Subject: [manet] Call for Papers: Workshop on Multi-Layer Modelling and Design MLMD'06

From: Alhussein Abouzeid <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:10:27 -0500

(first call for papers)  
   
Workshop on Multi-Layer Modelling and Design of 
Multi-Hop Wireless Networks (MLMD’06)  
   
To be held in conjunction with
The 12th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'2006, July 12-15)  

Workshop Scope:
This workshop will present and discuss recent results that capture the performance and design tradeoffs when multiple layers interact, as they do, in wireless multi-hop networks. The layered architecture view of networks has allowed various experts to work independently to optimize the performance at their level of abstraction. Wireless multi-hop networks have challenged the benefits of this approach, at least from a performance perspective. The fact that in most sensor networks the performance and purpose are tightly coupled with a physical phenomenon increases the coupling between the top and bottom layers of the reference network protocols stack. Furthermore, we are witnessing an increasing interest in terms of what the design of the Internet would be if we have the chance to do it all from scratch.  
Examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Joint optimization of multiple layers
* Joint modelling and performance evaluation of multiple layers
* Communication/computation methods and abstractions
* Techniques and models of medium access, aggregation, routing, and compression that explicitly account for multiple layers
* Designs leveraging recent technologies (e.g. software radio) and their performance
* Designs allowing co-existence in crowded shared spectrum
* Network reliability issues including quality of service
* Multi-layer security in a distributed environment  
   
Important Dates:
Paper Submission:February 15, 2006   
Notification:April 1, 2006
Final Manuscript:April 15, 2006  

Submission Guidelines:
The proceedings will be published by the IEEE. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. Submitted papers should be formatted in a two-column IEEE Computer Society format (URL: http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm) and should not exceed 6 pages including figures and references. Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format (or postscript) by sending it as an e-mail attachment to [email-masked] with title ``MLMD’06 Submission:’’ followed by the paper title. All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors.   
   
Workshop Homepage:
http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/homepages/abouzeid/MLMD/MLMD.html  
   
Technical Program Committee:
To be confirmed.  
   
Location:
This is a one day workshop. The workshop will be held in association with ICPADS’2006, which will be in Minneapolis, MN. The exact venue will be announced later.  
   
Workshop Chair:
Alhussein Abouzeid
Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180
http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/homepages/abouzeid

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