---------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS - WONS 2008 The Fifth International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services

January 24-25, 2008. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany http://www.tm.uka.de/wons2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Scope of the conference ----------------------- With the increasing variety of wireless technologies, ubiquitous connectivity and service provisioning more and more complements traditional, infrastructure-based cellular networks. WLANs, WiMax, Mobile Ad-hoc networks as well as vehicular networks and sensor networks are popular examples. The goal is to provide services "on demand" with minimal planning and management effort as well as with little dependency on existing network infrastructures.

On-demand provisioning of services in such infrastructure-less environments is a challenge in itself. Methods for self-organisation are strongly required to enable this vision. Other challenges are posed by the architectures suited for different networks and applications (e.g., specialized architectures for sensor networks) also raising issues with respect to interoperability.

WONS is now at its fifth edition and is still confronted with new technical challenges and new application demands. As such it provides a premier forum for high quality paper presentations and lively discussions.

For this conference we request submissions of high quality research papers on "wireless on demand networks" that provide novel insights on protocol and network design, modeling and performance evaluation, pricing and profitability models, QoS models, practical implementations, service level aspects and Internet integration of wireless networks.

Topics related to wireless ad hoc networks, mesh networks, vehicular networks and sensor networks comprise, but are not limited to: * Architecture and Design * Analysis through simulation and experimental evaluation * Modeling * Internet integration * Social and economic aspects * Pervasive / ubiquitous computing * Localization and mobility management * Security * Energy-efficient protocols and power management * Applications and Service Support * Data dissemination and Peer-to-Peer systems * Middleware aspects * Self-X and network management

Manuscript submissions ---------------------- Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Authors are invited to submit double-column full (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages) in PDF format having a font size no smaller than 10pt. Short papers should present future research directions, ongoing work, visionary, innovative ideas. Further submission instructions will be published on the conference web site.

Schedule -------- Paper Submission Deadline: October 15, 2007 Notification of Acceptance: November 16, 2007 Camera-Ready Deadline: December 7, 2007

Organization - Executive Committee ---------------------------------- General Chair Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe

Technical Program Co-Chair Bahar Sadeghi, Intel Corporation Hannes Hartenstein, University of Karlsruhe

Local Organization Chair Falko Dressler, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Publicity and Web-Chair Peter Baumung, University of Karlsruhe Moritz Killat, University of Karlsruhe Steering Committee Renato Lo Cigno (Chair), University of Trento Ernst Biersack, Institute EURECOM Edward W. Knightly, Rice University Mario Gerla, UCLA Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens

Technical Program Committee (partial list) Ernst Biersack, Institute EURECOM Torsten Braun, University of Bern Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University Marco Conti, CNR-IIT Andrzej Duda, LSR-IMAG Laboratory Paal Engelstad, University of Oslo / Telenor R&D Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano Mario Gerla, UCLA Silvia Giordano, SUPSI of Lugano Holger Karl, University of Paderborn Edward W. Knightly, Rice University Renato Lo Cigno, University of Trento Henrik Lundgren, Thomson Research Stefan Mangold, Swisscom Martin Mauve, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Pietro Michiardi, Institute Eurecom Michele Rossi, University of Padova Kave Salamatian, University Paris 6 Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens Kurt Tutschku, University of Würzburg Michael Welzl, University of Innsbruck Joerg Widmer, DoCoMo Euro-Labs Carey Williamson, University of Calgary _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc