Beijing, China, June 20, 2008
The Second IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad Hoc Networks
(WiMAN 2008)
in conjunction with IEEE ICDCS 2008
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The Second IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad Hoc Networks (WiMAN 2008) will be held in conjunction with the The 28th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2008), in Beijing, China. All papers presented in WiMAN 2008 will be published in the workshop proceedings by IEEE Computer Society Press and IEEE online library.
Selected distinguished papers will be invited to submit their full versions to a special issue of International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), with an additional fast-track review process.
Recently, wireless mesh networking is attracting significant interest from academia, industry, and standard organizations. With several favorable characteristics, such as dynamic self-organization, self-configuration, self-healing, easy maintenance, high scalability and reliable services, wireless mesh networks have been advocated as a cost-effective approach to support high-speed last mile connectivity and ubiquitous broadband access in the context of home networking, enterprise networking, or community networking. Despite recent advances, and the technical accumulations from more than a decade's research effort in mobile ad hoc networks, many research issues remain in all protocol layers of wireless mesh networks. For example, the introducing of mixed (infrastructure and ad hoc) architecture, multi-radio, multi-channel, and multi-antenna, have brought new challenges in the design of physical, MAC, and routing protocols. New application scenarios, such as all-wireless office, are urging researchers to address enhanced QoS support and various security issues in the design of different protocol layers for wireless mesh networks.
To continue the success of WiMAN 2007, this workshop aims to bring together the technologies and researchers who share interest in the area of wireless mesh and ad hoc networks. The main purpose is to promote discussions of research and relevant activities in the design of architectures, protocols, algorithms, services, and applications for wireless 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 the all layers of wireless mesh and ad hoc networks, from application layer to the physical layer.
Topics covered by the workshop will include, but are not limited to, the following:
Multi-radio and multi-channel wireless mesh networking
Multi-hop wireless communications and ad hoc networking
MAC protocols (IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.20, and beyond)
Routing, scheduling, and channel assignment protocols
Quality of Services provisioning
Multimedia communications over mesh and ad hoc networks
Network deployment, localization, and synchronization
Topology construction and maintenance
Modeling and performance evaluations
Cross layer optimizations
Power-aware and energy-efficient protocols and algorithms
Intelligent system techniques for mesh and ad hoc networks
Testbed, prototype, and practical systems
Novel applications of mesh and ad hoc networks
Vehicular mesh and ad hoc networks
Wireless sensor networks
- Self-adaptive and self-organizing wireless networking systems
Paper submission due:
December 14, 2007Acceptance notification:
February 11, 2008Camera-ready due: March 23, 2008
Workshop: June 20, 2008
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. Submissions should include an abstract, key words, the e-mail address of the corresponding author. The length of the papers should be limited to 6 pages. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the workshop to present the work.
WiMAN 2008 uses CMT system for paper submission, click here to submit your paper.
All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. All accepted papers will be published in workshop proceedings by IEEE Computer Society Press and IEEE online library.
Selected distinguished papers will be invited to submit their full versions to a special issue of International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), with an additional fast-track review process.
Technical Program (tentative)
08:45 - 09:00
Opening Remark
Christian Poellabauer (University of Notre Dame)
Liqiang Zhang (Indiana University South Bend)
09:00 - 10:30
Session 1: Routing, Scheduling, and Channel Assignment
Chair: Liqiang Zhang (Indiana University South Bend)
Bipartite Graph Based Dynamic Spectrum Allocation for Wireless Mesh Networks
Jianjun Yang (University of Kentucky); Zongming Fei (University of Kentucky)
Cross-Layer Scheduling for Multiple Video Streams over a Hierarchical Emergency-Deployed Network
Virginia Corvino (University of Bologna); Velio Tralli (University of Ferrara), Roberto Verdone (University of Bologna)
Integrate Routing and Channel Assignment in WMN Using Extended Petri Net
Yun Peng (Harbin Institute of Technology), Hejiao Huang (Harbin Institute of Technology); Jing Li (Harbin Institute of Technology)
Real-time Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Adel Ahmed (University Technology Malaysia)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2: MAC Protocols
