Call for papers

QPWN

10-12 May 2010 | Barcelona, Spain

SCOPE:

Today, wireless networks are considered to be a significant and emerging part of the communication networks field. Modern wireless networks must support all kinds of services, and perform similarly to the wired networks. The pertinent example of these demands is the need to efficiently serve the traffic generated by the emerging multimedia network applications. Thus, wireless networks have to be able to support Quality of Service (QoS). QoS support in wireless networks is a challenging issue. Significant research has taken place the last years on this area.

The Special Session will try to analyze modern methods of providing QoS support in wireless networks, explain all related issues, highlight the problems that arise when trying to provide different and demanding services over wireless networks, present the theoretical background, bring out related solutions given so far, and moreover, exhibit the latest research concepts and relevant ideas regarding near-future implementations.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• The need for QoS support / Modern wireless network applications that require QoS support
• Traffic characteristics / classification / multimedia codecs features
• Cross-layer solutions
• Medium access control issues / concepts / algorithms / MAC protocols QoS support fundamentals (traffic differentiation, packet prioritization, resource allocation)
• Current technologies and representative examples of QoS supportive wireless networks [WPAN / WLAN / WWAN protocols, Cellular telecommunication networks, Satellite communications)
• QoS aware simulation techniques for wireless networks
• QoS support at the physical layer
• Power saving mechanisms
• Future integrated solutions (e.g. 4G networks)

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ORGANIZER(S)

Dr. Thomas D. Lagkas  (main contact person)
Wireless Communication Networks PhD
Adjunct Lecturer Department of Information and Communication Technology Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Tel. No. +306972866899
Email: tlagkas@ieee.org

Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios
Assistant Professor
Department of Informatics
Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel. No. +30694 5859601
Email: pchatzimisios@ieee.org