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Second International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks And
Management <br>
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>>> MONAMI 2010
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22-24 September
2010
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Santander,
Spain <br>
<br>
<br>
Sponsored by
ICST <br>
Technically co-sponsored by
Create-Net <br>
Proceedings published by
Springer <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.mon-ami.org">www.mon-ami.org</a>
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AIM AND SCOPE<br>
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MONAMI 2010 aims at bringing together top researchers, academics and<br>
practitioners specializing in the area of Mobile Network Management
(MNM)<br>
and Service Management.<br>
<br>
Multiaccess and resource management, mobility management, and network <br>
management have emerged as core topics in the design, deployment and<br>
operation of current and future networks. Yet, they are treated as<br>
separate, isolated domains with very little interaction between the
experts<br>
in these fields and lack cross-pollination. MONAMI 2010 offers the<br>
opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals and academics<br>
around the world to meet and discuss the latest advances in these areas<br>
and present results related to technologies for true plug-and-play<br>
networking, efficient use of all infrastructure investments, and access<br>
competition. The aim of the forum is to disseminate the latest
innovative<br>
mobile network solutions for increased competition and cooperation in an<br>
environment with a multitude of access technologies, network operators
and<br>
business actors.<br>
<br>
MONAMI 2010 invites papers that follow either evolutionary approaches
based<br>
on current IP-centered architectures or introduce revolutionary MNM<br>
approaches and new paradigms. Papers reporting experimental and
empirical<br>
studies as well as implementation/industry results (including testbeds
and<br>
field trials) are also welcome.<br>
<br>
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the
following:<br>
<br>
- Multiaccess networks and resource management<br>
- Energy efficiency for multiaccess networks<br>
- Emerging and visionary multimedia services, service enablers<br>
and management<br>
- Multimedia services in mobile/multiaccess networks<br>
- Business models and economics for a mobile/multiaccess world<br>
- Future Internet architectures for Mobile Network Management<br>
- Management standards and enabling technologies, including<br>
IEEE 802.21 and ANDSF<br>
- Management of wireless cognitive networks<br>
- Design, implementation, and testbed/experimental evaluations<br>
- Service and application management platforms<br>
<br>
We also seek papers, which within the main scope of MONAMI, address a<br>
range topics clustered in the following Special Tracks.<br>
<br>
<br>
* Autonomic Networks and Services<br>
Chair: Symeon Papavassiliou<br>
<br>
Autonomic networking is targeting at complexity issues related to
network<br>
management. Autonomic systems engineering or autonomics is about
designing<br>
systems that exhibit the so-called self-* properties e.g.
self-configuring,<br>
self-healing etc., in short self-managing properties, in order to make
the<br>
systems themselves tackle management complexities that are otherwise<br>
difficult to be handled by systems and network operations personnel.<br>
Autonomics is not only about self-* functions that relieve the burden on<br>
network operations personnel, but is also about implementing self-*<br>
functions for self-adaptability, context or situation driven behavior<br>
changes in systems, services or applications.<br>
<br>
Topics to be addressed in this MONAMI special Track include, but are not<br>
limited to, the following:<br>
<br>
- Autonomic behavior in mobile ad hoc networks<br>
- Autonomic network monitoring<br>
- Security and trust in Autonomic Networks<br>
- Autonomic QoS and QoE in wireless networks<br>
- Autonomic routing and forwarding<br>
- Resilience and survivability in Autonomic Networks<br>
- Scalability and stability in Autonomic networks<br>
- Self-* properties of Autonomic Networks<br>
- IPv6 and autonomicity<br>
<br>
<br>
* Lower Layer Aspects<br>
Chair: Faouzi Bader<br>
<br>
It is now believed that proper management of available resources and the<br>
involved services can no longer be fulfilled without the capacity of<br>
interacting with the subjacent lower layers. There must be some
interaction<br>
between the corresponding entities and parties. Reciprocally, the<br>
information and the possibilities of the physical and MAC layers should
be<br>
made aware.<br>
<br>
This Special Track is soliciting papers on:<br>
<br>
- IMT advanced physical layer techniques<br>
- Advanced spectrum sharing techniques and protocols<br>
- Cognitive access and protocol design for interference management<br>
<br>
