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The Third International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks
January 10, 2007
Call for Papers
Wireless local area networks (LANs) and personal area networks (PANs) are becoming more and
more popular today. Applications for such networks include wireless extensions of wired networks
(such as 802.11 family of networks), cable replacement and short-range communications (such as
Bluetooth and UWB), packet radio networks, sensor networks (such as 802.15.4 ZigBee), and other
wireless networks with fixed or variable topology. Performance of such networks is the major factor
that determines their feasibility for the given set of application requirements. Performance has
many different aspects, from physical and data link layers, and all of these are intimately related to
topology, energy efficiency, management, user mobility, and security issues. The key goals of this
improvement include Quality of Service (QoS) support mechanisms, efficient channel access
mechanisms, security and energy saving mechanisms, etc. The effort to improve the MAC layer is
linked with many technical challenges including compatibility with legacy networks, complexity in
implementation, and practical values in real market, etc.
The need to address QoS support, MAC enhancement, and energy saving and provide timely, solid
technical contributions in the MAC layer of these networks establishes the motivation behind this
workshop. Original papers are invited on emerging architectures and technologies in the design of
wireless local area networks (WLANs) and wireless personal area networks (WPANs) with emphasis
on the use of such networks in diverse areas of applications such as supporting ubiquitous mobile
Internet access, and the design of ad-hoc/mesh networks, and sensor networks.
Dates:
- Paper submission deadline: 31 October 2007
- Notification of paper acceptance: 7 November 2007
- Camera ready submission: 15 November 2007
Workshop Chairs:
- Neeli R. Prasad
Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalboprg University, Denmark
Contact: np@es.aau.dk
- Paulo T. De Sousa
Head of Sector, Internet of the Future, in the Directorate-General
Information Society, European Commission, Belgium
Contact: paulo.desousa@ec.europa.eu
- R. Venkatesha Prasad
ESQUBE Communication Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India
Contact: Vprasad@ewi.tudelft.nl
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