Subject: Re: Call for Papers, WOSBIS 99

From: Shlomi Arnon <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:29:40 -0400 (EDT)

Dear Sir/Madam
I would very much appreciate if someone could let me know what is the
agenda of WOSBIS 99
Thank
Shlomi

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Dennis Connors wrote:

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> *                             CALL FOR
> PAPERS                               *
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> *                                WOSBIS
> 99                                  *
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> *
> *                       Fourth IEEE International
> Workshop on               *
> *                 Satellite-Based Information
> Systems                 *
> *                         Wednesday, December 8th,
> 1999                     *
> *       Rio de Janeiro,
> Brazil                          *
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> *
> *                   In conjunction with IEEE
> Globecom 99                    *
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> 
> 
>                                     SCOPE
> 
> Satellite communications will play an increasingly
> important role in our
> future information-based society.  This is
> evidenced by the systems
> currently  in operation (e.g., DirecTV(TM),
> DirecPC, GPS, and Iridium) as
> well as those to offer broadband, interactive, and
> multimedia Internet
> services around the next millenium (SpaceWay,
> Teledesic, Astrolink, etc.).
> 
> WOSBIS, held three times in 96, 97, 98 in
> conjunction with MobiCOM,
> is a premier workshop on satellite networks and
> services and provides
> a forum for exploratory research contributions on
> lifting the
> technological barriers to achieve innovative
> satellite applications
> and services.  This year, WOSBIS will be held in
> conjunction with
> GLOBECOM'99 and focuses on the communication
> aspect of satellite-based
> information services, more specifically in the
> network layer, data link
> layer, and medium access sub-layer.  We are
> interested in work that is
> relevant to both ongoing systems (i.e. current LEO
> deployment, high
> bandwidth GEO systems, etc.) and future satellite
> networks.
> 
> 
> 
>                                     TOPICS
> 
> Papers are solicited in all research and applied
> areas related to satellite-based
> information systems (including, but not limited
> to):
> 
> 
>      * Datalink technology for satellites, ATM
> over satellites
>      * Resource management and network management
>      * Inter-satellite link communications
>      * Constellation planning and LEO routing
>      * Bandwidth and latency management
>      * Quality of Service support in satellite
> networks
>      * Medium Access Control protocols for
> LEO/MEO/GEO or hybrid networks
>      * IP protocols for satellite
>      * High-data rate terminals
>      * Architectures of high speed satellite
> networks
>      * Satellite on-broad processing architectures
> 
>      * Algorithms for packet scheduling in
> satellite networks
>      * Routing protocols in satellite networks
>      * Satellite network control and management
>      * Mobile satellite services
> 
> 
>                              SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
> 
> All submissions will be handled electronically.
> Authors should e-mail
> a PostScript version of their paper to
> [email-masked] 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.
>    - Within 5 to 10 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.
> 
> It is expected that all accepted papers will be
> presented at the workshop.
> 
> 
> 
>                                  IMPORTANT DATES
> 
>    Submissions due: August 31, 1999
>    Notification of acceptance: October 1, 1999
>    Final papers due: November 1, 1999
>    Workshop: December 8, 1999
> 
> 
> 
>                                    ORGANIZATION
> 
> TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
> 
>    Srikanth Krishnamurthy, HRL Labs, USA
>    Dennis Connors, HRL Labs, USA
> 
> GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
> 
>    Son K. Dao, HRL Labs, USA
>    Randy Katz, UC Berkeley, USA
> 
> 
> --
> Dennis P. Connors                               email: [email-masked]
> Research Staff Member
> Information Sciences Laboratory                 fax: (310) 317-5695
> HRL Laboratories, L.L.C.
> (formerly Hughes Research Labs)
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> URL: http://www.wins.hrl.com/2.0/people/connors
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