[CFP] IEEE/IFIP WONS 2021

[Michele Segata]

Dear all,

please find below a call for papers which might be interesting for the
ns-3 community.

Best,
Michele

IEEE/IFIP WONS 2021 - Call for Papers
16th Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services Conference

9-11 March 2021
Virtual Conference

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Reduced registration fee of 180 euros for authors
&
Free registration for PhD Students (non-author)
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http://2021.wons-conference.org/

Wireless on-demand network systems and services have become pivotal in
shaping our future networked world. Starting as a niche application over
Wi-Fi, they can now be found in mainstream technologies like Bluetooth
LE, LTE Direct and Wireless LANs, and have become the cornerstone of
upcoming networking paradigms including mesh and sensor networks, cloud
networks, vehicular networks, disruption tolerant and opportunistic
networks, and in-body networks.

The challenges of this exciting research field are numerous. Examples
include how to make smart use of these novel technologies when multiple
technologies or a mix of permanent services and on-demand networking
opportunities are available to a network node, how to provide robust
services in highly dynamic environments, how to efficiently employ and
operate heavily resource-constrained devices, and how to develop robust
and lightweight algorithms for self-organization and adaptation.
Finally, there are many application-specific challenges.

WONS, now in its sixteenth edition, is a high quality forum to address
these challenges. WONS aims to provide a global platform for rich
interactions between experts in their fields, discussing innovative
contributions in a stimulating environment.

This announcement solicits original contributions of high-quality
research providing novel insights on all aspects of wireless on-demand
networks and systems; from protocol and network design, modeling,
performance evaluation, energy efficiency, models and mechanisms,
practical implementations, service level aspects, application use-cases,
to the integration of multiple wireless network technologies.

Accepted and presented papers will appear in the conference proceedings
published in the IFIP Open Access Digital Library and will also be
submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as well as other
Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

After having carefully monitored the sanitary evolution, the WONS 2021
organising committee decided to move to a fully virtual conference. This
will allow all speakers and participants to join the conference
independently of any travel restrictions that might still apply
beginning of 2021.

The virtual format of the conference enables the organization committee,
in agreement with IFIP and IEEE, to offer the registration for a very
low fee. The registration for non-authors PhD students will be free,
giving the opportunity to meet on-line all the authors and the Keynote
Speakers. The limited size of this long-run, prestigious conference
enables the on-line event to be organised with a non-conventional,
impactful format. It is thus a unique opportunity to join and
contribute to fruitful discussions in this period of limited travel and
continuous restrictions.

Topics of interest comprise, but are not limited to:
- Cognitive radio networks
- Network management
- Cross-layer design
- Modeling and optimization
- Energy-efficient protocols and power management
- Mobile computing and services
- Heterogeneous wireless networks
- New architectures for on-demand wireless systems
- Implementations and testbeds
- Novel applications and services
- Integration and co-existence of heterogeneous technologies
- Opportunistic, delay-tolerant, and dissemination-based protocols
- Intra-body and biomedical on-demand systems
- Performance evaluation through simulations and experiments
- Green wireless networks
- Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
- Localization and mobility management
- Security, privacy, and trust
- MAC and advanced PHY technologies
- Social and economic aspects
- Middleware aspects
- Underwater on-demand networked systems
- Mobile peer-to-peer systems
- Architectures and protocols for the Internet of Things
- Vehicular networks
- Device-to-device communication for 5G and 6G architectures

This edition will additionally include a special session titled
"Smartphone Apps for Contact Tracing - Experiences with COVID-19 Tracing
Apps", addressing the issues related to pandemic control and tracing.

Important information
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Full Papers Due: December 4, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: January 29, 2021
Camera-ready papers due: February 12, 2021

Submission link: https://edas.info/N27696

Organizing Committee
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General Chair
Raphaël Frank, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

General vice- and Local Arrangement Chair
Christoph Bösch, Ulm University, Germany

TPC Chairs
Michele Segata, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Uichin Lee, KAIST, South Korea

Special Session Chair
Frank Kargl, Ulm University

Publication and Web Chair
François Robinet, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Steering Committee
Renato Lo Cigno, University of Brescia, Italy
Falko Dressler, TU Berlin, Germany
Edward W. Knightly, RICE University, USA
Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens, Greece
Kostantinos Psounis, University of Southern California, USA
Andrea Passarella, National Research Council, Italy

More Information
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For further information and updates on the conference, please refer to
the official website:
http://2021.wons-conference.org/


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Michele Segata, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer Science
University of Bolzano, Italy
https://www.inf.unibz.it/~segata/