Important Dates

Jan 5, 2010:
Jan 12, 2010:
Paper Submission

Feb 5, 2010:
Feb 12, 2010:
Notification

Feb 25, 2010:
Mar 5, 2010:
Camera ready

March 19, 2010:
Workshop Dates

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Scope and Overview

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have been accepted as a new communication paradigm that, by relaxing some restrictions of ad-hoc networking (e.g. mobility, radio capabilities), enables the provision of high quality services. Still, the design of WMNs involves handling complex interactions between the variables of the solution space, e.g., cost, channel planning, routing. Only from a proper understanding of these interactions it will be possible to enclose use-case scenarios for mesh networking, this way assessing if WMNs are a feasible alternative to more-traditional deployments.

This workshop focuses on the current state of the art and ongoing research challenges on wireless mesh networks, with special attention to carrier-grade service provision. It will provide a forum to discuss current ongoing challenges, namely: the definition of "carrier-gradeness" in wireless environment and the ability to achieve it (in particular, as compared to current mobile architectures); the performance limits of mesh technology, assessing if the costs of mesh deployments (roll out, management) are compensated by the service models provided; the architectures for mesh networks, including homogeneous and heterogeneous designs; the security challenges and solutions for mesh networks. To sum up, the workshop aims at creating a think tank of practitioners and researchers from academia and industry to point out the directions for the success of wireless mesh technology

Program

Topics at a Glance

The workshop solicits original and unpublished contributions on various aspects of wireless mesh networking, including (but not limited to):

Submission and Publications

Only original papers, not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere, will be considered. All paper submissions will be handled electronically in EDAS via the CARMEN 2010 submission page. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 6 pages, in font size no smaller than 10 points, and compliant with the margin requirements. Please refer to the INFOCOM manuscript preparation page for details (Note that the page limit for workshop paper is 6 and not 9, as specified for INFOCOM submissions).

Accepted papers will be available after the conference on IEEExplore and will be included in IEEE INFOCOM 2011 proceedings.

Organizing Committee

General Chairs

TPC Chairs

Technical program Committee

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