July
31 - August 2, 2006
The
Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Center
Calgary, Canada
General Chair
Mohammad S. Obaidat
Dept. of Computer Science, Monmouth University
W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 USA
Tel +1-732-571-4482
Fax +1-732-263-5202
Program
Chairs
Jelena Misic
University of Manitoba, Canada
Vojislav B. Misic
University of Manitoba, Canada
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Call For Papers
2006 Workshop on Performance of Wireless Networks and Communication Systems
(WiNCS'06)
A workshop in conjunction with
SPECTS'06
Note:
the Paper Submission deadline has been extended to March 31, 2006.
Wireless networks and communication systems are increasingly being used in a wide range of networking applications, from general purpose networks, personal area networks and short-range communications, to sensor networks, ubiquitous computing, and other networks with fixed or variable topology. Performance evaluation of the network with respect to the application requirements is a vital part of research in this area, where network performance is affected by different aspects at the physical, data link, network, and transport layers, all of which are intimately related to topology, energy efficiency, management, user mobility, and security issues.
This workshop will focus on all aspects of wireless networks and wireless communication systems, spanning a wide range of issues from physical to application layer. The main objective is to evaluate relevant models, algorithms, protocols, simulation tools, and other recent advances that lead to improved understanding of the performance of wireless networks and communication systems.
We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various performance aspects of wireless networks and communication systems including modeling, simulation and measurement/testing.
The topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
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Performance of wireless networks and wireless communication systems, including LANs, PANs, and ad hoc networks |
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Performance of sensor networks and sensor network-related issues, including topology construction and maintenance, routing, energy efficiency, data aggregation |
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Recent standards for wireless communications (802.11, 802.15 and its varieties including Bluetooth, 802.16, UWB, ZigBee, ...), their performance and comparison |
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Media access control protocols and their impact on performance |
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Routing, broadcasting, and multicasting |
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Quality of Service provisioning |
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Performance of TCP and related protocols in WPANs and ad-hoc networks |
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User mobility modeling, mobility management, and the impact of mobility on network performance |
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Topology construction and maintenance, and the impact of topology changes on network performance |
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Interoperability, interference and co-existence of wireless networks of different standards |
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Methods for analytical modeling of wireless networks |
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Methods and tools for wireless network simulation and performance evaluation
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