5th International Workshop on Performance Analysis and Enhancement of

Wireless Networks (PAEWN’10)



To be held in conjunction with AINA 2010 supported by IEEE Computer Society

Perth, Western Australia, 20-23 April 2010



Scope:

Recent technological developments in wireless communication and mobile networks have led to many challenging problems that require new performance evaluation tools and methods to keep up with their rapid evolution and increasing complexity. This workshop will focus on the development and application of analytical modeling, simulation, prototype testbed, and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques to the area of wireless communication networks.



This workshop is intended to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, practitioners, network and mobile users to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, present original ideas, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research results on all aspects of performance evaluation of wireless networks and mobile computing systems.



The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

· Stochastic modelling and performance evaluation of networks

· Design and analysis of networks and protocols

· Quality of Service provisioning

· Medium access control protocols

· Admission control and congestion control protocols

· Evaluation of reliability and performance guarantees

· Performance evaluation of wireless and sensor devices

· Security issues

· Traffic models

· Mobility management and handover issues

· Resource allocation management

· Routing algorithms

· Simulation models for optimisation of scarce resources

· Integration of ad hoc and sensor networks with broadband wireless network infrastructures

· Performance case studies and industrial reports

· Evaluation of existing tools and techniques

· Improvement in system performance through optimization and tuning

· Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems





Workshop Co-Chairs:



Irfan Awan Geyong Min

Department of Computing Department of Computing

University of Bradford University of Bradford

Bradford, BD7 1DP Bradford, BD7 1DP

U.K. U.K.



E-mail: i.u.awan@brad.ac.uk E-mail: g.min@brad.ac.uk



Workshop Program Co-Chairs:



Samia Loucif Rasha Osman

Department of Software Engineering Department of Computing
Faculty of Engineering & Applied Sciences University of Bradford

AlHosn University Bradford, BD7 1DP

Abu Dhabi, UAE U.K.



Email: s.loucif@alhosnu.ae Email: r.i.m.osman@bradford.ac.uk



Publicity Co-Chairs:



Monis Akhlaq Faeiz Alserhani

Department of Computing Department of Computing

University of Bradford University of Bradford

Bradford, BD7 1DP Bradford, BD7 1DP

U.K. U.K.



Email: m.akhlaq2@bradford.ac.uk Email: f.m.f.alserhani@bradford.ac.uk



Technical Program Committee (to be confirmed):



TBA



Paper Submission and Publication:



Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. The length of the papers should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: URL: http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm.



Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format by sending it as an e-mail attachment to r.i.m.osman@bradford.ac.uk. All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. Accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.



Important Dates:



· Submission Deadline: Nov. 15, 2009

· Author Notification: Dec. 15, 2009

· Author Registration: Jan. 15, 2010

· Final Manuscript Due: Jan. 15, 2010