Call for Papers

9. Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networking

Ad-hoc and sensor networks (AHSNET) are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes that create a temporary network infrastructure. The key advantages of these networks include allowing anywhere, anytime network connectivity with lack of centralized control, ownership, and regulatory influence; their ability to operate unattended in harsh environments in which contemporary human-in-the-loop monitoring schemes are risky, inefficient and sometimes infeasible; and ease of reconfiguration to fit specific application needs. However, the resource-constrained nature of the employed devices and the self-organization of the network, coupled with an often unattended deployment of a large population of nodes, pose non-conventional challenges and motivate the need for special techniques for dependable design and management of AHSNET. The last few years have witnessed a growing interest in the application of AHSNET in fields such as emergency search-and-rescue operations, decision making during combat, data acquisition operations in inhospitable terrains, dangerous battlefields, outer space, or deep oceans, among others. Such interest has fueled a wealth of research ideas that are moving rapidly into commercialization and standardization. The ICC Symposium on AHSNET opts to bring together researcher and practitioners from academia and industry and foster a forum for discussing and presenting recent research results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Topics of Particular Interest

• Architecures and Applications
  • Application of ad hoc and sensor networks
  • Underwater and underground sensor networks
  • Sensor networks for biomedical applications
  • RFID networking
• Physical Layer Design and Technology
  • Radio for ad-hoc and sensor networks
  • Wireless sensor and actor networks
  • Wireless, ad hoc, and sensor devices
  • Ultra wide band technology for ad hoc and sensor networks
• Protocol Design
  • MAC, routing, and transport layer protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks
  • Energy saving and power control protocols
  • Frequency and channel allocation algorithms
• Planning and Services
  • Deployment strategies and coverage analysis of sensor networks
  • Service discovery in ad-hoc and sensor networks
  • Localization algorithms and ranging technologies
  • Sensor based context aware services
• Quality of Service Provisioning and Optimization Techniques
  • In-network processing and data storage
  • Data aggregation and query processing techniques
  • Wireless multimedia sensor networks
  • Multimedia processing in sensor networks
  • Cross-layer design and optimization
  • Synchronization and coordination techniques in ad hoc and sensor networks
  • Scheduling and resource management algorithms
  • Mobility management and modeling for sensors
  • Topology control and management
• Performance Analysis and Design Dependability
  • Formal models and validation techniques
  • Lightweight and non-intrusive network monitoring algorithms
  • Security, privacy, vulnerabilities, attacks and countermeasures
  • Survivability, Fault-tolerance and reliability
• Prototypes, Tools and Design Environments
  • Integrated simulation and measurement based evaluation
  • Experimental prototypes and testbeds
  • Energy scavenging technologies
  • New simulation languages, methodologies, and tools