The purpose of WINSYS 2011, the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on information systems and applications in the context of wireless networks and mobile technologies.

Information systems and information technology are pervasive in the whole communications field, which is quite vast, encompassing a large number of research topics and applications: from practical issues to the more abstract theoretical aspects of communication; from low level protocols to high-level networking and applications; from wireless networking technologies to mobile information systems; many other topics are included in the scope of WINSYS.

Ideas on how to analyze and approach problems by combining information systems and communication technologies, either in the scope of R&D projects, engineering or business applications, are welcome. Papers describing new methods or technologies, advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of WINSYS, with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.
The best papers will be selected to appear either in an international journal or in a book to be published by Springer-Verlag.

Special sessions, case-studies and tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics related to the main conference are also envisaged: researchers interested in organizing a special session, or companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

• › Wireless Information Networks
  
• › Wireless Networking Technologies
  
• › Mobile Software and Services
  

• › Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks
• › Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks
• › Mobile Network Protocols and Packet Services
• › Adaptive Wireless Network Protocols
• › Home area networks
• › Vehicular Networks
• › Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems
• › Routing Protocols and Congestion Control
• › Delay-Tolerant Networking
• › WiMAX Networks and Systems
• › Ultra Wideband Networks
• › Wireless Home Networks
• › Cognitive Wireless Networks
• › Multi-hop Networks
• › Wireless Super Broadband Systems
• › Multi-Gigabit Wireless Systems
• › LTE Networks
• › WiMAX, LTE, and WiFi Interworking
• › Cooperative Communications
• › QoS in WLAN, WPAN, WMAN and WiMAX (IEEE 802.11/15/16/20)
• › QoS in Wireless Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks
• › QoS and Survivability in Mobile Environments
• › Information Ubiquity
• › P2P and Wireless Convergence
• › Wireless Multicast
• › Cognitive Radio and Software Defined Radio
• › Ultra-Wideband Communications (UWB)
• › Bluetooth Technologies and Applications
• › Cross-layer Design and Physical Layer based Network Issues

• › Detection, Decoding and Diversity Techniques
• › Channel Coding, Modulation and Multi-user Detection
• › MIMO Systems and Techniques
• › RFID Systems
• › Wired to Wireless Transition Issues
• › Spectrum Policies and Open Spectrum
• › Spread-Spectrum and CDMA Systems
• › Energy Efficiency and Power Control
• › OFDM and Multi-Carrier Systems
• › Antennas and Propagation
• › Channel Modelling and Estimation
• › Directional and Smart Antennas for Sensor Networks
• › Radio Issues in Wireless Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks
• › Wireless Network Co-Existence
• › Anti-jamming Channel Coding
• › Wireless Multiple Access Techniques
• › Wireless Communication Middleware
• › Wireless Positioning Technologies
• › Under Water Sensors and Systems
• › Pervasive Education Systems
• › Hybrid Wireless Communication Systems
• › Broadband Wireless Access
• › 4G Mobile Network Architectures
• › Fixed Wireless Broadband Data Systems
• › Wireless System Optimization Techniques
• › Wireless Multimedia
• › Enabling Technologies

• › Web Services
• › Pervasive Computing
• › Radio Resource Management
• › Peer-to-Peer Computing
• › Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications
• › Wireless Application Areas
• › Information Security Policy for Wireless Networks
• › Wireless Multicasting
• › Wireless Information Policy, Risk Assessment and Management
• › Intelligent Living Environments: Architecture, Protocols and Applications
• › Network Traffic Analysis Schemes
• › Flow and Congestion Control
• › Multimedia Traffic over Wireless Networks
• › Standardization Issues
• › Mobile Multimedia Services (WASP, ASP, MSP)
• › Geographic Information and Location-based Applications and Services
• › In-car/intra-car Communications
• › Ubiquitous Wireless Services and Protocols
• › Medical ICT Applications
• › Convergence and Social Mobility
• › Localization Techniques
• › Smart Antennas

WINSYS 2011 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

Authors should submit an original paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using the on-line submission procedure. The initial submission must have between 3 to 13 pages otherwise it will be rejected without review. Please check the paper formats page so you may be aware of the accepted paper page limits.
The guidelines for paper formatting provided at the conference web ought to be used for all submitted papers. The preferred submission format is the same as the camera-ready format. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable.

Papers that are out of the conference scope or contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Please read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism.

Remarks about the on-line submission procedure:
1. A "double-blind" paper evaluation method will be used. To facilitate that, the authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper, WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors. This means that is necessary to remove the authors personal details, the acknowledgements section and any reference that may disclose the authors identity.
LaTeX/PS/PDF/DOC/DOCX/RTF format are accepted.
2. The web submission procedure automatically sends an acknowledgement, by e-mail, to the contact author.

Paper submission types:
Regular Paper Submission
A regular paper presents a work where the research is completed or almost finished. It does not necessary means that the acceptance is as a full paper. It may be accepted as a "full paper" (30 min. oral presentation) , a "short paper" (20 min. oral presentation) or a "poster".

Position Paper Submission
A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to, without the need to present completed research work and/or validated results. It is, nevertheless, important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims. A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topic areas. The acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of "short paper" or "poster", i.e. a position paper is not a candidate to acceptance as "full paper".

Camera-ready:
After the reviewing process is completed, the contact author (the author who submits the paper) of each paper will be notified of the result, by e-mail. The authors are required to follow the reviews in order to improve their paper before the camera-ready submission.

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book.
The proceedings will be indexed by Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC and DBLP.
EI already agreed to index the proceedings of WINSYS 2006, 2007 and 2008. Proceedings of WINSYS 2009 and 2010 are under evaluation and the proceedings of WINSYS 2011 will be considered by EI after their publication.

Conference date: 18-21 July, 2011

Regular Paper Submission: February 3, 2011
Authors Notification (regular papers): April 16, 2011
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: May 5, 2011

WINSYS Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
             2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +44 203 014 5432
e-mail: winsys.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.winsys.icete.org/

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Rafael Caldeirinha, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, U.S.A.

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Last update: 30.8.2010 · © INSTICC