[Tccc] Call for papers, The 13th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLNs)

Jelena Misic jmisicatscs.ryerson.ca
Thu Apr 25 12:05:34 EDT 2013



 WLNs Phase Shift in Next Generation Networks

Wireless Local Networks (WLNs) play a key role in a plethora of domains. From 
smart phones to smart cities, applications spanning our engaging planet boost 
the impact of IT on our daily lives. WLNs present many unique and dynamic 
challenges, yet their utilization is on a rapid rise. As a technology, the 
combination of relatively low costs and ease of deploy-ment has led many 
communities to rely on local wireless infrastructures. Those encompass-ing the 
Internet of Things (IoT), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) networks, 
Clouds of Sensing (CoS), and Software Defined Networks (SDNs), which form a 
significant evolution towards Next Generation Networks (NGNs) in its global 
scope. However, the rapid pace of their deployment and utilization have rarely 
adequately addressed up front caveats; includ-ing planning and ongoing support 
requirements. This can manifest in degraded levels of service and significant 
sustainability exposures, dramatically increasing failure rates of user 
adoption and seamless usage. In its 13th year, the WLN workshop will focus on 
how such wireless networks can be resilient, while maintaining the promised 
high levels of service quality in NGNs. We consider design and implementation 
dimensions in WLNs that will ena-ble change phase towards NGNs and demonstrate 
added utility in providing sustainable global communication networks. WLN this 
year will feature multiple special sessions with the following list of 
non-exclusive topics of interest:  

1 . RFID networks in the IoT.
 Planning of RFID networks.
 RFID scalable anti-collision protocols.
 Localization of RFID-tagged objects.
 
   2. Software Defined Networks (SDN) in Dynamically Changing Environments.
 Integration and coexistence issues towards NGNs.
 New paradigms like Information Centric Networks (ICN) and their relation with 
SDN.
 Practical experiments on SDN based testbeds.

3.  QoS constrained Clouds of sensors over WLNs: Do they scale?
 Wireless multihop networks, including mesh, ad hoc and sensor networks.
 Locally distributed sensor networks towards a global CoS.
 Protocol design, including cross-layer and opportunistic approaches.

4.  Resource management in M2M communications.
 Resource management functionalities (CAC, reservation, scheduling, etc.)
 Cognitive radios and dynamic spectrum assignments.
 Performance evaluation, including analytical and simulation approaches. 

Important Dates
Paper Submission May 12th, 2013
Notification of acceptance June 30th, 2013
Camera-ready copy due July 30th, 2013

Submission Guidelines
We seek original contributions that have neither been previously published or 
currently under review. Authors can submit in any of the aforementioned special 
sessions a full paper (up to 8 pages) that describes complete works in a 
self-contained manner with the intent to give an oral presentation.
All accepted submissions will be published in the LCN13 proceedings and the 
ieeeXplore portal. Submission details can be found at 
http://www.cs.queensu.ca/wln13 .
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