The IEEE INFOCOM 2012 conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. We invite submissions on network architecture, design, implementation, operations, analysis, measurement, performance, and simulation. Topics of interest incude, but are not limited to, the following

* Ad hoc mobile networks
* Addressing and location management
* Broadband access technologies
* Capacity planning
* Cellular and broadband wireless nets
* Cognitive radio networking
* Congestion control
* Content-based network service
* Cross layer design and optimization
* Cyber‐physical systems and networking
* Data center and cloud computing
* Denial of service
* Delay/disruption tolerant networks
* Dynamic spectrum management
* Future Internet design
* Implementation and experimental testbeds
* Middleware support for networking
* Mobility models and systems
* Multicast, broadcast and anycast
* Multimedia protocols
* Network applications and services
* Network architectures
* Network coding
* Network control
* Network management
* Network simulation and emulation
* Novel network architectures
* Optical networks
* Peer‐to‐peer networks
* Performance evaluation
* Power control and management
* Pricing and billing
* Quality of service
* Resource allocation and management
* RFID networks and protocols
* Routing protocols
* Scheduling and buffer management
* Security, trust and privacy
* Self-organizing networks
* Sensor networks and embedded systems
* Service overlays
* Social computing and networks
* Switches and switching
* Topology characterization and inference
* Traffic measurement and analysis
* Traffic engineering and control
* Vehicular and underwater networks
* Virtual and overlay networks
* Web services and performance
* Wireless mesh networks and protocols


Important dates

Abstract due Friday, July 22, 2011
Full paper due Friday, July 29, 2011
Notification of acceptance Monday, November 21, 2011
Final version due TBA


Organizing Committee

General Co-Chair:
Albert Greenberg (Microsoft Research)

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Anwar Walid (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent)
Dapeng Oliver Wu (University of Florida)
Junshan Zhang (Arizona State University)

Standing Committee Chair:
Harvey Freeman (HAF Consulting, Inc.)