Subject: [nwcrg] Deadline Extended to April 27th: Network Coding for Satellite Communication Systems (Special Session at WiSATS 2015)

From: Jason M Cloud <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:56:43 +0000

Dear All,

The deadline for submitting a paper to WiSATS 2015 has been extended to April 27th.

Best,
Jason Cloud

Network Coding for Satellite Communication Systems (NCSATS 2015)
(www.psats.eu/2015/show/special-session<http://www.psats.eu/2015/show/special-session>)
Special Session at the 7th International Conference on Wireless and Satellite Systems (WiSATS 2015)
Bradford, UK, 6-7 July 2015
(www.psats.eu<http://www.psats.eu/>)

Satellite systems provide unique challenges for communication. The broadcast nature and large terminal populations of satellite communication systems, high packet loss rates, fluctuations in network connectivity, large delays, and limited resources all provide significant obstacles for achieving high performance. Each obstacle can be difficult to overcome individually, but satellite systems are unique in that several of these obstacles often impact the end-user’s performance concurrently. To overcome these challenges, new techniques are needed that can help improve key system performance metrics such as throughput, reliability, quality of service (QoS), and delay in these difficult networks.
One emerging technique that can help solve the above problems, and the main focus of this session, is network coding. Network coding has been shown to significantly improve performance in terrestrial wired and wireless networks. However, existing approaches may not be extendable to satellite communications due to the inherent architecture, channel conditions, and network characteristics of space systems.
This session intends to bring together researchers, academics, and industry in the fields of satellite communications and network coding to discuss the major challenges of network coding over satellite networks and their solutions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  *   Cross-layer design and optimization
  *   Robustness and resiliency
  *   Throughput, delay, energy, or robustness analysis
  *   Application layer performance (e.g., video streaming, VoIP, etc.)
  *   Multi-terminal cooperation and data exchange
  *   Multi-path/multi-beam communication
  *   Security and secrecy
  *   Physical layer network coding
  *   Network code construction and algorithms
  *   Implementation and deployment of network coded systems
  *   Showcases of network coding

 Information for Authors
Submitted papers should present results of original and unpublished research. Accepted papers will be published in Springer’s LNICST series and will appear in the SpringerLink, as well as ICST’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).
All papers should be in English and formatted according to the Author’s Kit located at http://www.psats.eu/2015/authors-kit. For further information on the initial submission, go to http://www.psats.eu/2015/show/initial-submission.

Organizers

  *   Jason Cloud, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
  *   Muriel Médard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
  *   Douglas Leith, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
  *   Ulrich Speidel, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
  *   Muhammad Muhammad, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany. Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
  *   David Bagheri, iDirect, USA. Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

 Important Dates

  *   Paper Submission:  April 27, 2015
  *   Notification of Paper Acceptance:  May 15, 2015
  *   Camera Ready Paper Submission: June 1, 2015
  *   Conference: July 6-7, 2015