, targeting on access to information anywhere in the world at anytime, has increased the demand for productivity and effectiveness of mobile computing and networking. Moreover, the convergence of information communications technology and computing is creating new demands and opportunities for ubiquitous computing via wireless and mobile equipment without technological restrictions. Considering also the diversification of access technologies and their applications that prevail in the present telecommunication environment, amalgamated with the increased user mobility makes QoS provision a challenging issue.
Future mobile communication networks offer a variety of high quality applications. Furthermore, several challenges are imposed by the demanding wireless networking environment, in terms of network architecture, channel estimation, propagation and especially radio resource management. The understanding of these issues becomes even more demanding due to non-uniform spectrum allocation, various radio resource management policies, economic concerns, the scarcity of radio resources, the inherent transmission impairments of wireless links and user mobility.
The aim of the Third IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies (WMCNT 2011) is to provide an international venue for the discussion of architecture, design, implementation, analysis, measurement, performance and simulation in wireless, mobile and ubiquitous computing environments. WMCNT 2011 will serve as an open forum, where novel ideas will be exchanged via bringing together researchers, developers and engineers in both academia and industry.

Workshop Topics

Authors are solicited to submit complete unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to, topic areas:

* QoS and Resource Allocation in Wireless/Mobile Networks
* Radio Resource Management
* Resource Allocation and Game Theory
* Mobility Management and Billing Technologies in Wireless Networks
* Mobile/Wireless Networks Modeling and Simulation
* Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
* Wired-Wireless Integration
* End-to-End QoS
* Protocols and Architecture for Wireless/ Mobile Networks
* Security, Scalability, Reliability and Robustness in Wireless/Mobile Networks
* Physical Security
* Transport Layer Issues in Mobile and Wireless Networks
* Cross-layer Issues
* Wireless Access Techniques
* Wireless Propagation and Channel Modeling
* Wireless Communication Networks and Systems
* Wireless System Services and Applications
* Wireless / Mobile Internet
* 2G - 3G - 4G Migration, Convergence and Interworking
* WiFi, WiMAX, 3GPP LTE
* OFDM and OFDMA Systems
* Wireless LAN/PAN/BAN
* Wireless Mesh Networks
* Wireless Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
* Cognitive Radio Networks
* Sensor Networks Technologies and Protocols
* Mobile Social Networks
* 3G, 4G, and beyond System
* Spectrum Sensing and Signal Parameters Estimation
* Experimental Systems and Field Trials
* Planning and Standardization
* Systems Interoperability
* Reliable Broadcast/Multicast Wireless Technologies for Multimedia Applications
* Performance Evaluation of New Wireless Standards for High-Quality Entertainment Environments

Proceedings

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of computer networking and wireless communications. All papers will be peer reviewed by experts in the field and accepted papers will be presented in oral sessions and published in the conference proceedings, included in IEEE Xplore (approved). The submission process is carried through the EDAS conference management system (http://edas.info/). The manuscripts must follow the IEEE format. The maximum paper length is of eight (8) pages including tables and figures. Submission of a regular paper implies that at least one of the authors will have a full registration to the Conference and present the paper upon the acceptance of the submission. Authors of selected outstanding papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their work for possible inclusion into a special journal issue.

Important Dates
Paper submission: June 5, 2011
Paper submission deadline extension: June 15, 2011
Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2011
Camera ready version paper submission/Author Registration: August 25, 2011
Early fee: September 5, 2011
Registration: October 3, 2011

Contact

Workshop General Chairs:

Georgios I. Tsiropoulos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
e-mail: gitsirop-AT-mail.ntua.gr

Dimitrios G. Stratogiannis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
e-mail: dstratog-AT-mail.ntua.gr

Honorary Workshop Chairs:

Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
e-mail:hshwchen-AT-mail.ncku.edu.tw

Workshop General Co-Chair:
Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki (ATEI), Greece
e-mail: peris-AT-it.teithe.gr

Eirini-Eleni I. Tsiropoulou, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
e-mail: eetsirop-AT-netmode.ntua.gr

Technical Program Committee Chairs:

Athanasios D. Panagopoulos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
e-mail: thpanag-AT-ece.ntua.gr

Technical Program Committee

Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus, Greece
Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland
Hongbin Chen, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China
Panayotis Cottis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Lars Dittmann, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
George Efthymoglou, University of Piraeus, Greece
Wael El-Medany, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy
Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York, U.S.A.
Jyri Hamalainen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
John Kanellopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Eirini Karapistoli, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
George Karetsos, Center for Technological Research of Thessaly, Greece
Konstantinos Katsaros, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
George Kyriacou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Thomas Lagkas, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Ioannis Lambadaris, Carleton University, Canada
Lambros Lambrinos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada
Jie Li,University of Tsukuba, Japan
Jia-Chin Lin, National Central University, Taiwan
Malamati Louta, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Athanasios Manikas, Imperial College London, U.K.
Cristoph Mecklenbr?uker, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Othon Michail, University of Patras, Greece
Ozgur Oyman, Intel Corporation, U.S.A.
Jacues Palicot, Institut d' Electronique et de T?l?communications de Rennes, France
Evangelos Papapetrou, University of Ioannina, Greece
Apostolia Papapostolou, Telecom Sudparis, France
Petar Popovski, Aalborg University, Denmark
Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan
Oguz Sunay, Ozyegin University, Turkey
Janos Tapolcai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Olav Tirkkonen, Aalto University, Finland
George Tombras, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Chih-Cheng Tseng, National Ilan University, Taiwan
Hsiao-Chun Wu, Louisiana State University, U.S.A.
Qin Xin, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway