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     *                      CALL FOR PAPERS                     *
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     *                      ACCESSNETS 2007                     *
     *  The Second International Conference on Access Networks  *
     *       August 22-24, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada        *
     *            http://www.accessnets.org/2007/               *
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                 Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST

                      Technically sponsored by

          IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Ottawa Section


OVERVIEW:
With the rapid growth of the Internet as well as the increasing demand for
broadband services, access networks have been receiving growing
investments in recent years. This has led to a massive network deployment
with the goal of eliminating the bandwidth bottleneck between end-users
and the network core. Today many diverse technologies are being used to
provide broadband access to end users. The architecture and performance of
the access segment (local loop, wired and wireless access networks, and
even home networks) are getting increasing attention for ensuring quality
of service of diverse broadband applications. Moreover, most access lines
will no longer terminate on a single device, thus leading to the necessity
of having a home network designed for applications that transcend simple
Internet access sharing among multiple personal computers and enable
multimedia support. Therefore, the access network and its home portion
have become a hot investment pool from both a financial as well as a
research perspective.

The aim of the annual International Conference on Access Networks
(AccessNets) is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and
researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the
industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and
recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with
their in-home counterparts. AccessNets'07 is the second edition of this
exciting event, which will be held in Ottawa, the beautiful and historical
capital city of Canada, in August 2007. The conference will consist of
technical sessions, workshops, and panels. The technical sessions will
present original and fundamental research advances while the workshops and
panels will focus on development, application, and related business issues
in this hot and exciting area.

TOPICS:
The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously
published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* FTTx and PON technologies
* xDSL technology and DSM
* Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) technology
* Cable-based access technology
* Powerline communication technology
* Digital satellite access technology
* WiFi and WiMax networks
* Wireless mesh networks
* Integrated wired/wireless networks
* Long reach Ethernet
* Home networks
* Networked appliances
* Hybrid wired/wireless LANs
* Municipal and community networks
* Network architectures and protocols
* Medium access control
* Cross-layer design
* OFDM, OFDMA, CDMA techniques
* MIMO techniques
* Service convergence
* Quality of service provisioning
* Network scalability and upgradeability
* Network survivability and security
* Billing and management aspects
* Business and regulatory aspects
* Deployment/standardization statuses

PANELS AND WORKSHOPS:

We solicit panel and workshop proposals on hot and controversial topics in
access networks. Proposals should be submitted to the panel and workshop
co-chairs, respectively. Please visit the conference website for detailed
instructions.

PAPER SUBMISSION:

Please visit the conference website for detailed instructions.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Workshop proposal due                   March 15, 2007 (Extended)
Panel proposal due                      March 10, 2007
Paper submission due                    March 10, 2007
Notification of acceptance              May 31, 2007
Final manuscript due                    June 15, 2007


CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CHAIR
Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada

TPC CO-CHAIRS
Stefano Galli, Panasonic, USA
Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology, India

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
Martin Maier, University of Quebec, Canada
Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, USA

PANEL CO-CHAIRS
Kenneth J. Kerpez, Telcordia Technologies, USA
Abdallah Shami, University of Western Ontario, Canada

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Baoxian Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

PUBLICATION CHAIR
Shiwen Mao, University of Auburn, USA

INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP CHAIR
Angel Lozano, Lucent Technologies, USA

IEEE LIAISON
Burt Christian, Flextronics, Canada

FINANCIAL CHAIR
Karen Decker, ICST, USA

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Zita Rozsa, ICST, USA

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR
Peng He, University of Ottawa, Canada

STEERING COMMITTEE
Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-net, Italy
Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology, Greece
Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology, India

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
See http://www.accessnets.org/2007/

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