Conference Scope

　 Wireless

　• 3G/4G wireless communication systems
　• Mobile Ad-hoc networks, Sensor networks
　• Wireless mesh /Heterogeneous networks
　• Convergence of hybrid fixed and mobile communication systems
　• Cognitive radios and networks
　• Low-power mobile devices
　• Security in wireless networks
　• Ubiquitous mobile computing
　• Location-based services and localization
　• Emerging mobile applications and services
　• Radio resource management
　• Cognitive radio and cognitive networks
　• Corporative networks and systems
　• Vehicle comm. networks and systems


　Optical

The Optical Symposium of WOCC 2012 will focus on the important photonic technologies that are related to communication applications. We will bring together experts from academic universities as well as industrial research institutes to discuss recent research breakthroughs and development trends of photonic devices, modules, optical signal processing, sensing, and fiber transmission. The main topics will include, but not limited to, the following:
　• Optical interconnection
　• Optical fiber sensor devices and networks
　• Advanced optical passive/active components and modules
　• Fibers and fiber devices/amplifiers/lasers
　• Microwave photonics
　• Silicon photonics
　• Waveguide devices and planar lightwave circuits
　• Photonic integration
　• Advanced technologies in optics and new optical applications


　Networks

　• Future Internet and next-generation networking architectures
　• Network virtualization and services
　• Convergent network architectures and solutions
　• Migration to NGN and mobile broadband
　• Network planning, optimization, design methods and tools
　• Provisioning, monitoring, and management of IP services
　• Routing issues and technologies for unicast, multicast, anycast,
　 etc (wireless, wireline)
　• Network coding and application
　• Overlay networks and p2p networking
　• Operational and research issues with IPv6
　• Social networks, Access and home networks
　• Packet services and their impact on network design
　• Future PON architectures and upgrade, including WDM-PON,
　 OFDMA-PON, and Hybrid PON
　• Optical packet and burst switching networks
　• Hybrid wireless-optical networks
　• Data center networking
　• Green network


　Multimedia

　• CDN and media networking
　• Content centric network, media delivery network architecture and protocols
　• Multimedia delivery and transport protocols
　• Secure multimedia delivery and storage
　• Peer-to-peer network and applications
　• Cloud based multimedia computing and communications
　• Multimedia indexing and search
　• Semantic/context aware multimedia proc.
　• multimedia content access and distribution
　• QoS for multimedia applications
　• New business opportunities and models