CALL FOR PAPERS
Subject and Purpose of the Workshop
We lately witness a tremendous
development in the wireless sensor networking (WSN), which make it
possible to monitor, unobtrusively and for long periods of time the
physical environment. Ensuring high connectivity within the network is
vital for real applications. Moreover, for many applications, sensor
networks cannot operate in complete isolation. There must be a way
enabling a monitoring entity or some end-users to gain access to the
data produced by the sensor network, and even to interact with a
particular sensor mote to activate/deactivate it, read the sensed
values instantaneously, fix some inner parameters, make dynamic code
loading into the mote, etc. By connecting the sensor network to an
existing network infrastructure such as a local-area network, a private
intranet, mobile network infrastructures, unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), and notably the global internet, gaining remote access to the
sensor network would be straightforward.
The integration of RFID and WSN is one of the most promising technologies that will play an important role in emerging the Internet of the Things (IoT). For example, in a healthcare application, RFID tags can be used to track the elders whereas the sensors are used to monitor the elders’ conditions. However, many questions need answers, and many challenges must be tackled before such interconnection becomes effective. Suitability of IP standards must be investigated, as well as the connection architecture. By openly connect a sensor network to other networks, doors will be opened to new vulnerabilities. An intruder would not need to gain physical access to the network anymore, but it might remotely launch attacks. Security is thus a very important aspect that must be considered. Routing, QoS, and interoperability are also important and challenging issues in the new heterogeneous systems.
Connecting different WSNs is another issue that needs to be considered. A WSN might get partitioned into distinct segments due to battery exhaustion of many sensors. Providing mechanisms to restore connectivity by connecting those segments is of high importance. Also, an isolated segment of sensor nodes that cannot reach its sink can exploit the existence of a neighboring reachable WSN to deliver its sensed information.
This workshop is a forum for researchers, academics, and industrials to debate the different issues related to the interconnection of wireless sensor networks, and discuss relevant theoretical and practical solutions.
The integration of RFID and WSN is one of the most promising technologies that will play an important role in emerging the Internet of the Things (IoT). For example, in a healthcare application, RFID tags can be used to track the elders whereas the sensors are used to monitor the elders’ conditions. However, many questions need answers, and many challenges must be tackled before such interconnection becomes effective. Suitability of IP standards must be investigated, as well as the connection architecture. By openly connect a sensor network to other networks, doors will be opened to new vulnerabilities. An intruder would not need to gain physical access to the network anymore, but it might remotely launch attacks. Security is thus a very important aspect that must be considered. Routing, QoS, and interoperability are also important and challenging issues in the new heterogeneous systems.
Connecting different WSNs is another issue that needs to be considered. A WSN might get partitioned into distinct segments due to battery exhaustion of many sensors. Providing mechanisms to restore connectivity by connecting those segments is of high importance. Also, an isolated segment of sensor nodes that cannot reach its sink can exploit the existence of a neighboring reachable WSN to deliver its sensed information.
This workshop is a forum for researchers, academics, and industrials to debate the different issues related to the interconnection of wireless sensor networks, and discuss relevant theoretical and practical solutions.
Topics
Topics of the workshop consist
of all aspects related to WSN, with
more focus on the interconnection and integration of WSN to other
networks, as well as the connection between WSNs and connectivity
issues. They include but are not limited to:
- Interconnection architecture aspects
- Sensor deployment and connectivity issues
- Integration of WSN and RFID
- Interconnecting sensor and actor networks
- Interconnecting WSN and fixed network
- Interconnecting WSN and mobile network (e.g., GSM, UAV; etc.)
- Interconnecting onboard vehicular sensors and fixed infrastructure (V2I)
- Integration of Body area networks to WLAN and beyond
- Testdeds for integrated networks
- Authentication, vulnerability, protection, and security issues
- Fault-tolerance and dependability of WSN
- Quality of Service (QoS) issues
- Routing and network protocols
- Medium access control protocols
- Transport protocols for congestion control, and Middlewares
- Integrated applications and services for cross networks
- In-network processing and aggregation
- Location and time services
- Integration of sensor networks and web-based services
- Interconnection architecture aspects
- Sensor deployment and connectivity issues
- Integration of WSN and RFID
- Interconnecting sensor and actor networks
- Interconnecting WSN and fixed network
- Interconnecting WSN and mobile network (e.g., GSM, UAV; etc.)
- Interconnecting onboard vehicular sensors and fixed infrastructure (V2I)
- Integration of Body area networks to WLAN and beyond
- Testdeds for integrated networks
- Authentication, vulnerability, protection, and security issues
- Fault-tolerance and dependability of WSN
- Quality of Service (QoS) issues
- Routing and network protocols
- Medium access control protocols
- Transport protocols for congestion control, and Middlewares
- Integrated applications and services for cross networks
- In-network processing and aggregation
- Location and time services
- Integration of sensor networks and web-based services
Submission guidelines and policy
Submitted papers must represent
original material that is not currently
under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been
previously published. Papers are restricted to a maximum length of 6
pages, including text, figures, and references. All papers will be peer
reviewed. Accepted and registered papers will appear in the conference
proceedings. At least one author of accepted papers is required to
register and attend the workshop to present the paper.
Papers should be prepared using the standard IEEE camera-ready template, and submitted in pdf format. Papers should be submitted through easy chair system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwsn11
Importan Dates
Paper submission deadline:
April
01, 2011
Author notification: May 01, 2011
Camera-ready papers and author registration: May 30, 2011
Papers should be prepared using the standard IEEE camera-ready template, and submitted in pdf format. Papers should be submitted through easy chair system:
http://www.easychair.org/
Importan Dates
Paper submission deadline:
April
01, 2011 Author notification: May 01, 2011
Camera-ready papers and author registration: May 30, 2011