Contributions are invited on all topics concerning wireless and optical communications networks and components. We are soliciting original papers describing the state-of-the-art research and development in the areas of Wireless and Optical Communication and Networks, including, but not limited to the following topics:

    Mobile Communications and Mobility
    Mobile Planet
    Game Theory and its Application
    Wireless Communications and Networking
    Cognitive Green Radio Communications
    Optical Communications and Networking
    Information and Communications Technologies
    Simulation, Modeling and Analysis and Performance Evaluations
    Network Management and Services
    Health Care and Home Networking
    E- and M- Commerce
    Satellite Communications Systems
    Optical Passive and Active Components and Devices
    Internet and IP Telephony and IPV6
    Architectures, Devices and Security and Privacy
    Nano-photonics and Bio-photonics
    Bio-Engineering
    Ultra Wide Band UWB and RFID
    Physical and Link Layers and Lower Layers of Protocols
    Higher Layers of Protocols, Application
    WLAN and Mobile WIMAX, 3G and 4G Systems
    Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Mesh Networks
    Peer-to-peer and Machine-to-Machine Communications
    Quality of Service and Traffic Management and Characterization
    MIMO and Beam Forming and OFDM
    Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
    Military Application of Communications and Information Security
    Intelligent Transportation Systems
    Internet Applications
    Application of Information and Communications Technologies
    Cloud Computing
    Smart Grid Communications, High/low Power Transmission
    Design of Smart Cities and social networking

Optical Fiber Sensing Technologies

    New concepts of optical fiber sensing
    Fiber grating sensors
    Fiber-optic interferometric sensors
    Distributed sensors
    Tapered fiber sensors
    Micro-structured fiber-optic sensors
    Fiber-optic physical and mechanical sensors
    Fiber-optic chemical and medical sensors
    Multiplexing and networks of optical fiber sensors

Optical Networking

    Network planning
    Design and modeling, access/metro networks
    IP over WDM networks, protection/restoration
    GMPLS
    QoS issues
    Routing and wavelength assignment
    Multiple access techniques
    Fairness control in optical LANs and MANs

Optical Switching and Network Elements

    Photonic switching systems
    Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers
    Optical IP routers
    Photonic packet switching
    Monitoring techniques
    Optical signal processing
    Wavelength conversion
    Optical interfaces and terminals
    Optical interconnections
    Optical fiber and cables

Optical Transmission

    WDM transmission systems
    Transmission subsystems
    Transmission impairments mitigation
    Ultrahigh bit rate transmission systems
    Nonlinear systems
    Optical regeneration
    Radio over fiber
    Short-haul and optical backplane subsystems
    Optical electronic signal processing for subsystem impairment mitigation
    Optical Channel Monitoring
    Advanced Modulation Formats and Error Correction
    Optical Wireless

Optical Active Components and Modules

    Optical modulators and switches
    Semiconductor optical amplifiers
    Semiconductor lasers and detectors
    Fiber amplifiers and lasers
    Raman and Brillouin amplifiers
    Optical MEMS
    Photonic integrated circuits/modules
    VCSELs

Optical Passive Components

    Fiber-based devices
    Dispersion compensators
    Optical tunable filters
    Optical circulators and isolators
    Optical waveguide-based devices
    Fiber and waveguide filters
    Microstructured waveguides and devices
    Arrayed waveguide devices
    Optical splitting and directional couplers
    Photonic crystal fibers

Optical Networking Technologies

    Optical network planning, design and modelling
    Optical access/metro networks
    IP over optical networks
    Network protection/restoration
    Generalised multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS)
    Planning and design tools for optical networks
    QoS issues in optical networks
    Routing and wavelength assignment
    Multiple access technique and fairness control in optical LANs and MANs

Optical Switching and Network Elements

    Photonic switching system architectures
    Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers
    Optical IP routers
    Photonic packet switching
    Network signalling and monitoring techniques
    Optical signal processing
    Wavelength conversion techniques

Optical Transmission Technologies

    WDM Ultra-long haul transmission systems
    OTDM transmission systems
    Soliton transmission systems
    Transmission system experiments
    Radio over fibre-optics
    Optical interconnections
    Optical interfaces and terminals

Optical Passive Components

    Fiber-Bragg-grating-based devices
    Fiber-grating dispersion compensators
    Optical circulators and isolators
    Optical waveguide-based devices
    Fiber and waveguide filters
    Microstructured waveguides and devices
    Arrayed waveguide devices
    Optical splitting and directional couplers

Optical Active Components and Modules

    Optical modulators and switches
    Semiconductor optical amplifiers
    Semiconductor lasers and detectors
    Fibre amplifiers and lasers
    Raman and Brillouin amplifiers
    Automatic gain control of optical amplifiers
    Optical MEMS
    Photonic integrated circuits/modules
    Optical tunable filters
    Optical logics and memories

Mobile and Wireless Communications topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

    Management
    Resource and Information Management
    Pricing and Billing Issues

    Architecture
     Convergence of Fixed and Mobile
     Hybrid Communications System

    Devices
     Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications

    Security
     Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks

    QoS
     Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning
     End-to-end Quality of Service

    Mobility Support
     Handoff Algorithms
     IP and Mobility
     Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
     Policy-based Mobility Management

    Applications
     Personal Communications
     Location and Context Management
     Smart Media
     Mobile Code
     Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications

    Access
     Wireless IP
     Wireless Multimedia Services
     Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
     Multiple Access Technology
     Broadband Wireless Access

    Networking
     Wireless Personal Area Networks
     Wireless Local Area Networks
     Mobility and Nomadic Computing
     Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols
     Home Networking
     Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet
     Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing
     Satellite Networks

    Internet
    Access and Broadband Technologies
    Agent Technologies, Distributed Games
    Hypertext and Hypermedia
    Multimedia on the Web
    Audio/video/voice Coding for Internet Service
    Internet Security, Multicast
    Virtual Private Networks
    Web Navigation Strategies, Quality of Service
    Scalability Aspects, Traffic Characterization

    Information and Communications Technologies
    IP telephony and IP V6
    Satellite Communications Systems for Mobile Planet
    Security and Privacy
    Multimedia Applications, QoS and Traffic Management
    Sensor Mesh and Ad Hoc Networks
    WLAN, Mobile WIMAX, Femtocells, 3G and 4G Systems
    Multiple Antenna Systems- MIMO and Beam Forming and OFDM
    Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks
    Ultra-wideband (UWB) Communications Systems and RFID
    Modeling and Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Networks
    Control Theory and Practical Implementation of Communications Networks
    Design of Algorithms and Decision Making of Large Distributed Communications Networks
    Power Line Communications Applications and Development
    State of the Art and Practice of M- and E-commerce and Web-based Information Systems
    Peer-to-Peer systems, Grids and Large-scale Distributed Systems
    Applications of Wearable Systems in Consumers, Industrial, Medical, Educational, Military Environment