<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>The First International Conference on Next Generation Wireless Systems will be held on October 12 ~ 14, 2009, Melbourne, Australia.<br><br>NGWS 2009 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of advances in Next Generation Wireless Systems. Our Conference provides a chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of Next Generation Wireless Systems.<br>The goal of this conference is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of the Wireless Systems.<br><br>All accepted and registered papers will be included in the conference proceeding published by IEEE CS (as a Short Paper, 4 pages. Indexed by EI). And most
presented papers at the conference, after revision and extension, will be included in CCIS (as a Full Paper, at least 12 pages. New LNCS sister-series, indexed by EI). And some papers selected will be included in some journals (pending).<br>This conference will be organized and hosted by SERSC.<br><br>Special Issue<br><br>Distinguished papers accepted and presented in NGWS 2008, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals:<br><br>Security and Communication Networks (Wiley and Sons)<br>Journal of Internet Technology (SCIE)<br>International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology<br>International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking<br>International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering<br><br>TOPICS<br><br>The main topics include but will not be limited to: (Excellent surveying works in these areas are welcome, too.)<br><br>• Mobility
Management<br>• Cross-layer schemes and optimizations<br>• End-to-End Quality of service support<br>• Mobility Management<br>• Handoff Techniques<br>• Resource management and admission control<br>• QoS routing and signaling<br>• QoS management in heterogeneous wireless systems<br>• Wireless Mesh Networks<br>• Pricing and Charging Models<br>• Multimedia delivery over wireless networks<br>• Security and Privacy in wireless systems<br>• Performance evaluation of wireless systems and protocols<br>• Mobil Ad-hoc Networks<br>• Wireless Sensor Networks<br>• Energy and power management in wireless systems<br>• Next Generation Wireless
Systems<br>• Mobile Broadband Wireless Access<br>• Wireless Internet and All-IP integration<br>• Location based services and tracking<br>• Wireless network testbeds and applications<br>• Wireless LANs and PANs, WiMAX<br>• RFID protocols and systems<br>• Traffic Control and Engineering<br>• 3G, 4G, and beyond systems<br>• Experimental wireless systems and trials<br>• Cognitive radio networks<br>• Interworking heterogeneous wired/wireless networks<br>• Middleware support for wireless systems<br> <br><br><br>Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee. The problematic (borderline) papers will be additionally evaluated by the members of the
International Advisory Board and the Chairs of the conference.<br><br>All accepted and registered papers will be included in the conference proceeding published by IEEE CS (as a Short Paper, 4 pages. Indexed by EI). And most presented papers at the conference, after revision and extension, will be included in CCIS (as a Full Paper, at least 12 pages. New LNCS sister-series, indexed by EI).<br><br>Paper Submission<br><br>All papers should be submitted by online system for review with IEEE CS paper format (at least 4 pages).<br><br>Please use IEEE CS paper format: ftp://pubftp.computer.org/press/outgoing/proceedings/format.pdf<br><br><span>All submissions should be done at: <a target="_blank" href="http://submission.sersc.org/NGWS2009/">http://submission.sersc.org/NGWS2009/</a></span><br><br><br>Dates and Deadlines<br><br>Submission of paper : 5th July, 2009<br><br>Notification of acceptance : 8th August, 2009<br><br>Submission of the camera ready: 23rd
August, 2009<br><br>Regular Registration: 8th August-28th August, 2009<br><br><br>Committee<br><br><br>Steering Co-Chairs:<br><br>Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam Unviersity, Korea<br><br>Byeongho Kang, University of Tasmania, Australia<br><br><br>General Co-Chairs:<br><br>Naveen Chilamkurti, La Trobe University, Australia<br><br>Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan<br><br><br>Program Co-Chairs:<br><br>Sang-Soo Yeo, Hannam University, Korea<br><br>Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA<br><br><br>International Advisory Board:<br><br>Wai Chi Fang, NASA JPL, USA<br><br>Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea<br><br>Ruay-Shiung Chang, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan<br><br><br>Publicity Co-Chairs:<br><br>Laura Rusu, La Trobe University, Australia<br><br>Avinash Srinivasan, Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA<br><br>Scott Fowler, Aston University, United Kingdom<br><br><br>Program Committee:<br><span><a
target="_blank" href="http://www.sersc.org/NGWS2009/comm.php">http://www.sersc.org/NGWS2009/comm.php</a></span><br><br><span>Submission System: <a target="_blank" href="http://submission.sersc.org/NGWS2009/">http://submission.sersc.org/NGWS2009/</a></span><br><br>For general enquiries about NGWS 2009 Conference or in case of any difficulty, please contact:<br><br>The NGWS Secretariat<br>Science & Engineering Research Support Center, Korea.<br>Email: rosslin@sersc.org<br>Tel: +82 42 629 8386<br>Fax: +82 42 624 2205<br></div></div><br>
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