http://www.ieeelcn.org/lcn34cfp.pdf

CALL FOR PAPERS

LCN invites you to Europe for the third time in its history! TheIEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of practical computer networking. During the last 34 years, it has been the venue of choice for presenting many state-of-the art developments ranging from high-speed local networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions in leading edge topics including, but not limited to:
• Ad hoc & sensor networks
• Embedded networks
• High-speed access networks
• Home and SOHO networks
• IPv6 deployment & migration
• Local area networks
• Optical networks
• Overlay networks
• Peer-to-peer networks
• Personal and wearable networks
• Storage area networks
• Ubiquitous networking
• Wireless networks
• Adaptive applications
• Authentication, authorization, accounting
• Congestion & flow control
• Cross-layer optimization
• Location-dependent services
• Mobility management
• Multimedia & real-time communication
• Network management
• Network reliability and security
• Network traffic characterization
• Performance evaluation/engineering
• Performance measurement and tuning
• Quality-of-Service provisioning
Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation. Full papers (up to 8 pages, 10 pt font in IEEE 2-column format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 4 pages in length. Short papers will be presented in a poster format and published in proceedings. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page.

Paper submission:
Submission instructions will be posted at http://www.ieeelcn.org. Please direct your questions to the Program Chairs, Mohamed Younis (younis@cs.umbc.edu) and Chun Tung Chou
(ctchou@cse.unsw.edu.au).

Important dates:
Paper registration deadline: April 6, 2009
Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2009
Paper submission deadline: April 13, 2009
Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2009

LCN 2009
The 34thAnnual IEEE Conference on
Local Computer Networks (LCN)
General Chair:
Ehab Elmallah,
University of Alberta
Program Chair:
Mohamed Younis, University
of Maryland, Baltimore County
Program Co-Chair:
Chun Tung Chou,
University of New South Wales
Finance Chair:
Frank Hübner, AT&T Labs
Publication Chair:
Tom Pfeifer, TSSG, Waterford IT
Local Arrangements Chair:
BurkhardStiller, University
of Zürich and ETH Zürich
Workshops Chair:
Damla Turgut,
University of Central Florida
Demo Chair:
Nils Aschenbruck,
University of Bonn
Publicity Chair:
Anura Jayasumana,
Colorado StateUniversity
Editorial Liaison Chair:
Farid Naït-Abdesselam,
Univ. of Sciences & Tech. of Lille
Corporate Relations Chair:
Matthias Frank,
University of Bonn
International Advisors:
Ken Christensen,
University of South Florida
Sanjay Jha,
University of New South Wales
Declan O'Sullivan,
Trinity College Dublin
Webmaster:
Gary Kessler, Champlain College
Standing Committee:
Joe Bumblis, BAE Systems
Ken Christensen,
University of South Florida
Hossam Hassanein,
Queen’s University, Canada
Gary Kessler,
Champlain College
Peter Martini,
University of Bonn
BurkhardStiller, University
of Zürich and ETH Zürich
Tim Strayer, BBN
Zurich, Switzerland. October 20-23, 2009
http://www.ieeelcn.org
Workshops:
LCN will continue with its tradition of co-located workshops covering topics of current interest.
Workshop papers will be published in the LCN proceedings. Information on workshops,
submission deadlines and all other details will be available at http://www.ieeelcn.org.
Demos:
Proposals are solicited for research and product demonstrations and exhibits. Submission
instructions will be posted at http://www.ieeelcn.org. Please direct your questions to the Demo
Chair, Nils Aschenbruck(aschenbruck@cs.uni-bonn.de).