[e2e] Call for Papers: Special Session on Delay Tolerant Networks and Applications in ICWN'05

[Li, Jiang (Leo)]

*Please accept our apology if you accept this CFP in duplicates.*

Also Call for Reviewers. Please see the information at the bottom.

The following information is also available at
http://pluto.scs.howard.edu/icwn05_dtn/

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Special Session on
DISRUPTION TOLERANT NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS
ICWN '05


CALL FOR PAPERS

IMCSE '05


In conjunction with the International Conference on Wireless Networks 
(ICWN). ICWN is part of the International Multiconference in Computer 
Science and Computer Engineering to be held June 27-30, 2005 in Las 
Vegas, NV..

Session Overview

Disruption tolerant networks (DTN) are the kind of networks that lack 
continuous connectivity. A DTN is often found when the nodes have very 
limited communication range, are highly mobile, or are under extreme 
environments. Several examples are as follows:

     * A network of PDA’s using Bluetooth where for some reasons (e.g. 
mobility, power limit) one PDA is not always able to communicate with 
any others.
     * An inter-planet satellite communication network where satellites 
may only communicate with each other several times a day.
     * A sensor network where sensors are not powerful enough to submit 
data to a collecting server.
     * A military field communication network where nodes (e.g. tanks, 
soldier communication equipments) are subject to being destroyed.

The characteristics of DTNs are very different from the traditional 
computer networks (e.g. the Internet) in that the latter have some 
well-known assumptions: 1) continuous connectivity, 2) very low packet 
loss rate, and 3) reasonably low propagation delay and queueing delay. 
DTNs do not satisfy all of the assumptions, and sometimes none. Wireless 
ad hoc networks bear some similarities with some types of DTNs since 
some parts of them may actually form an ad hoc network. However, 
wireless ad hoc networks still have those assumptions. In consequence, 
the existing protocols will not be able to handle the data transmission 
in DTNs. New protocols and algorithms need to be developed.

Within the overall category of DTN, there are actually several different 
types of DTN due to their different characteristics. For instance, in 
the example DTNs above, the first example is dramatically different from 
the second one. The satellite trajectories are predictable while the 
movement of a person may be random. Therefore, for different types of 
DTNs, different solutions may need to be proposed.

Under some situations, DTNs may not yield satisfying performance due to 
the limitation of environments. However, a good algorithm should be able 
to decide whether certain conditions can satisfy certain criteria, and 
if they do, form paths to allow “smooth” data transmission.

This session will provide a platform for discussion of various 
algorithms, their performance, and the applications that utilize DTNs. 
The session will serve as a forum for scientists, leading experts, 
technical professionals, and users involved in research and application 
development of DTN. They will gather together to discuss the benefits, 
challenges, risks, and applications of DTN. At the same time this 
session is an attempt to bring together those organizations involved in 
topics of DTN.

Paper Submissions
Authors are invited to submit papers describing in detail the original 
contribution on the various current issues involved with social 
computing. Each submission should be a maximum of 7-pages in the IEEE 
Proceedings format , including a 100 word abstract, and a cover page 
listing the name, affiliation, complete address, telephone, e-mail, and 
facsimile information for the corresponding author. Contributions will 
be reviewed by at least three reviewers from both Program Committee and 
external reviewers for originality, significance, clarity, soundness, 
relevance and technical contents on basis of papers.

Electronic submission of papers is strongly encouraged (pdf, postscript, 
or MS Word). Authors can submit their papers via email to 
lij at scs.howard.edu or blegand at scs.howard.edu. Deadline for submission is 
Feb. 16, 2005. If electronic submission is not possible, the paper can 
be submitted via regular mail to :

       Dr. Jiang Li, or Dr. L. Burge III
       Department of Systems and Computer Science
       B36-A Mackey Bldg.
       Howard University
       Washington, DC 20059, USA

The Proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN) in 
hardcopy/book. The proceedings will be available at the conference. In 
addition to the hardcopy, it is also planned to publish the papers on a 
CD. All conference proceedings published by CSREA Press are considered 
for inclusion in major database indexes that are designed to provide 
easy access to the current literature of the sciences (database 
examples: ISI Thomson Scientific, IEE INSPEC, ...). A special issue of 
the International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC) is 
being planned consisting of selected papers from ICWN (not just this 
special session).

• Papers due: Feb. 16, 2005
• Notification of Acceptance: March 21, 2005
• Camera-Ready Paper Due: April 20, 2005


For more information, send an email to one of two session organizers,
L. Burge: blegand at scs.howard.edu, or Jiang Li: lij at scs.howard.edu

Topics of Interest include, but not limited to the following:

• Routing Algorithms
• Packet Storage and Forwarding
• Congestion and Flow Control
• Interoperability of Proprietary Networking Protocols
• Security
• Middleware Technology
• Application of DTN
• Performance and Modeling
• Simulation

Call for Reviewers:
The Special Session is in need of reviewers that are knowledgeable in 
the field.We plan to send a list of abstracts to each reviewer to select 
some papers to review. If you are willing to review some number of 
papers, (preferably between two and four, but any number will do!), 
please send a note to lij at scs.howard.edu or blegand at scs.howard.edu. The 
deadline for reviewers is early January 31, 2005.


-- 
Jiang (Leo) Li, Assistant Professor
Department of Systems and Computer Science
Howard University, Washington, DC
202-865-0056