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WILLOPAN 2007

The Second International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks
In conjunction with COMSWARE 2007

January 12th, 2007
Bangalore, India

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, 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. The workshop solicits high quality and previously unpublished work in the field. The main scope of the workshop is the MAC layer and above.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Design and improvements of MAC protocols
  • Mobility and handoff
  • Scheduling and link adaptation
  • WB wireless networks and related issues
  • Spectral and power management issues
  • Cross-layer approaches
  • Network measurement and management
  • Range estimation and location management (e.g., using UWB)
  • Security, AAA and privacy

Workshop Chairs:
Seung-Woo Seo, Seoul National University, Korea
Anand R. Prasad, DoCoMo Comms. Lab Europe GmbH, Germany

For contact regarding the workshop e-mail to: willopan-chairs@mwnl.snu.ac.kr

Submission Guidelines:
All papers are limited to 6 pages and must be in standard IEEE double-column format. The papers should be submitted using COCUS system <http://cocus.create-net.it/>. Once in COCUS website, first you have to either register or login (top-right of the page) after that you can submit your paper.

Important Dates:
Paper Submission Deadline: September 7, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: October 7, 2006
Camera-Ready Papers: November 7, 2006