Chair: Hock Beng Lim (Nanyang Technological University)
Fast Link Assessment in Wireless Mesh Networks By Using Non-constant Weight Code
Ravi Nelavelli (University of Louisiana); Rajesh Prasad (University of Louisiana); Hongyi Wu (University of Louisiana)
On Load Regulated CSMA
Manzur Ashraf (University of South Australia); Aruna Jayasuriya (University of South Australia); Sylvie Perreau (University of South Australia)
Maximizing Aggregate Throughput of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using Enhanced Physical Carrier Sensing
Nyein Aye Maung Maung (Ritsumeikan University); Taku Noguchi (Ritsumeikan University); Makoto Kawai (Ritsumeikan University)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30
Session 3: Sensor Networks and Multi-hop Communications
Chair: Yu-Kwong Kwok ( Colorado State University)
Flip Error Resistant Stitching in Sensor Network
Oh-Heum Kwon (Pukyong National University); Ha-Joo Song (Pukyong National University)
On Improving the Precision of Localization with Gross Error Removal
Chongming Zhang (Fudan University); Xi Zhou (Fudan University); Chuanshan Gao (Fudan University); Chunmei Wang (Shanghai Normal University)
Comparing the Efficiency of Localization Algorithms with the Power-Error-Product (PEP)
Frank Reichenbach (University of Rostock); Jan Blumenthal (University of Rostock); Dirk Timmermann (University of Rostock)
Local Topology Assisted XOR Coding in Wireless Mesh Networks
Rajesh Prasad (University of Louisiana); Hongyi Wu (University of Louisiana); Dmitri Perkins (University of Louisiana); Nian-Feng Tzeng (University of Louisiana)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30
Session 4: Modeling and Performance Evaluations
Chair: Christian Poellabauer (University of Notre Dame)
Game Theoretic Packet Scheduling to Combat Non-Cooperativeness in Wireless Mesh Networks
Zhen Kong (University of Hong Kong); Yu-Kwong Kwok (Colorado State University); Jiangzhou Wang (University of Kent)
A Middleware Services Simulation Platform for Wireless Sensor Networks
Hock Beng Lim (Nanyang Technological University); Bang Wang (Nanyang Technological University); Cheng Fu (Nanyang Technological University); Arpan Phull (Nanyang Technological University); Di Ma (Nanyang Technological University)
An Actor-oriented Group Mobility Model for Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks
Enkhbold Ochirsuren (TU Darmstadt), Leandro Soares Indrusiak (TU Darmstadt); Manfred Glesner (TU Darmstadt)
Workshop Program Co-Chairs
Christian Poellabauer, University of Notre Dame, USA (cpoellab--AT--cse.nd.edu)
Liqiang Zhang, Indiana University South Bend, USA (liqzhanq--AT--iusb.edu)
Workshop Program Vice Chair
Jun Luo, University of Waterloo, Canada (j7luo--AT--engmail.uwaterloo.ca)
Publicity Co-Chairs
Yong Cui, Tsinghua University, China (cuiyong--AT--tsinghua.edu.cn)
Frank Reichenbach, University of Rostock, Germany (frank.reichenbach--AT--uni-rostock.de)
Technical Program Committee
Wessam Ajib, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Hasnaa Aniss, UQAT-LRCS, Canada
Tricha Anjali, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Malik Audeh, Tropos Networks, USA
Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy
Edoardo S. Biagioni, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy
Fabian Bustamante, Northwestern University, USA
Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales, Australia
Gang Ding, Olympus Communication Technology, USA
Junzhao Du, Xidian University, China
Karoly Farkas, University of West Hungary, Hungary
Shinichi Honiden, University of Tokyo, Japan
Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany
Abdelmajid Khelil, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Sandeep Kulkarni, Michigan State University, USA
Hyunjeong Hannah Lee, Intel Research, USA
Guoqing Li, Intel Research, USA
Qun Li, College of William and Mary, USA
Hock Beng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Guoqiang Mao, The University of Sydney, Australia
Shivajit Mohapatra, Motorola Labs, USA
Luis Montestruque, EmNet LLC., USA
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA
Paolo Santi, IIT-CNR, Italy
Kaoru Sezaki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Haiying Shen, University of Arkansas, USA
Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA
Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, USA
David Surma, Indiana University South Bend, USA
Zhijun Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong, China
Takashi Watanabe, Shizuoka University, Japan
Jianbin Wei, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, USA
Jiang (Linda) Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Yang Yang, University College London, UK
Yang Yu, Motorola Labs, USA
Advisory Committee
Hossein Hakimzadeh, Indiana University South Bend, USA
Sharon Hu, University of Notre Dame, USA
Yingbo Hua, University of California Riverside, USA
Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA
Bahar Sadeghi, Intel Research, USA
Loren Schwiebert, Wayne State University, USA
Wei Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA