Third International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks WOCN 2006

The Next Generation Internet
April 11, 12 and 13, 2006

Bangalore, India

The third IEEE and IFIP International Conference on wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2006) invites high-quality recent research results in the areas of Mobile and Wireless Communications, optical communications and networking, architectures, protocols, planning and design, management and operation. The main goal of the conference is to bring together scientists and engineers who work on wireless and optical communications networks.

WOCN2006 is co-organized by Universities in India and sponsored by IFIPTC6 WG6.8 (Mobile and Wireless Communications), WG6.6 (Management of Networks and Distributed Systems), WG6.10 (Photonic Networking), IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Information Infrastructure (TCII), IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Personal Communications (TCPC),IEEE Bangalore Section.  

 

Call for Papers

The third IEEE and IFIP International Conference on wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2006) invites high-quality recent research results in the areas of Mobile and Wireless Communications, Optical communications and networking, architectures, protocols, planning and design, management and operation. The main goal of the conference is to bring together scientists and engineers who work on wireless and optical communications networks. The third IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2006) will be held in Bangalore, India, 2006. WOCN 2006 is the third conference in its series aimed at stimulating technical exchange in the emerging and important field of mobile, wireless and Optical communications networks. The first conference was held in Muscat, Oman, 2004 http://wocn2004.tjer.net/ and the second WOCN2005 was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2005 www.wocn2005.org .

WOCN 2006 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and state of the art research and work in the wireless and Optical industries. The scope of the conference includes a wide range of technical challenges in view of the growing interest for wireless access to Internet and the evolution of third generation cellular systems including ITU IMT/UMTS. The conference also accepts progress on IST European Commission funded research projects. The Authors can present their finding on wireless quality of service, resource management, Ad Hoc and sensor networks. Radio interface design, adaptive antennas and arrays and indoor propagation, measurement and predictions also will be considered. A growing number of digital devices inside homes and the application of Ultra Wide Band (UWB), as well as Spectrum efficiency and low power consumption including low cost and secure wireless personal access are some of the areas to be considered in this conference. Optical communications networks are becoming increasingly important as the demand for high capacity links are required. Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) is widely deployed at the core networks to accommodate high capacity transport systems. Optical components, such as optical amplifier, tunable filters, transceivers, termination devices and add-drop multi-plexers are becoming more affordable and reliable. Access and metropolitan area networks are increasingly built with optical technologies to overcome the electronic bottleneck at network edges. New components and subsystems for high-speed optical networks offer new design options. The objective of this event is therefore to foster the exchange of information among researchers in this fast-moving field. The authors can present their finding on new Fibers, optical fiber gratings and devices, optical amplifiers, optical sensing and medical application of fiber optics and opto-electronics.

Important Dates

Paper Submissions Deadline:  January 15, 2006
Notification of Acceptance:     February 15, 2006
Camera Ready Versions Due:  February 28, 2006

Information for Contributors

Contributions are invited on all topics concerning wireless and optical communications networks and components. We are soliciting original papers describing the state-of-the-art research and development in the areas of wireless and Optical Communication and Networks, including, but not limited to the following topics:

Topics of Interest

Mobile and Wireless Communications   1. Management  Resource and   Information Management  Pricing and Billing Issues 2. Architecture  Convergence of Fixed and Mobile  Hybrid Communications System 3. Devices  Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications 4. Security  Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks 5. QoS  Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning  End-to-end Quality of Service 6. Mobility Support  Handoff Algorithms  IP and Mobility  Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks   7. Applications  Personal Communications  Location and Context Management  Smart Media  Mobile Code  Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications 8. Access  Wireless IP  Wireless Multimedia Services  Wireless Local Loop (WLL)  Multiple Access Technology  Broadband Wireless Access 9. Networking Wireless Personal Area Networks Wireless Local Area Networks Mobility and Nomadic Computing Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols Home Networking Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing  Sensor networks Satellite Networks INTERNET- Access and broadband technologies Agent technologies Distributed games Hypertext and hypermedia Multimedia on the Web Audio/Video/Voice coding for Internet services Internet security Multicast Virtual private networks Web navigation strategies Quality of service Scalability aspects Traffic characterization

