The Second IEEE international Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Resource Management and QoS. This workshop is organized in conjunction with the 4t IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2008). The conference is hosted in Avignon, France on 12-14 Oct 2008. Scope The fourth generation (4G) of wireless communications is expected to integrate a potentially large number of different heterogeneous wireless technologies in what could be considered a huge step forward towards universal wireless access and omnipresent computing through seamless mobility. Even though 4G standard is currently not defined, there are many current outlooks that delineate the vision of the new wireless technologies. Based on the emergent trends of mobile communication, 4G will have larger bandwidth, higher data rates, smoother and quicker handoff and will focus on guaranteeing faultless service and seamless handoff across a multitude of wireless networks. The key concept is integrating the 4G capabilities with all of the existing mobile technologies. Special maneuvers will be necessary amongst different access systems in terms of horizontal (intrasystem) and vertical (inter-system) handoff as well as seamless mobility, Quality of Service (QoS), dependability and security. In this workshop, we solicit high quality papers from leading researchers that present state-of-the-art research in heterogeneous wireless networks dealing with resource management techniques and QoS provisioning. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: # Interworking with 2.5G, 3G, and other wireless networks # QoS provisioning for heterogeneous wireless networks # End-to-End QoS Architectures # Location, Mobility and Handoff Management # Seamless vertical handoff techniques between different wireless networks # Network selection criteria # Resource management/allocation # Bandwidth adaptation # Power control and management # Load, admission, and flow control # Architecture design alternatives for heterogeneous wireless networks # Performance analysis and experimentation of heterogeneous wirelessnetworks # Pricing and billing issues # Security techniques and methods for heterogeneous wireless networks # Heterogeneous wireless networks applications and measurements # Simulation study of heterogeneous wireless networks # Scalability of heterogeneous wireless networks # Implementation and testbed experiments # Standardization activities for heterogeneous wireless networks # Heterogeneous multi-hop wireless networks

Paper Submission

Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. Paper length should not exceed five-page technical paper manuscript. Please see author information page for submission guidelines at WiMob 2008 website (www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/wimob2008). Papers should be submitted in a PDF format through EDAS.

Submissions should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliations, fax and telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author of accepted papers is required to register at the full registration rate. Important Dates

* Paper submission: 20 May 2008 * Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2008 * Final Paper submission: 4 August 2008

Workshop Co-Chairs * Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada * Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Program Co-Chair * Waltenegus Dargie, Technical University of Dresden, Germany * Ahmed H Zahran, University College Cork, Ireland. Technical Program Committee (tentative) * Khalid Al-Begain University of Glamorgan UK * Hakim Badis University of Paris-Sud XI France * Tarek Bejaoui University of Paris-Sud XI France * Jiannong Cao Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong * Soumaya Cherkaoui University of Sherbrooke Canada * Yuh-Shyan Chen National Chung Cheng University Taiwan * Javier Gozalvez University Miguel Hernandez Spain * Christian Hartmann Technische Universitat Munchen Germany * Youssef Iraqi University of Waterloo Canada * Anup Kumar University of Louisville USA * Wei Li The University of Toledo USA * Jelena Misic University of Manitoba Canada * Mohamed Ould-Khaoua University of Glasgow UK * Burkhard Stiller University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Switzerland * Abd-Elhamid M. Taha Queen's University Canada * Ljiljana Trajkovic Simon Fraser University Canada * Duc A. Tran University of Dayton USA * Shahrokh Valaee University of Toronto Canada * Quanhong Wang Queen's University Canada * Kui Wu University of Victoria Canada * Jingyuan Zhang The University of Alabama USA * Weihua Zhuang University of Waterloo Canada * Alexander Schill Technical University of Dresden Germany * Bruno Klauser Cisco Systems Inc. Switzerland * Michael Berge Siemens Germany

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