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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First International Workshop on eSafety and
Convergence of Heterogeneous <BR>Wireless Networks (eSCo-Wi)<BR>Phoenix,
Arizona, U.S.A. April 10-12, 2006<BR>In conjunction with 25th IEEE International
Performance, Computing, and <BR>Communications Conference
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="">http://www.cis.umassd.edu/escowi/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Email: <A
href="">escowi@umassd.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paper Submissions<BR>=================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Submitted papers must represent original material
that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has
not been previously published. Paper length should not exceed 6 pages technical
paper manuscript. Submissions should include a cover page with authors' names,
affiliations, fax and telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. All accepted
papers will be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author of
accepted papers is required to present the paper and to register at the full
registration rate. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Go to (<A
href="http://www.edas.info/home.cgi?c=4657">www.edas.info/home.cgi?c=4657</A>) to
submit your manuscript via Editor's Assistant.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Important Dates:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--------------------<BR>Paper submission due:
November 29, 2005<BR>Author notification due: January 10, 2006<BR>Final paper
submission due: February 7, 2006</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Topics of
Interest<BR>==================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With the realization of wide range of heterogeneous
wireless networks from wireless local area networks (WLANs), second and third
generations (2G/3G) of cellular networks to mobile ad hoc (MANET) and wireless
sensor networks (WSN), many new applications such as Wireless Internet,
Intelligent Transportation and Telemedicine are becoming realities. The fourth
generation (4G) of wireless communications is expected to support such
applications and to enable ubiquitous access to multimedia information and
remote computing services regardless of location or mobility while integrating
these different wireless technologies.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In this Workshop we are especially interested to
real time applications close to the security (road security, telemedicine, the
fight of fires…). Network convergence through the co-existence and the
interoperability between heterogeneous wireless networks, is therefore regarded
as the major challenge in the integration of systems used in transportations,
medical and other applications, to achieve safer mobility and wireless
monitoring. In this context, the QoS constraints are considerable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The objective of this workshop is therefore to
provide an eSafety forum for researchers and technologists. It aims to bring
them together to discuss and exchange experimental or theoretical results, novel
designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and to present their
contributions as technical papers related to the convergence of heterogeneous
wireless networks towards real time safety applications through the intelligent
control of mobile systems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We invite researchers and practitioners to submit
theoretical and experimental results on topics of interest included but not
limited to the following:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Physical layer issues for the convergence of
heterogeneous wireless technologies <BR>* Efficient mobility and handoff
management protocols for seamless roaming within the converged communication
architecture <BR>* Resource management and allocation <BR>* Power control
management <BR>* Admission, load and flow control <BR>* Performance analysis and
experimentation of heterogeneous wireless networks <BR>* Security techniques and
methods for heterogeneous wireless networks <BR>* Energy efficient medium access
control, error control, and traffic management protocols <BR>* QoS in
Heterogeneous Wireless Networks <BR>* Security, authentication, and
billing solutions for the converged architecture <BR>* Interoperability among
WLANs, Cellular, WSN and wired networks <BR>* Novel and adaptive communication
protocols at all layers, i.e., MAC layer problems, routing, reliable and
multimedia transport, for integration of diverse wireless systems <BR>*
Simulation study of heterogeneous wireless networks <BR>* eSafety applications
and measurements (Telemedicine solutions to healthcare problems, intelligent
vehicles and driver assistance systems…) in Heterogeneous wireless networks.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Workshop Co-Chairs<BR>==================<BR>Tarek
BEJAOUI (Paris XI University, IEF, France)<BR><A
href="">tarek.bejaoui@ief.u-psud.fr</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Emad Aboelela (University of Massachusetts of
Dartmouth, USA)<BR><A href="">eaboelela@umassd.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Workshop Vice-Chair<BR>===================<BR>Nidal
Nasser (University of Guelph, Canada)<BR><A
href="">nasser@cis.uoguelph.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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