-------- Original Message -------- Subject: IEEE VTC'03 Wireless Ad hoc, Sensor, and Wearable Networks Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:06:44 -0500 From: Ahmed Safwat safwat@cs.queensu.ca To: itc@comsoc.org

CALL FOR PAPERS

*IEEE VTC 2003 http://www.vtc2003.org/*

*Wireless Ad hoc, Sensor, and Wearable Networks*

*http://www.cs.queensu.ca/home/safwat/VTC_2003_Symposium/*

October 4-9, 2003

Hyatt Orlando Hotel

Orlando, Florida, USA

*Symposium Chair:*

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Ahmed Safwat

Queen's University, Canada

safwat@cs.queensu.ca mailto:safwat@cs.queensu.ca

This is the first in a series of annual symposia dedicated to Wireless

Ad hoc, Sensor, and Wearable Networks. Each year there will be one or more

themes invigorated by the state-of-the-art. This year's theme is

"Energy-Efficient and Context-Aware Designs". However, we welcome all

submissions of relevance to wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks.

In multi-hop wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks wireless mobile

stations and electronic devices form a network without the intervention of a

dedicated infrastructure. Such networks eradicate infrastructure deployment,

setup, and administration costs. Nevertheless, although energy efficiency and

context awareness in wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks are of

great significance, they both remain the main impediments towards their

deployment.

The outcomes of this year's Symposium will stimulate and exhilarate the

deployment of sustainable and context-rich wireless ad hoc, sensor, and

wearable networks.

Original papers are solicited in the area of energy-efficiency and/or

context-awareness for wireless ad hoc, sensor, and wearable networks.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

-- Routing protocols

-- Medium access control

-- Modeling and simulation

-- Security algorithms

-- Energy-efficient physical designs

-- Disruptive applications (telemedical, biological, etc)

-- Multi-hop cellular architectures (multi-hop WLANs, 4G, 4G+)

-- Body area networks

-- M-commerce

-- Multi-channel ad hoc/sensor networks: designs and algorithms

-- Directive antennas

-- Self-configurable wearable networks

-- Personal area networks

-- Cross-layer designs

-- TCP-related issues

-- Wireless multi-hop testbeds

-- Location-inspired designs

-- Incorporation of context into wearable networking

-- Non-monolithic/shared conceptual models for context-awareness

-- Algorithms for context discovery and delivery

*Submission Guidelines: *

Authors are required to submit a short abstract (approximately 150 words) AND

an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) as well. All submissions will be handled

electronically through the EDAS conference management system at

http://edas.info, and must be in MS-Word or PDF format. Your submission should

include the names, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and

the email addresses of the authors.

*Important Dates:*

Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 15, 2003

Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2003

Camera-Ready Papers: July 15, 2003

Best regards,

Ahmed

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Ahmed Safwat

Queen's University, Canada

Phone: 613.549.5667

URL: http://www.cs.queensu.ca/home/safwat/

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