Topics of Interest

We invite researchers and practitioners to submit theoretical and experimental results on topics of interest included but not limited to the following:

• Physical layer issues for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless technologies

• Efficient mobility and handoff management protocols for seamless roaming within the converged communication architecture

• Resource management and allocation

• Power control management

• Admission, load and flow control

• Performance analysis and experimentation of heterogeneous wireless networks

• Security techniques and methods for heterogeneous wireless networks

• Energy efficient medium access control, error control, and traffic management protocols

• QoS in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

• Security, authentication, and billing solutions for the converged architecture

• Interoperability among WLANs, Cellular, WSN and wired networks

• Novel and adaptive communication protocols at all layers, i.e., MAC layer problems, routing, reliable and multimedia transport, for integration of diverse wireless systems

• Simulation study of heterogeneous wireless networks

• eSafety applications and measurements (Telemedicine solutions to healthcare problems, intelligent vehicles and driver assistance systems…) in Heterogeneous wireless networks.