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* Smart Objects<br>
Chair: Antonio Puliafito<br>
<br>
A smart object allows the virtual world to become real and physical
objects<br>
to become part of a virtualized reality. A smart object automatically<br>
distributes information about itself, enriched with additional details
on<br>
its behavior, location, owner, functioning state, surrounding
environment.<br>
As a result, a huge amount of information is systematically generated by<br>
smart objects and put in strict relation with a constantly updated<br>
information base. Identification technology is one aspect of the
problem,<br>
but new advances are needed to create, track, use smart objects and
allow<br>
their management in new advanced everyday applications.<br>
<br>
Some of the topics to be addressed in this Special Track include, but
are<br>
not limited to, the following:<br>
<br>
- Architecture and design of new services with smart objects<br>
- Middleware to simplify smart objects interaction<br>
- Managing smart objects in a multiaccess world<br>
- Management for the Internet of Things<br>
<br>
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* Security in Mobile Network Management<br>
Co-Chairs: Stephen Farrell and Peter Schoo<br>
<br>
Security is a vital part of Mobile Network Management (MNM) and targets
the<br>
legitimate use and integrity of network resources as well as the
prevention<br>
of misuse of these resources for operational availability. The dynamics
in<br>
mobile networks present challenges to viable security solutions; there
are<br>
trade offs between security solutions and user privacy or profile
building.<br>
The management of mobile networks also cannot currently cover the
access of<br>
malware coming in via increasingly capable devices or smartphones.<br>
<br>
In order to support the exchange of new ideas about security solutions
or<br>
early experiences from R&D activities in this area we invite
submissions of<br>
new work not submitted elsewhere on topics such as the following:<br>
<br>
- Security solutions for managed and infrastructureless networks<br>
- Security in Future Internet approaches for MNM<br>
- Security of post MPLS-protocols and virtual networks<br>
- Attacks on mobiles and their effects on network operations<br>
- Security management in support of MNM<br>
- Access network and network element integrity protection<br>
- The interplay between privacy enhancing technologies and MNM<br>
<br>
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* Network Virtualization in a Heterogeneous World<br>
Chair: Andreas Timm-Giel<br>
<br>
Network Virtualization is already being applied to share physical
resources<br>
in today's networks. It is furthermore seen as a suitable way to move
to a<br>
Future Internet allowing the coexistence of legacy networks with new<br>
networking approaches. However, suitability, challenges, and advantages
of<br>
network virtualization for heterogeneous, wireless, and multiaccess<br>
networks still need to be explored.<br>
<br>
Therefore this Special Track focuses on:<br>
<br>
- Virtualization of multiaccess networks<br>
- Multihoming in Virtual Networks<br>
- Wireless Network Virtualization<br>
- Virtualized Wireless Resource Management<br>
- Performance and energy efficiency for virtualized<br>
multiaccess networks<br>
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PAPER SUBMISSION<br>
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We encourage submissions of high-quality technical papers reporting
original<br>
material that has not been previously published, and is not currently<br>
submitted for consideration elsewhere. Full Papers should not exceed 12<br>
pages in the Springer Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST) format and must be<br>
submitted by *30 April 2010*. Short papers of up to 8 pages, reporting
most<br>
current results, are also solicited. LNICST templates are available from<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.springer.com/computer?SGWID=0-146-6-564009-0">http://www.springer.com/computer?SGWID=0-146-6-564009-0</a>.<br>
<br>
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three independent<br>
reviewers, including a TPC member to ensure high quality and relevance
to<br>
the topics of the Conference. All accepted papers will be published in
the<br>
Springer Lecture Notes of ICST series and then be included in major
article<br>
indexing services.<br>
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BEST PAPER AWARDS<br>
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The organizing committee of MONAMI 2010, in cooperation with ICST, is
happy<br>
to announce three awards for accepted papers that exhibit outstanding<br>
technical merit. The MONAMI 2010 *Best Paper Award* will be presented
to the<br>
authors during a special ceremony and will be accompanied by 250 EUR
prize.<br>
The *Best Student Paper* award will also be presented during the same<br>
ceremony and is accompanied by a 150 EUR prize. Finally, MONAMI 2010
will<br>