Optical Communications and Devices   1. Optical Networking Technologies Optical network planning, design and modeling Optical access/metro networks IP over optical networks Network protection/restoration Generalized multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS) Planning and design tools for optical networks QoS issues in optical networks Routing and wavelength assignment Multiple access technique and fairness control in optical LANs and MANs   2. Optical Switching and Network Elements Photonic switching system architectures Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers Optical IP routers Photonic packet switching Network signaling and monitoring techniques Optical signal processing Wavelength conversion techniques 3. Optical Transmission Technologies WDM Ultra-long haul transmission systems OTDM transmission systems Soliton transmission systems Transmission system experiments Radio over fibre-optics Optical interconnections Optical interfaces and terminals 4. Optical Passive Components Fiber-Bragg-grating-based devices Fiber-grating dispersion compensators Optical circulators and isolators Optical waveguide-based devices Fiber and waveguide filters Micro-structured waveguides and devices Arrayed waveguide devices Optical splitting and directional couplers 5. Optical Active Components and Modules Optical modulators and switches Semiconductor optical amplifiers Semiconductor lasers and detectors Fibre amplifiers and lasers Raman and Brillouin amplifiers Automatic gain control of optical amplifiers Optical MEMS Photonic integrated circuits/modules Optical tunable filters Optical logics and memories

Paper Submission Guidelines

Authors are requested to submit electronically a PDF or Word file paper(s) to the following link: http://investigacion.uclm.es/wocn/openconf.php. The conference technical Program chairs are : For Mobile and Wireless Communications and Networks:
Prof. Muhammad Jaseemuddin, Ryerson University,
Email: jaseem@ee.ryerson.ca

For Optical Communications and Devices and Optical Networks:
Prof. Alok Kumar Das, Jadavpur University,
Email: akdas@etce.jdvu.ac.in

For all other papers: Prof. Pedro Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Email: pedro.cuenca@uclm.es.

Papers should be written in English and should preferably follow the instructions in Template.pdf. Preferred maximum paper length is 5 printed pages (10-point font) including figures. IEEE will accept papers for review up to 7 pages in length. Accepted papers that are longer than 5 pages will be charged an over length fee of $100 USD for 6 pages and $200 USD for 7 pages. Under no circumstances may any submission should exceed 7 pages. Papers in excess of 7 pages shall not be considered for review or publication. The cover page is not included in the page count. The title of the paper, author's name, affiliation, complete return address, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address should appear at the top of the first page followed by an abstract with a maximum of 100 words. Authors must state that their paper has neither been published before nor currently being submitted elsewhere. The language of the conference is English and papers must be in this language. Accepted papers will be published in the conference's proceedings and/or CD-ROMs and the publication will be available on IEEE Xplore^TM. Selected papers will also be published in a journal. Please note that final submission of accepted papers must be in accordance to publisher's formatting standard which will be updated shortly.

For additional information concerning paper submission, Please contact: Guy.Omidyar@IEEE.org

Note that final submission of accepted papers (Camera ready) must be in accordance to publisher’s formatting standard IEEE Xplore at: http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/mainsite/menuitem.818c0c39e85ef176fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=corp_level1&path=pubs/confpubcenter&file=index.xml&xsl=generic.xsl

Panels and Tutorials

For information on submitting proposals for Panels and Tutorials

Please contact:

Dr. Naser-Nick Manochehri nick@squ.edu.om

Dr. Nazar Elfadil, SQU, Oman nazar@squ.edu.om

Dr. Guy Omidyar guy.omidyar@ieee.org

 

Organising Committee

Conference Chair:
General Chair: Professor Guy Omidyar, Chair IFIPTC6 WG6.8, USA
General co-chairs: Dr. Surendra Pal, ISRO Satellite Centre, India
General Vice co- chair: Professor K. Thyagarajan, IIT Delhi, India,

Dr. Canchi Radhakrishna, KYOCERA, USA
Technical Program co-Chairs:
Professor Pedro Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain  
Professor Muhammad Jaseemuddin, Ryerson University,
Email: jaseem@ee.ryerson.ca
Professor Alok Kumar Das, Jadavpur University,
Email: akdas@etce.jdvu.ac.in
Tutorials Chairs:   Dr. Naser-Nick Manochehri, SQU, Oman

 Dr. Nazar Elfadil, SQU, Oman
Email: nazar@squ.edu.om

 

Local Organising Committee
Govardhanan kousalya, Sri Krishna College of E&T
Coimbatore , India
Gopi krishna Garge, Exocore, India
B.K. Raghuveer, Infosys, India

Advisory and Steering Committee:

