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if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ********************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS An ICC 2006 Workshop on IP
over Broadcasting Networks (IPBN) ICC 2006 Part of the 2006 IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC 2006), http://www.icc2006.org/index/conference-program-w.html ********************************************************************* IMPORTANT DATES Full papers
due: Notification: Camera Ready
due: Scope of IPBN 2006: =================== Present and future generation networks are offered as a combination of
highly diversified technologies in the access, backhaul and core (e.g.,
wireless, mobile, fixed lines) enabling provision of heterogeneous services. To
achieve interworking, IP arises as a key element for the realisation of a
unified/fusion environment which enables the convergence/synergy between
traditional and emerging technologies offering ubiquitous services to a variety
of end users. Along those lines, a notion of convergence is lately achieved
between the intrinsic technologically different Telecommunications and
Broadcasting sectors. This convergence, witnessed both at technological and
service levels, is mainly empowered by the evolution of broadcasting standards
(DxB, ISDB, ATSC), the recent advances in fixed and mobile telecommunication
technologies (xDLS, FTH, GSM/GPRS/UMTS, WLAN, WPAN), and by the progress in the
field of ‘Interactive Broadcasting’. A broadcasting platform is not
only seen as a medium to broadcast ‘bouquets’ of TV programs to a
large number of viewers distributed over large geographical areas; its
intrinsic characteristic to combine TV programs and IP services into the same
transport stream, along with the large coverage area and the high bit rate
capabilities, allow broadcasting platforms to constitute networking
infrastructures, able to act both as an access network and a backhaul
interconnecting distribution nodes, which provide connectivity to end-users via
various types of access networks (e.g., GSM/GPRS/UMTS, WLAN, WPAN, xDSL). The aim of this workshop is to attract state-of-the-art material in the
field of highly diversified networks and systems where IP is the common core
technology, acting as the 'gluing' factor, with specific focus given to
Broadcasting Networks. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * DxB, ISDB, ATSC broadcast networks * Convergence of 3G/WLAN/WPAN and broadcast networks * Management of heterogeneous systems * Architectural and design aspects * Cross system optimization * Cross layer interoperability * Interactive broadcasting * Service and applications * Mobility, security and Quality of Service provisioning * Reliability, survivability, and resilience * Business aspects and standardisation activities * Legalisation and spectrum dividend * Spectrum management Submission Information: ======================= Papers must be written in English. Maximum paper length is 8 pages. As
a visual aid for formatting authors should use the sample manuscript found at http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/confpub/auxfiles/sample_manuscript.pdf.
IEEE editorial and typographical standards are described in “Information
for IEEE Authors” by the IEEE Publications Department. Authors are invited to submit their full papers (pdf or postscript
format) by email to the workshop chair at skianis@iit.demokritos.gr. Workshop Chair: ============== Charalabos Skianis, NCSR ‘Demokritos’ TPC Co-Chairs: ============== Georgios Kormentzas, University of the Evangelos Pallis, Centre of Technological Research of |