also present the *Best Paper Accompanied by a Demonstration* at the<br>
conference, which will carry a 100 EUR prize.<br>
<br>
All papers submitted are automatically candidates for the Best Paper
Award.<br>
<br>
Student authors need to inform the organizing committee of their
status, in<br>
order to qualify for the Best Student Paper award, and must be the
primary<br>
contributor of the submitted paper. Authors who are interested in
presenting<br>
a demo during MONAMI 2010 based on a paper accepted for publication in
the<br>
conference proceedings should also inform the organizing committee in
order<br>
to qualify for the Best Paper Accompanied by a Demonstration award.<br>
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ACM/SPRINGER MONET SPECIAL ISSUE ON MOBILE NETWORKS AND MANAGEMENT<br>
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The authors of selected papers from MONAMI 2010 will be invited to
submit<br>
extended versions describing their work to the ACM Springer Mobile
Networks<br>
and Applications (MONET) Journal Special Issue on Mobile Networks and<br>
Management.<br>
<br>
For further details, see the corresponding Special Issue Open Call for
Papers.<br>
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IMPORTANT DATES<br>
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Paper Submission Deadline: 30 April 2010<br>
Notification of Acceptance: 11 June 2010<br>
Camera Ready Deadline: 11 July 2010<br>
Conference Date: 22-24 September 2010<br>
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<br>
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General Chairs:<br>
Kostas Pentikousis, Huawei Technologies European Research Center,
Germany<br>
Ramón Agüero, University of Cantabria, Spain<br>
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Technical Program Committee Chairs:<br>
Marta García-Arranz, University of Cantabria, Spain<br>
Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece<br>
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Tutorial Chair:<br>
Oliver Blume, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Germany<br>
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Publications Chair:<br>
Carlo Giannelli, University of Bologna, Italy<br>
<br>
Publicity Chair:<br>
Jarno Pinola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland<br>
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TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br>
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Ramon Aguero, University of Cantabria, Spain<br>
Toufik Ahmed, University Bordeaux 1, France<br>
Nadeem Akhtar, Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT),
India<br>
Faouzi Bader, CTTC, Spain<br>
Hussein Badr, Stony Brook University, USA<br>
Roland Bless, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany<br>
Oliver Blume, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Germany<br>
Mischa Dohler, CTTC, Spain<br>
Stephen Farrell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland<br>
Marta García-Arranz, University of Cantabria, Spain<br>
Raffaele Giaffreda, CREATE-NET, Italy<br>
Carlo Giannelli, University of Bologna, Italy<br>
Tobias Hossfeld, University of Wuerzburg, Germany<br>
Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland<br>
Theo G. Kanter, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden<br>
Vasileios Karyotis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece<br>
Timotheos Kastrinogiannis, National Technical University of Athens,
Greece<br>
Polychronis Koutsakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece<br>
Zhaojun Li, Fujitsu Labs, UK<br>
Emmanuel Lochin, ISAE - LAAS-CNRS, France<br>
Raquel Morera, Telcordia Technologies, USA<br>
Antonio de la Oliva, University Carlos III, Spain<br>
Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece<br>
Kostas Pentikousis, Huawei Technologies European Research Center,
Germany<br>
Miguel Ponce de Leon, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland<br>
Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy<br>
Anand R. Prasad, NEC Corporation, Japan<br>
Javier Rubio-Loyola, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico<br>
Susana Sargento, University of Aveiro, Portugal<br>
Peter Schoo, Fraunhofer-SIT, Germany<br>
Joan Serrat, Politechnic University of Catalunya, Spain<br>
Haitao Tang, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland<br>
Andreas Timm-Giel, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany<br>
Kurt Tutschku, University of Vienna, Austria<br>
Christos Verikoukis, CTTC, Spain<br>
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STEERING COMMITTEE<br>
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<br>
Imrich Chlamtac, CREATE-NET, Italy<br>
Kostas Pentikousis, Huawei Technologies European Research Center,
Germany<br>
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Università degli Studi di Bologna<br>
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Tel# +39-051-2093087; Fax# +39-051-2093073<br>
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