Canchi Radhakrishna, KYOCERA, USA

Surendra Pal, IEEE Bangalore section, India

S V Raghavan, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
Augusto Casaca, IST/INESC, Portugal
Boon Sain Yeo, Singapore
Otto Spaniol, Germany
Eesa M. Bastaki, UAE
Hamid Aghvami, UK
Guy Omidyar, IFIPTC6 WG6.8 chair, USA

 

Technical Program Committee*

 
Adam Wolisz, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany
Adolf Finger, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Ahmed Al Naamany, Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman
Asrar U. H. Sheikh, KFU, Saudi Arabia
Athanassios Manikas, Imperial College, UK
Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA
A. Xu, Peking University, People's Republic of China
Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Boutheina Tlili, American University in Dubai, UAE
Canchi Radhakrishna, KYOCERA, USA
Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland
Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Eesa Bastaki, UAE U, UAE
Elena Pagani, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Elisabeth Royer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Farouk Kamoun, ENSI, Tunisia
F. Neri, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Geraldo Robson Mateus, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy
Guillaume Vivier, Motorola Labs, France
Guy Omidyar, Consultant, USA

Govardhanan kousalya, Sri Krishna College of E&T Coimbatore , India
Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France
Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton, Canada
Hamid Aghvami, Kings College of London, UK
Hamid Shafiee, American University in Dubai, UAE
Hans-Juergen Zepernick, Western Australian Telecommunications RI, Australia
Hossam Hassanein, Queens University, Canada
Jaafar Al Ghazo, American University in Dubai, UAE
Jason Ng, Imperial College, UK
Huan-Bang Li, NICT, Japan
Istvan Frigyes, Budapest University of Technologies, Hungary
Jan Slavik, TESTCOM, Czech Republic
Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada
Kaveh Pahlavan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Kelvino S. Sousa, Universty of Toronto, Canada
Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France
Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University, HK
Khalid Shuaib, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Khaled Elsayed, Cairo University, Egypt
Ki-Dong Lee, ETRI, South Korea
K. Kitayama, Osaka University, Japan
K. Thyagarajan, IIT Delhi, India
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Lila Boukhatem, LRI, University of Paris XI, France
Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Lu Chao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moore University, UK
Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Maria Luisa Merani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Marie-Jose Montpetit, Motorola, USA
Martin Haardt, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
Maurice Gagnaire, ENST, France
Mazen Hasna, University of Qatar, Qatar
M Yahya Medy Sanadidi, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Mehmet Ulema, Manhanttan College, USA
Mohammed Abdel-Hafez, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Mohammed Al-kous, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Mohammed Boulmalf, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Mousa Hussein, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Muhammad Jaseemuddin, Ryerson University, Canada
N. Le Binh, Monash University, Australia

Nazar Elfadil, SQU, Oman

P.Narayanasamy, Anna University, Chennai, India
Oliver Yang, University of Ottawa, Canada
Oriol Sallent, UPC, Spain
Otto Spaniol, Aachen University, Germany
Pak Chu, City Univ. of Hong Kong
Pedro Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, spain
Peter Adam Hoeher, University of Kiel, Germany
Pradeep Ray, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark
Raj Jain, Nayna Networks, USA

S.Subramanian, Sri Krishna College of E&T,Coimabtore, India
Saleh Mneina, Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman
Sebastien Roy, University of Laval, Canada
Serge Fdida, Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6, France
Sirisena, Harsha, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Sridhar Iyer, IIT Bombay, India
Sudhir Dixit, Nokia, USA
S. Srikanth, Anna University, India
Raed M. Shubair, Etisalat College of Engineering, UAE
Takaya Yamazato, Nagoya University, Japan
Theo Kanter, Ericsson Research, Sweden
Thomas Hunziker, ATR-Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories, Japan
Tommy Guess, University of Virginia, USA
T.V.L.N. Sivakumar, Nokia, Japan
Vinod Cherian Joseph, ETRI, Daejeon, South Korea
W. D. Zhong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
W. H. Chin, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Werner Rosenkranz, TF-Kiel, Germany  
Witold Krzymien, University of Alberta, Canada
Xavier Lagrange, ENST Bretagne, France
Yuming Jiang, Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service (Q2S), Norway
Y. Nakano, University of Tokyo, Japan
Y. H. Chew, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Zhisheng Niu, Tshinghua University, P. R. China
Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA

 

(* TPC will be modified at the end of each month)

 

Last updated: 18 Dec 2005