[HotMESH 2011] International Workshop on Hot Topics in Mesh Networking

The Third IEEE International Workshop on Hot Topics in Mesh Networking  (HotMESH2011) 


June 20-24, 2011 
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy 

Affiliated with the 12th IEEE International Symposium on a "World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks" (WoWMoM 2011) 

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****            PAPER REGISTRATION:    January 31, 2011             *** 
****            PAPER SUBMISSION:       February 4, 2011             *** 
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THEME AND SCOPE 

The huge advances of wireless broadband technologies lay the foundation of a future where ubiquitous wireless network access will be anywhere at anytime. Wireless mesh networks are expected to be a key element of this future by providing a highly scalable, reliable and cost-effective wireless backbone to mobile devices, through a multi-hop wireless communication system. Although significant advances have taken place in the last few years, open questions and technical challenges still remain, in addition to how wireless mesh networks will integrate with and/or influence existing mobile and fixed broadband networks in order to create an integrated infrastructure that supports emerging services. 

This workshop aims to bring together the technologist and researchers who share interest in the area of wireless mesh networks. The main purpose is to promote discussions on recent advances in the analysis design and implementation of systems, protocols and services for next generation mobile mesh networks. It also aims at increasing the synergy between academic and industry professionals working in this area. We plan to seek papers that address theoretical, experimental, and work in-progress at all layers of mesh networks, from application to physical layer. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

- Cross layer design and optimizations 
- Capacity analysis 
- Greening the Internet 
- Integration with mobile and fixed broadband networks 
- Support for new and emerging services, such as multimedia content delivery, social networks and urban sensing 
- Wireless mesh networks for Smart Grids and Smart Cities 
- Multi-radio and multi-channel wireless mesh networking 
- Medium access control protocols 
- Mesh networks configuration and management 
- Routing, scheduling, and channel assignment protocols 
- Measurements in mesh networks 
- QoS provisioning 
- Mobility and location management 
- Topology construction and maintenance 
- Cognitive and radio-agile mesh networks 
- Security and privacy in mesh networks 
- Testbed, prototype, and practical systems 

PAPER SUBMISSIONS 
Authors should prepare a PDF file following the IEEE 8.5x11 conference format in accordance with the IEEE Computer Society author guidelines (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting). Manuscripts should not exceed six (6) pages in size including all text, figures, tables, and references. Papers significantly exceeding this limit will be automatically rejected. Attendance to the workshop will require a Full Registration to the main conference. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press in the combined WoWMoM 2011 workshop proceedings. Accepted papers not presented at the workshop will not be included in the IEEE Digital Library.

IMPORTANT DATES 

Paper registration: January 31, 2011 
Paper submission deadline: February 4, 2011 
Acceptance notification: March 28, 2011 
Final manuscript due: TBA 
Workshop: TBA 


WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS 
Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy 
Vasilios Siris, AUEB and FORTH-ICS, Greece 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE 
Michael Bahr, Siemens AG, Germany 
Elisabeth M. Belding, UCSB, USA 
Boldizsar Bencsath, Budapest University of Tech. and Economics, Hungary 
Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland 
Vania Conan, thales, France 
Marc Emmelmann, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany 
Rosario Garroppo, University of Pisa, Italy 
Bernd Gloss, Alcatel-Lucent, Germany 
Isabelle Guerin-Lassous, ENS Lyon, France 
Andreas J. Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden 
Antonio Pinizzotto, IIT-CNR, Italy 
George C. Polyzos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece 
Marius Portmann, University of Queensland, Australia 
Salvatore Vanini, SUPSI, Switzerland 
Frank Zdarsky, NEC, Germany 

PUBLICITY CHAIR 
Maddalena Nurchis, IMT, Italy 

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Maddalena Nurchis 

PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE XXIII) 
IMT - Institute for Advanced Studies 
Piazza san Ponziano 6 - 55100 Lucca - Italy 

Research Associate 
Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT), 
Italian National Research Council (CNR) 
Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy. 

phone: + 39 050 315 2195 (direct) 

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