-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: ICC 2007 deadline is approaching Datum: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 23:47:21 -0300 (BRT) Von: nfonseca@ic.unicamp.br An: multicomm@comsoc.org

ICC 2007 MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AND HOME SERVICES

Papers offering novel research contributions in any aspect of Multimedia Communications, Services and Home Networking are solicited for submission to the ICC2007 Multimedia Communications and Home Services Symposium. Papers may present theories, techniques, applications, or practical experiences on topics including but not limited to the following tracks:

Co-chairs:

Heather Yu Panasonic Research, USA heathery@research.panasonic.com Pascal Frossard

EPFL, Switzerland pascal.frossard@epfl.ch

Gary Chan Hong Kong University of Science & Technology gchan@cs.ust.hk

Supporting TCs: Multimedia Communications TC

Media streaming and real-time delivery 1) Techniques and architectures for streaming media and IP telephony 2) Joint source and channel coding and error control schemes 3) Scalability and transcoding technologies for heterogeneous networks 4) Multimedia delivery to wireless embedded devices 5) Cross protocol layer design and optimizations Mobile multimedia communications 6) Cross-layer design for multimedia communication 7) Medium access control for multimedia over wireless local area network and personal area network 8) Mobile content distribution networks 9) Mobility management for wireless multimedia 10) Software-radio-based techniques for multimedia communication

Quality of service in multimedia communications 11) Multimedia QoS support for wired and wireless networks 12) MAC protocols with multimedia QoS support in wireless networks 13) Transport/streaming protocols for end-to-end QoS support 14) Multimedia QoS in peer-to-peer and overlay networks 15) VoIP/RTC support in wireless multi-hop networks

Multimedia communications systems and applications 16) Online gaming (Service, architecture, protocol, and security) 17) Virtual home environment 18) Content distribution and web services (including media caching and replication) 19) Distributed services middleware and systems for multimedia communications (e.g. Open Service Interfaces) 20) Private or peer-to-peer network services for multimedia communications. 21) Emerging trends, standards, applications, services, and field trials Home networking and services for multimedia applications 22) Home networks protocols (WLAN, WiMax, UWB, ad-hoc, etc.) and architectures 23) WAN support of home networks 24) Wireless and wireline broadband multimedia access 25) TV-centric home networks, DTV, and home networked entertainment and games 26) Residential gateways, and home networked appliances for multimedia applications 27) Novel home networking multimedia applications and enabling technologies 28) Test Beds, trials and demonstrations

Questions regarding the theme/scope of the symposium should be directed to the symposium chair or program co-chairs.

PROGRAMME DEADLINES

Submission of Paper Manuscripts and Proposals 15 September 2006 Notification of Acceptance 10 January 2007 Camera-Ready Manuscripts due 28 February 2007