Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory and/or practice of mobile computing and/or wireless and mobile networking at the link layer and above. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Architectures, protocols, and algorithms for various wireless and mobile networks, such as wireless LANs, wireless mesh networks, cellular data networks, delay-tolerant networks, mobile ad hoc networks, sensor networks, personal area networks, and vehicular networks
* System design, implementation, and evaluation of wireless systems and mobile applications
* Real-world measurements and characterization
* Performance-oriented design and evaluation focused on networks and mobile applications
* Foundational underpinnings of wireless networks
* Testbed design and implementation
* Cross-layer design for mobile and wireless networks ranging from the PHY layer to applications
* Networks involving novel technologies such as UWB, MIMO, directional antennas, software radios, visible light communications and underwater networking
* Architectures, algorithms and protocols for dynamic spectrum usage, white spaces, and cognitive networks
* Techniques that deal with low power and energy limitations
* Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking
* Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile and wireless systems
* Emerging topics, e.g., robotic swarms, 60 GHz networking, social networking and novel applications enabled by mobile and wireless networking systems

MobiCom 2011 will be a diverse conference and we strongly encourage the submission of mobile systems, experimental and theoretical papers. The program committee will evaluate each paper using metrics that are appropriate for the topic area. For example, a systems or experimental paper in the protocol area will be evaluated based on the innovations in the protocol design, practical implementation, and realistic evaluation, whereas a more theoretical paper may be evaluated mostly based on innovation within the algorithm design. At the same time, the evaluation of wireless and mobile networking technologies is challenging because of the significant impact that the physical environment has on performance. For this reason, all papers must carefully describe and justify the evaluation methodology that is used and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

The program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.