-------- Original Message -------- Subject: IEEE VTC'03 Wireless Ad hoc, Sensor, and Wearable Networks Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:06:44 -0500 From: Ahmed Safwat safwat@cs.queensu.ca To: itc@comsoc.org
CALL FOR PAPERS
*IEEE VTC 2003 http://www.vtc2003.org/*
*Wireless Ad hoc, Sensor, and Wearable Networks*
*http://www.cs.queensu.ca/home/safwat/VTC_2003_Symposium/*
October 4-9, 2003
Hyatt Orlando Hotel
Orlando, Florida, USA
*Symposium Chair:*
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Ahmed Safwat
Queen's University, Canada
safwat@cs.queensu.ca mailto:safwat@cs.queensu.ca
This is the first in a series of annual symposia dedicated to Wireless
Ad hoc, Sensor, and Wearable Networks. Each year there will be one or more
themes invigorated by the state-of-the-art. This year's theme is
"Energy-Efficient and Context-Aware Designs". However, we welcome all
submissions of relevance to wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks.
In multi-hop wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks wireless mobile
stations and electronic devices form a network without the intervention of a
dedicated infrastructure. Such networks eradicate infrastructure deployment,
setup, and administration costs. Nevertheless, although energy efficiency and
context awareness in wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks are of
great significance, they both remain the main impediments towards their
deployment.
The outcomes of this year's Symposium will stimulate and exhilarate the
deployment of sustainable and context-rich wireless ad hoc, sensor, and
wearable networks.
Original papers are solicited in the area of energy-efficiency and/or
context-awareness for wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
-- Routing protocols
-- Medium access control
-- Modeling and simulation
-- Security algorithms
-- Energy-efficient physical designs
-- Disruptive applications (telemedical, biological, etc)
-- Multi-hop cellular architectures (multi-hop WLANs, 4G, 4G+)
-- Body area networks
-- M-commerce
-- Multi-channel ad hoc/sensor networks: designs and algorithms
-- Directive antennas
-- Self-configurable wearable networks
-- Personal area networks
-- Cross-layer designs
-- TCP-related issues
-- Wireless multi-hop testbeds
-- Location-inspired designs
-- Incorporation of context into wearable networking
-- Non-monolithic/shared conceptual models for context-awareness
-- Algorithms for context discovery and delivery
*Submission Guidelines: *
Authors are required to submit a short abstract (approximately 150 words) AND
an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) as well. All submissions will be handled
electronically through the EDAS conference management system at
http://edas.info, and must be in MS-Word or PDF format. Your submission should
include the names, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and
the email addresses of the authors.
*Important Dates:*
Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 15, 2003
Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2003
Camera-Ready Papers: July 15, 2003
Best regards,
Ahmed
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Ahmed Safwat
Queen's University, Canada
Phone: 613.549.5667
URL: http://www.cs.queensu.ca/home/safwat/
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