





October 25-30, 1998	Dallas, Texas

Call For Papers

PAPERS

Technical papers describing previously unpublished, original, completed research, not currently under review by another conference, journal, are solicited on topics at the link layer and above. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Applications and computing services supporting mobile users
Network architectures, protocols or service algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity
Design and analysis of algorithms for mobile environments
Security, scalability and reliability for mobile/wireless systems
Performance of mobile/wireless networks and systems
Data management in mobile computing
Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks
Influence of lower layers on the design and performance of higher layers
Mobile network protocols
Mobile computing
Mobile agents
Power management
Wireless multimedia systems
Satellite communication
Location-dependent applications
Distributed system aspects of mobile systems
Adaptive applications interfaces for mobile systems
Architectures of mobile/wireless networks and systems
Traffic integration for mobile applications

All papers will be refereed by the program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be selected for publication in the ACM/Baltzer journals Wireless Networks (WINET) and Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET).

HOW TO SUBMIT:

All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should E-mail a PostScript version of their full paper to mobicom98@ee.upenn.edu. This E-mail address will become operational by March 1, 1998. In order to ensure that the PostScript versions of the papers can be printed, authors should be careful that their papers meet the following restrictions:

PostScript version 2 or later.
No longer than 15 pages.
Fits properly on "US Letter" size paper (8.5X11 inches)
Reference only Computer Modern or standard Adobe printer fonts (i.e. Courier, Times, Roman, or Helvetica); other fonts may be used but must be included in the PostScript file.

In addition, authors should separately E-mail the title, author names and full address, and abstract of their paper to the Program Chairs: Magda El Zarki at magda@ee.upenn.edu and Arvind Krishna at akrishna@us.ibm.com. All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors’ names should not appear on the paper or in the PostScript file.

TUTORIALS:

Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. Potential instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Chair: S. Venkatesan at venky@utdallas.edu.

PANELS:

Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 3 pages, including biographical sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should contact the Publicity Chair: Tom McDermott at mcdermot@aud.alcatel.com.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION:

Papers with student as a primary author will be considered for a cash award of $500 US Dollars for the best student paper competition.

IMPORTANT DATES:

SUBMISSIONS DUE: April 21, 1998

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: JULY 14, 1998

CAMERA-READY VERSION DUE: AUGUST 22, 1998

Last modified 05 March 1998.