************************************************************** * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * ACCESSNETS 2009 * * Fourth International Conference on Access Networks * * November 2-4, 2009, Hong Kong, China * * http://www.accessnets.org * * * **************************************************************

Submission deadline: April 2, 2009

OVERVIEW: With the rapid growth of the Internet as well as the increasing demand for broadband services, access networks have been receiving growing investments in recent years. This has led to a massive network deployment with the goal of eliminating the bandwidth bottleneck between end-users and the network core. Today many diverse technologies are being used to provide broadband access to end users. The architecture and performance of the access segment (local loop, wired and wireless access networks, and even home networks) are getting increasing attention for ensuring quality of service of diverse broadband applications. Moreover, most access lines will no longer terminate on a single device, thus leading to the necessity of having a home network designed for applications that transcend simple Internet access sharing among multiple personal computers and enable multimedia support. Therefore, the access network and its home portion have become a hot investment pool from both a financial as well as a research perspective.

The aim of the annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with their in-home counterparts. AccessNets'09 is the fourth edition of this exciting event, which will be held in Hong Kong, China, on November 2-4, 2009. The conference will consist of technical sessions, industry track, workshops, and panels. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the industry track, workshops and panels will focus on development, application, and related business issues in this hot and exciting area.

TOPICS: The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* FTTx and PON technologies * xDSL technology and DSM * Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) technology * Cable-based access technology * Powerline communication technology * Digital satellite access technology * WiFi and WiMax networks * Wireless mesh networks * Integrated wired/wireless networks * Long reach Ethernet * Home networks * Networked appliances * Hybrid wired/wireless LANs * Municipal and community networks * Network architectures and protocols * Medium access control * Cross-layer design * OFDM, OFDMA, CDMA techniques * MIMO techniques * Service convergence * Quality of service provisioning * Network scalability and upgradeability * Network survivability and security * Deployment/standardization statuses

PANELS AND WORKSHOPS: We solicit panel and workshop proposals on hot and controversial topics in access networks. Proposals should be submitted to the panel and workshop co-chairs, respectively. Please visit the conference website for detailed instructions.

PAPER SUBMISSION: Please visit the conference website (http://www.accessnets.org) for detailed instructions.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper submission due April 2, 2009 Notification of acceptance June 15, 2009 Final manuscript due July 31, 2009

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CHAIR Danny H.K. Tsang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

TPC CO-CHAIRS Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology USA Pin-Han Ho, University of Waterloo, Canada Vincent K.N. Lau, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Chonggang Wang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc., USA Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Japan

PANEL CO-CHAIRS Martin Maier, INRS, Canada Qinqing Zhang, Johns Hopkins University, USA

PUBLICATION & WEB CHAIR Xiaojun Hei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Chadi Assi, Concordia University, Canada Rong Zhao, Detecon International GmbH, Bonn, Germany

INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP CHAIR Carlson Chu, PCCW, Hong Kong, China

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Szilvia Papp, ICST

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Lawrence Cheung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Wilson Chu, Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

STEERING COMMITTEE Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-net, Italy Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE See http://www.accessnets.org

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