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Call for Papers for The 6th International Workshop on 
Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad hoc Networks (LOCAN) 
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~xuli/locan2010/

To be held in conjunction with The 6th International Conference on 
Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2010)
December 20-22, 2010, Hangzhou, China.

Submission deadline has been extended to Sep. 20, 2010.

[Selected best papers will be invited to a special issue of 
Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: an international journal (SCIE-indexed).]

Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks are currently recognized as one of the 
priority research areas, and relevant research activities are booming. The 
international workshop on localized communication and topology protocols for 
ad hoc networks (LOCAN) covers comprehensively the algorithmic issues in the 
hot area of wireless ad hoc and sensor networking. It concentrates on network 
layer problems like data communication (routing, QoS-routing, geo-casting, 
multicasting, broadcasting, etc.) and topology control (neighbor discovery, 
power adjustment, neighbor elimination, etc.). The main paradigm shift is to 
apply localized (or greedy) schemes as opposed to existing protocols requiring 
global information. Localized algorithms are distributed algorithms where simple 
local node behavior achieves a desired global objective. Localized protocols 
provide scalable solutions, that is, solutions for wireless networks with an 
arbitrary number of nodes, which is the main goal of this plan. Sensor and 
rooftop/mesh networks, for instance, have hundreds or thousands of nodes.
 
The objective of LOCAN is to present state of the art research results on data
communication and topology control in rapidly growing area of ad hoc and sensor
networks, with emphasizes on localized techniques. Original, unpublished 
contributions are solicited in various aspects of ad hoc networking. Possible 
topics include, but are not limited to:
* Medium access control for ad hoc networks
* Analytical, mobility and validation models for ad hoc networks
* Hybrid networks and wireless Internet
* Security in ad hoc networks
* Data management, query processing, and data delivery in sensor networks
* Unicast routing, multicasting, and broadcasting in ad hoc networks
* Geocasting and anycasting in ad hoc networks
* Energy-efficient and bandwidth-efficient protocols for ad hoc networks
* Quality of service in medium access control and routing
* Topology construction and maintenance in ad hoc networks
* Neighborhood discovery and mobility management in ad hoc networks
* Localized protocols for duty-cycled sensor networks
* Auto-configuration and network formation protocols and algorithms
* Relative positioning algorithms
* Lower bounds on information exchange required for localized solutions
* Network graph properties supporting localized protocols
* Worst and average case analysis on the deviation from optimal solutions

Accepted papers with a FULL registration to the main conference will be included
in the conference proceedings. Selected best papers will be invited to a special 
issue of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: an international journal (SCIE-indexed).

Important dates
Paper submission:          Sep. 20,  2010 (new)
Author notification:       Oct. 10,  2010
Camera ready:              Oct. 20,  2010

General Co-Chairs
David Simplot-Ryl (INRIA), France
Ivan Stojmenovic (University of Ottawa), Canada

Program Co-Chairs
Hannes Frey (University of Paderborn), Germany
Xu Li (INRIA), France
Nathalie Mitton (INRIA), France

Publicity Co-Chairs
Jiming Chen (Zhejiang University), China

Submission Chair
TBD

Program Committee (tentative)
Matthias R. Brust, ITA, Brazil
Edgar Chavez, University of Michoacan, Mexico
Daniel Goergen, Philips Research, Netherlands
Francois Ingelrest, EPFL, Switzerland
Lars Kristensen, Bergen University College, Norway
Tianji Li, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
Xiaoyan Li, Lafayette College, USA
Xiaodong Lin, UOIT, Canada
Hai Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Ivan Martinovic, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Tahiry Razafindralambo, INRIA, France
Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain
Juan A. Sanchez, University of Murcia, Spain
Wei Shi, UOIT, Canada
Isabelle Simplot-Ryl, INRIA, France
Volker Turau, Hamburg University of Tech., Germany
Guiling Wang, NJIT, USA
Guoliang Xing, Michigan State University, USA
Shuhui Yang, Purdue University Calumet, USA
Liqiang Zhang, Indiana University South Bend, USA


For further information, please refer the above LOCAN 2010 website, 
or contact the program co-chairs: 
Dr. Hannes Frey at hannes.frey@uni-paderborn.de
Dr. Xu Li at xuli@site.uottawa.ca
Dr. Nathalie Mitton at nathalie.mitton@lifl.fr
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