3rd ACM International Workshop on
Performance Monitoring, Measurement, and Evaluation of
Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks
(PM2HW2N 2008)October 27 - 31, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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To be held in conjunction with
The 11-th ACM/IEEE
International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis
and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2008)
Wireless networks, including WLAN, WiMax, wireless personal networks, ad hoc, sensor, along with pervasive networks, have witnessed their fastest growth period over the last few years and have become increasingly complex. Nonetheless, performance evaluation and analysis of
wireless networks have been conducted mostly through software simulations (e.g., using ns-2 or OPNET tools). Recently,
research efforts have been directed towards measuring real-world commercial and experimental networks; constructing
models based on real-world data and using prototypes to evaluate solutions more realistically and comprehensively and to
validate assumptions and conclusions that are reached via simulation experiments.
Performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation of heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks pose a new set of
unique challenges due to the particular inherent properties of these systems and due to the characteristics of the
wireless transmission medium.
The aim of this workshop, which last year's edition was held in Chania - Greece, is to bring together scientists,
engineers, and practitioners in order to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report
state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of performance measurements, monitoring, and evaluation of
heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks, including, wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: 1st June 2008
Author Notification: 19th July 2008
CameraReady: 4th August 2008
Authour Registration Deadline: 10th August 2008
TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Performance measurement,
monitoring, and evaluation tools for heterogeneous wireless and wired
networks
Performance tools for ad hoc,
sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Tracing and trace analysis
Discrete and continuous
models
Measurement architectures and
systems
Measurement-based performance
comparison
QoS monitoring and sampling
Measurement-based
optimisation of for heterogeneous wireless and wired networks
Novel measurement tools of
wireless networks
Performance measurements of
ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Performance analysis and
evaluation of mobile services
Software tools for wireless
network performance and evaluation
Automatic performance
analysis
Performance of wireless and
sensor devices
Mobility modeling and management
Traffic modelling and
engineering
Prototype implementation of
wireless/mobile networks and systems
Techniques for prototyping
wireless networks
Validation through
measurement and prototyping
Software technologies and
systems for rapid prototyping and measurement of wireless networks
Predictive performance models
of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Probabilistic models for ad
hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Improvement in network
performance through prototyping
Performance tools for ad hoc,
sensor and ubiquitous networks
Performance and security
issues in ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Performance and power
management control
Case studies demonstrating
the role of performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation in the
design
of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Applications of
performance
monitoring, measurement, and evaluation as a feedback to improve
network QoSMobile and Wireless Networking