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Scope
Recent advances in wireless mesh networks (WMNs) provide promising opportunities in communication paradigms.
WMNs do not depend on wired communication infrastructure and their mesh connectivity provides inherent built-in
redundancy. This makes them also good candidates for providing an alternative communication mechanism in the
face of disasters when normal communication infrastructure is destroyed. WMNs build upon multi-hop forwarding of
data packets from access nodes towards gateways to the fixed network and thus share many properties of Mobile Ad
Hoc Networks. So far almost all existing research effort related to Mobile Ad Hoc networks has been based mostly
on the assumptions that the nodes are highly mobile and are mainly battery operated. Thus, most of the protocols
and mechanisms try to conserve energy and cope with frequent topology changes. In WMNs these assumptions can be
relaxed which enables the design of new protocols and services for WMNs.
Supporting any application over wireless mesh networks is however a challenging task due to the multi-hop forwarding
of packets which also limits the scalability of WMNs. Nevertheless, WMNs have promising commercial potential as
they are supposed to provide cheap wireless network coverage and access. Towards this aim the traditional approaches
to routing and to service provisioning should be reconsidered taking into account the intrinsic characteristics
of WMNs and those of new and emerging applications. This could pave the way to the assessment of this technology
which is expected to conquer new markets in the next few years by taking advantage of the growth of heterogeneous
networks.
Papers
Authors are invited to submit original full papers not currently under review by other conferences on any aspect
of "Wireless mesh: moving towards applications". Contributions describing theoretical research, protocol design,
experiments and measurements, commercial deployments, business models, or position/vision statements are all
encouraged. Descriptions of work in progress, test trials, and future work plans are highly appreciated. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Architectures for Wireless Mesh Networks
Multicasting and Broadcasting issues in Wireless Mesh Networks
Routing and load-balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks
Handoff and mobility management in Wireless Mesh Networks
Scheduling and Queuing mechanisms to provide QoS in Wireless Mesh Networks
Service level agreement and mesh organization
Seamless internetworking with other type of networks (like sensor networks)
Authentication, Charging and Cooperation for Wireless Mesh Networks
Mesh Networking Proposal Standards for IEEE 802(R) Wireless Lans
Transport Layer Protocols over Wireless Mesh Networks
Voice and Video over Wireless Mesh Networks
Middleware support in Wireless Mesh Networks
Fairness Issues for Wireless Mesh Networks
Security and Intrusion Detection for Wireless Mesh Networks
System prototypes and experimental evaluation of Wireless Mesh Networks
Gaming applications over Wireless Mesh Networks
Modeling and Performance Evaluation
Cross Layer Design and Interactions in Wireless Mesh Networks
Deployment and configuration management
Traffic Modeling
Submission Instruction
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of the full paper in English language.
Papers are limited to 5 two-column pages, in a font no smaller than 10-points, IEEE conference proceedings
format. Papers should be submitted to the respective symposium through
COCUS system.
Authors of accepted papers are required to register at regular
registration rates in order for the paper to appear in the conference proceedings
Publication
Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two independent experts in the field.
Proceedings of the workshop will be published together with those of the main conference Qshine. Authors of accepted papers will be required to
register in order for the paper to appear in the workshop proceedings.
Important dates
| Full paper manuscript due: |
May 24, 2006 (CET) |
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| Acceptance Notification: |
June 25, 2006 |
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| Camera ready manuscripts due: |
July 9, 2006 |
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| Workshop date: | August 10, 2006 |
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