-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Papers WWIC 2005 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:44:20 +0200 From: Torsten Braun braun@IAM.UNIBE.CH Reply-To: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" KUVS-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE Organization: Universität Bern To: KUVS-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE

Call for Papers WWIC 2005 ************************************************************************ 3rd Intl Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications (WWIC2005)

May 11-13 2005 Xanthi, Greece

http://www.wwic2005.org/wwic2005/ ************************************************************************

Next generation mobile networks will be based on Internet core networks and wireless access networks. The need for efficient merging of the wired and wireless infrastructure as well as the new multimedia services and applications of next generation networks call for novel network architectures, protocols and traffic-related mechanisms. WWIC is addressing research topics such as the design and evaluation of protocols, the dynamics of the integration, the performance tradeoffs, the need for new performance metrics, and cross-layer interactions. The goal of the conference is to present high-quality results in the field, and to provide a framework for research collaboration through focused discussions that will designate future research efforts and directions. In this context, the program committee will accept only a limited number of papers that meet the criteria of originality, presentation quality and topic relevance. Proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer. Selected best papers will appear in a journal special issue. The specific journal will be announced prior to submission deadline. In addition, the best paper as well as the runner up will be awarded at the conference, based on reviewer comments and suggestions of the Technical Program Committee members.

The paper should not exceed 12 pages and the conference proceedings is planned to be published by Springer's Lecture Notes of Computer Science (LNCS).

Papers should address one of the following topics:

* Network design and network planning * Traffic engineering * Traffic characterisation and modeling * Mobile service level agreements / specification * Simulation technologies for next generation mobile networks * Transport protocols and congestion control * Cross layer interactions * Mobility management * End-to-end Quality of Service support * Heterogeneous wireless access networks * Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks * Performance evaluation of mobile and wireless networks and systems * Handover techniques * Wireless multimedia systems * Service creation & management environments for mobile/wireless systems * Resource management and admission control * QoS signaling * QoS routing * Wireless Multi-Hop Networks * Economical issues of wireless networks * Pricing, charging and accounting in wireless networks

General Chairs: Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Tampere University of Technology, Finland yk@cs.tut.fi Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Demokritos University, Greece vtsaousi@ee.duth.gr

TPC co-Chairs: Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland braun@iam.unibe.ch Georg Carle, University of Tübingen, Germany carle@fokus.gmd.de

Important Dates: Submission deadline: December 6, 2004 Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2005 Camera ready paper: February 28, 2005