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CALL FOR PAPERS
Ultra Wide Band radio
is, in principle, a physical transmission technique suitable for all
kinds of applications. Given the strong power emission constraints
imposed by the regulatory bodies in the United States — but likely
to be adopted by other countries as well — UWB is emerging as a
particularly appealing transmission technique for applications
requiring either high bit rates over short ranges or low bit rates
over medium to long ranges.
A recent release of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low-rate WPANs
has increased attention for the low-bit-rate case. The low-bit-rate,
medium- to long-range case applies to long-range sensor networks
such as indoor-outdoor distributed surveillance systems; nonreal-time
data applications like e-mail and instant messaging; and in general
all data transfers compatible with a transmission rate in the order
of 1 Mbit/second over several tens of meters.
The scenarios of applications mentioned above refer to networks that
commonly adopt the self-organizing principle — that is, distributed
networks. Examples of these networks are ad hoc and sensor networks,
such as groups of wireless terminals located in a limited-size
geographical area, communicating in an infrastructure-free fashion,
and without any central coordinating unit or base station.
Communication routes may be formed by multiple hops to extend
coverage.
Ultra Wide Band's typical features, such as the need for operating
at low power vs. a rather accurate ranging capability, may have a
significant impact on the design of the MAC and of routing
algorithms and strategies. The optimization of MAC and network
modules in ad hoc networks is a topic that currently occupies
research attention worldwide.
The impulse-radio (IR) principle, in particular, may boost
innovation in designing efficient algorithms for resource sharing
and management because of the impulsive nature of the transmission.
IR intrinsically partitions time in a peculiar way, because of the
short and limited duration of the pulses. The spectrum of the IR
signal is usually shaped by encoding data symbols using time-hopping
pseudorandom sequences that may also serve as users' signatures, and
ensuring access to the medium by multiple users. This
resource-partitioning scheme is called time-hopping multiple access
(THMA).
MUI in continuous-transmission vs. IR systems may substantially
differ in nature, especially when in IR the number of pulses in the
air is not sufficiently large to fill up the time dimension.
Examples of those application scenarios are sensor networks that are
typically characterized by low data rates and sparse topologies.
Authors are invited to submit original contributions on topics
following in the above context. In particular topics of interest
include (but are not limited to):
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Transceiver
architectures for UWB sensor nodes
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Indoor and
outdoor UWB channel modelling
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Synchronization
issues for low-rate UWB communications
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Algorithms for
sensor localization and tracking
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Mobility models
for networks of mobile sensors
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Cross-layer
design techniques
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Distributed power
control mechanisms
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Distributed
algorithms for resource management
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Distributed
topology control mechanisms
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Methods and
algorithms for hierarchical clustering
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Energy-aware MAC
and routing protocols
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Location-aware
MAC and routing protocols
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Support of
Quality of Service in UWB sensor networks
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Simulation and
Modelling of UWB sensor networks
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Applications for
UWB sensor networks
All accepted papers will be published in the
proceedings of the workshop. Selected papers will be considered for
publication in the
Journal of Mobile
Networks and Applications (MONET), published by Springer US.
[See the
Call For Papers]
Deadline for submission: February 28, 2005
Guidelines and dates for paper submission are available
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