Abbrevation
MWCN
City
Toulouse
Country
France
Deadline Paper
Start Date
End Date
Abstract

<DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;>MWCN (Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks) and PWC (Personal Wireless Communications) are two conferences sponsored by IFIP WG 6&#046;8 that provide forum for discussion between researchers, practitioners and students interested in new developments in mobile and wireless networks, services, applications and computing&#046; In 2008, MWCN and PWC are coupled to form the first edition of IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC)&#046; MWCN and PWC topics are revisited in order to make them complementary and covering together the main hot issues in wireless and mobile networks, services, applications, computing, and technologies&#046;</DIV> <B>Keywords:</B> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;> <OL> <LI class=liste><SPAN style=&#8243;FONT&#8211;WEIGHT: bold&#8243;>Architectures, protocols, and technologies for mobile and wireless networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Wireless LAN, MAN</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Body area networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Personal area networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Cellular networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Satellite networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Ad hoc networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Wireless sensor networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Wireless actor networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Wireless mesh networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Short&#8211;range Networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Vehicle networks</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Technologies: UWB, GSM, UMTS, CDMA, WCDMA</SPAN></LI></OL></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;><BR class=webkit&#8211;block&#8211;placeholder></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;> <OL start=2> <LI class=liste><SPAN style=&#8243;FONT&#8211;WEIGHT: bold&#8243;>Evolution of 3G Systems, 3G/4G networks, Future generation systems and networks</SPAN></LI></OL></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;><BR class=webkit&#8211;block&#8211;placeholder></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;> <OL start=3> <LI class=liste><SPAN style=&#8243;FONT&#8211;WEIGHT: bold&#8243;>Convergence</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Protocols and platforms for convergence</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Technology integration</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Quality of service mapping between technologies</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Integration of heterogeneous mobile and wireless networks</SPAN></LI></OL></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;><BR class=webkit&#8211;block&#8211;placeholder></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;> <OL start=4> <LI class=liste><SPAN style=&#8243;FONT&#8211;WEIGHT: bold&#8243;>Multimedia and Multicasting</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Wireless multimedia networking</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Multicasting and broadcasting issues</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Multimedia session signaling in wireless/mobile environments</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Digital radio and TV broadcasting</SPAN></LI></OL></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;><BR class=webkit&#8211;block&#8211;placeholder></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;> <OL start=5> <LI class=liste><SPAN style=&#8243;FONT&#8211;WEIGHT: bold&#8243;>Mobile computing</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Mobile networks and devices <SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Mobility&#8211;aware architectures</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Mobility and roaming</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Nomadic computing</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Mobility tracking schemes</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Mobility management</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Realistic mobility models</SPAN></LI></OL></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;><BR class=webkit&#8211;block&#8211;placeholder></DIV> <DIV style=&#8243;TEXT&#8211;ALIGN: justify&#8243;> <OL start=6> <LI class=liste><SPAN style=&#8243;FONT&#8211;WEIGHT: bold&#8243;>Applications and services</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Mobile and wireless applications: health, environmental protection,</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>vehicle guidance, traffic information,</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>infotainment, pervasive systems, RFID&#046;&#046;&#046;</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Location&#8211;based services</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Mobile services</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=&#8243;MARGIN&#8211;LEFT: 40px&#8243;>Content management and distribution</SPAN></LI></OL></DIV></SPAN>