WONS 2004
Madonna di Campiglio (Trento, Italy)
January 21-23, 2004 |
| First Working Conference on
Wireless On-demand Network Systems
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(sponsored by IFIP WG 6.3 and 6.8) |
Wireless LANs are enjoying a growing interest at all levels: research,
application, business.
The explosive growth of IEEE802.11b (Wi-Fi), the ongoing change of
spectrum management policies and the technology boost making wireless
wideband a reality are bringing high bandwidth wireless connectivity
to the masses.
Connectivity and networking built "on-demand", where and when they are needed
in an evolutionary and incremental fashion with limited investments,
is spawning new research and business opportunities, offering
unprecedented possibilities to support working communities and ubiquitous,
cooperative computing.
Many aspects of the current wireless LANs growth resemble
the rapid, and in part anarchic and unexpected, evolution of
the wired Internet. The road is traced and enthusiasm is mounting
but many challenges have to be solved before providing seamless communication,
reliable quality, secure high bandwidth connectivity, and useful services.
The workshop will concentrate on new research issues open in the "wireless
Internet" context, including design, modelling and performance evaluation,
pricing and profitability models, QoS models and practical implementation.
Sound experimental evaluation of new techniques will also be considered.
The meeting will take place in one of the finest winter resorts of the
Alps, Madonna di Campiglio, in the Trentino region.
The cozy atmosphere of the workshop hotel, facing one of the most
spectacular panoramas in the Alps, will facilitate
concentration and creativity.
The schedule of the meeting will consist of presentations in the morning
and in the afternoon/evening. A pause after lunch will allow social activities
and informal interaction among the participants.
Keynote speech:
"Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Protocols and Applications"
Mario Gerla, Computer Science Department, UCLA
Extended version of the best paper will be considered for publication on a special issue of
Kluwer/ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET).
Topics comprise, but are not limited to:
- Wireless access to the Internet
- Modelling and performance evaluation of wireless LANs
- Quality of service and pricing ("charging for quality")
- Traffic and user activity models
- Service differentiation mechanisms
- Virtual operators in WiFi networks
- Pervasive / ubiquitous computing
- Location and context-awareness
- Wireless LANs design
- Management, authentication, authorization and accounting
- On-Demand, Ad-Hoc Networks
Important deadlines
- August 1st, 2003: (Hard Deadline)
Electronic Paper Submission
- September 30, 2003: Acceptance Notification
- October 15, 2003: Final Version Due
Contact address: wons@dit.unitn.it
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