Dear Colleagues,

We apologize if you receive multiple copies.

Please find below the Call for Papers for MOBILIGHT 2009, the 1st International Conference on Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems, which will be held in Athens, Greece, 18-20 May 2009.

Kind regards, Periklis.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1st International Conference on Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems (MOBILIGHT 2009) May 18-20, 2009, Athens, Greece http://www.mobilight.org

Sponsored by ICST

Technically Co-Sponsored by Create-NET

*** Submission Deadline -- November 10, 2008 ****

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SCOPE

Wireless communications are becoming increasingly pervasive, as the number and diffusion of portable wireless-equipped devices is exponentially increasing (ranging from cellular phones to handheld game consoles, from personal digital assistant and personal navigation devices to still and video cameras). This results into an unprecedented request for lightweight, wireless communication devices with high usability and performance able to support added-value services in a highly mobile environment - following the user everywhere he goes (at work, at home, while travelling, in a classroom, etc.), but also in opening exciting research, development and business opportunities.

This scenario clearly demands significant upgrades to the existing communication paradigm in terms of infrastructure, devices and services to support the ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANY DEVICE philosophy, introducing novel and fast-evolving requirements and expectations on research and development in the field of information and communication technologies. The core issue is to support wireless users' desire of 24/7 network availability and transparent access to "their own" services.

In this framework and motivated by the interdisciplinary competences needed to build successful lightweight wireless systems, the MOBILIGHT conference will provide an international forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in lightweight wireless systems design and deployment will be able to interact and exchange experiences. The event will enable information exchange and cross-fertilization among the different worlds of academy, research centers and industry through the organization of specific and interacting tracks related to: (i) technology, including wireless (WPAN, WLAN, WMAN/cellular) as well as architectures and design methodologies to support seamless access to the communication facility; (ii) services, in the vision of ?always on?requirement; (iii) business models, opportunities and solutions.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS OF INTEREST (INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING)

TECHNOLOGIES & ARCHITECTURES - Wireless Communication Standards (IEEE 802.11x, Personal Area Networks, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15, Wireless USB, HiperLAN2, WiMAX) - Cellular Networks (2.5G, 3G, 3G LTE, LTE-A) - Ultra Wide Band - Next Generation Networks - Lightweight Devices Architecture (smart phones, PDAs) - Internetworking & Interoperability - Protocol Stack Design (Layering, Cross-layering) - Performance Evaluation and Optimization - Service-Oriented Architectures - Cognitive Radios and Networks

SERVICES - Anytime, Anywhere, Any device - Interactive Multimedia - Voice and Voice over IP - Usability and HMI - Location Services - Seamless roaming - Emerging and Next Generation Services

BUSINESS MODELS, OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS - Architectures Deployment - Service Provisioning - Value-Added Services - Business Models - Next Generation Lightweight Devices - Industry Perspectives and Market Evolution - Users Needs and Requirements - Available and Emerging Solutions

---------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submitted papers will be subject to a rigorous peer-review. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the MOBILIGHT Conference Proceedings, and made available online through the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST). Selected high-quality papers will be invited to Special Issues in prestigious International Journals. Perspective papers must be formatted using Springer LNICST Authors' Kit (http://www.icst.org/?page=conf&site=lnicst) and submitted only through the COCUS conference management system (http://www.cocus.eu).

---------------------------------------------------------------------- PHD FORUM

A forum specifically oriented to PhD students will be held, in order to enable interaction and exchange of ideas among young researchers in the field of mobile communications. Interested PhD students are invited to contact Dr. Adlen Ksentini (adlen.ksentini@irisa.fr).

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers due: ==> November 10, 2008 Notification of acceptance: ==> February 16, 2009 Camera Ready papers due: ==> March 16, 2009 Conference Date: ==> May 18-20, 2009