Contributions are invited on all topics concerning wireless and optical communications networks and components. We are soliciting original papers describing the state-of-the-art research and development in the areas of Wireless and Optical Communication and Networks, including, but not limited to the following topics:

Mobile Communications and mobility
Wireless Communications and networking
Optical Communications and networking
Information and Communications technologies
Simulation, Modeling and analysis and performance evaluations
Network management and services
Health care and home networking
E- and M- Commerce
Satellite communications systems
Optical Passive and active components and devices
Internet and IP telephony and IPV6
Architectures, Devices and Security and privacy
Nano-photonics and Bio-photonics
Ultra Wide Band UWB and RFID
Physical and link layers and lower layers of protocols
Higher layers of protocols, application
WLAN and Mobile WIMAX, 3G and 4G systems
Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor mesh Networks
Quality of Service and traffic management and characterization
MIMO and Beam forming and OFDM
Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
Military application of Communications and Information Security
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Internet Applications
Application of Information and Communications Technologies

Optical Fiber Sensing Technologies

New concepts of optical fiber sensing
Fiber grating sensors
Fiber-optic interferometric sensors
Distributed sensors
Tapered fiber sensor
Micro-structured fiber-optic sensors
Fiber-optic physical and mechanical sensors
Fiber-optic chemical and medical sensors
Multiplexing and networks of optical fiber sensors

Optical Networking

Network planning
Design and modeling, access/metro networks
IP over WDM networks, protection/restoration
GMPLS
QoS issues
Routing and wavelength assignment
Multiple access techniques
Fairness control in optical LANs and MANs

Optical Switching and Network Elements

Photonic switching systems
Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers
Optical IP routers
Photonic packet switching
Monitoring techniques
Optical signal processing
Wavelength conversion
Optical interfaces and terminals
Optical interconnections
Optical fiber and cables

Optical Transmission

WDM transmission systems
Transmission subsystems
Transmission impairments mitigation
Ultrahigh bit rate transmission systems
Nonlinear systems
Optical regeneration
Radio over fiber
Short-haul and optical backplane subsystems
Optical electronic signal processing for subsystem impairment mitigation
Optical Channel Monitoring
Advanced Modulation Formats and Error Correction
Optical Wireless

Optical Active Components and Modules

Optical modulators and switches
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Semiconductor lasers and detectors
Fiber amplifiers and lasers
Raman and Brillouin amplifiers
Optical MEMS
Photonic integrated circuits/modules
VCSELs

Optical Passive Components

Fiber-based devices
Dispersion compensators
Optical tunable filters
Optical circulators and isolators
Optical waveguide-based devices
Fiber and waveguide filters
Microstructured waveguides and devices
Arrayed waveguide devices
Optical splitting and directional couplers
Photonic crystal fibers

Optical Networking Technologies

Optical network planning, design and modelling
Optical access/metro networks
IP over optical networks
Network protection/restoration
Generalised multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS)
Planning and design tools for optical networks
QoS issues in optical networks
Routing and wavelength assignment
Multiple access technique and fairness control in optical LANs and MANs

Optical Switching and Network Elements

Photonic switching system architectures
Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers
Optical IP routers
Photonic packet switching
Network signalling and monitoring techniques
Optical signal processing
Wavelength conversion techniques

Optical Transmission Technologies

WDM Ultra-long haul transmission systems
OTDM transmission systems
Soliton transmission systems
Transmission system experiments
Radio over fibre-optics
Optical interconnections
Optical interfaces and terminals

Optical Passive Components

Fiber-Bragg-grating-based devices
Fiber-grating dispersion compensators
Optical circulators and isolators
Optical waveguide-based devices
Fiber and waveguide filters
Microstructured waveguides and devices
Arrayed waveguide devices
Optical splitting and directional couplers

Optical Active Components and Modules

Optical modulators and switches
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Semiconductor lasers and detectors
Fibre amplifiers and lasers
Raman and Brillouin amplifiers
Automatic gain control of optical amplifiers
Optical MEMS
Photonic integrated circuits/modules
Optical tunable filters
Optical logics and memories

Mobile and Wireless Communications topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Management
Resource and Information Management
Pricing and Billing Issues

Architecture
Convergence of Fixed and Mobile
Hybrid Communications System

Devices
Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications

Security
Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks

QoS
Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning
End-to-end Quality of Service

Mobility Support
Handoff Algorithms
IP and Mobility
Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Policy-based Mobility Management

Applications
Personal Communications
Location and Context Management
Smart Media
Mobile Code
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications

Access
Wireless IP
Wireless Multimedia Services
Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
Multiple Access Technology
Broadband Wireless Access

Networking
Wireless Personal Area Networks
Wireless Local Area Networks
Mobility and Nomadic Computing
Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols
Home Networking
Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing
Satellite Networks

INTERNET
Access and broadband technologies
Agent technologies, Distributed games
Hypertext and hypermedia
Multimedia on the Web
Audio/video/voice coding for Internet service
Internet security, Multicast
Virtual private networks
Web navigation strategies, Quality of service
Scalability aspects, Traffic characterization

Information and communications technologies
IP telephony and IP V6
Satellite communications systems for mobile planet
Security and privacy
Multimedia applications, QoS and traffic management
Sensor Mesh and Ad Hoc Networks
WLAN, mobile WIMAX, Femtocells, 3G and 4G systems
Multiple antenna Systems- MIMO and Beam forming and OFDM
Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks
Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications Systems and RFID
Modeling and analysis and performance evaluation of networks
Control theory and practical implementation of communications networks
Design of algorithms and decision making of large distributed communications networks
Power line communications applications and development
State of the art and practice of M- and E-commerce and Web-based information systems
Peer-to-Peer systems, Grids and large-scale distributed systems
Applications of wearable systems in consumers, industrial, medical, educational, military environment