Dear all, Please find below the call for papers for the Third International Conference on the Latest Advances in Networks. Note that the deadline for submissions has been extended to Sept. 29th, 2008. Accept our apologize if you receive several copies of this email. With our kind regards, Eric Renault, on behalf of the ICLAN chairs.

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International Conference on the Latest Advances in Networks (ICLAN'2008) http://www.iclanconf.org/2008/ December 10-12, 2008, Toulouse, France

Technical co-sponsorship : IEEE France

Scope:

Deployment of communication networks in environments where mobility is needed and where infrastructures are not possible or damaged, has led to solutions mixing ad hoc and sensor networks with wired and/or wireless infrastructure networks. Obviously, these heterogeneous networks need new applications and services but generate new constraints. Indeed, interconnection of different technologies requires high quality of service and safe and secure data transmission between a source and a destination. In order to do so, adaptation or even modification of some protocols may be needed. The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists and engineers, whether from academia or industry, to exchange and discuss their experiences and research results about all issues of these new types of networks. Thus, it gives a great opportunity to present new opinions and receive feedback on work in progress.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

o Ad-hoc networks o BAN o Call admission and congestion control o Cooperative networks o Cross-layer architectures o DVB o Dynamic networks o Heterogeneous networks o MIMO o Mobile and wireless networks o Multimedia QoS and management o Peer to peer o Resource management and QoS for real time traffic support o RFID and sensor networks o Routing and switching o Security techniques and systems o Terrestrial satellite integration o Transport protocols o Ultra-wide band o WiMax networks o Wireless mesh networks o WLAN, WPAN and 3G/4G networks

Paper Submission:

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in PDF format only reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the conference. The length of the papers should not exceed 6 pages (IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10pt fonts, and number each page.

o For detailed instructions and templates: http://www.iclanconf.org/2008/publication/

Important Dates:

o Submission Deadline: Sep. 29, 2008 (extended) o Author Notification: Oct. 12, 2008 o Final Manuscript Due: Oct. 26, 2008

Technical Program Committee:

o Ronald Beaubrun, Universite de Laval, Canada o Andre-Luc Beylot, IRIT-ENSEEIHT, France o Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India o Selma Boumerdassi, CNAM, France o Ranganai Chaparadza, Fraunhofer-FOKUS Institute, Germany o Emmanuel Chaput, IRIT-ENSEEIHT, France o Prosper Chemouil, France Telecom, France o Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan o Riadh Dhaou, IRIT-ENSEEIHT, France o Giovanni Giambene, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy o Richard Harris, Massey University, New Zealand o Helmut Hlavacs, University of Vienna, Austria o Jiankun Hu, RMIT University, Australia o Farouk Kamoun, ENSI, Tunisia o Hamamache Kheddouci, PRISMa/UCB, France o Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada o Giada Landi, Nextworks, Italy o Tae-Jin Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea o Shou-Chih Lo, Dong Hwa University, Taiwan o Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland o Yacine Rebahi, Fraunhofer-FOKUS Institute, Germany o Eric Renault, TELECOM & Management SudParis, France o Abraham Sanchez Lopez, Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico o Alan Smith, BT Research, United Kingdom o Zhili Sun, University of Surrey, United Kingdom o Giacomo Verticale, Politecnico di Milano, Italy o Yih-Fuh Wang, Leader University, Taiwan o Djamal Zeghlache, TELECOM & Management SudParis, France

Organizing Committee:

o Rahim Kacimi, IRIT-ENSEEIHT, France o Alexandra Niculae, IRIT-ENSEEIHT, France

Contact:

contact @ iclanconf . org