Working Groups (WGs)

Working Group 1: “Traffic Engineering”

Chairman: Dirk Staehle

• Traffic characterization and modeling
• Mapping of QoS classes and SLA/SLS
• Resource management and QoS provision
• Congestion control
• Cross-layer design
• Transport protocols over wireless
• MAC
• Performance evaluation

Working Group 2: “Mobility and interoperability”

Chairman: Prof. Francisco Barcelo

• Mobility characterization
• Location awareness
• Handover techniques
• IP mobility protocols
• Interworking between different access technologies
• QoS and mobility [signaling, routing, etc.]
• Privacy and security

Working Group 3: “Network architecture and planning”

Chairman: Prof. Torsten Braun

• Network planning
• Capacity dimensioning
• Evolution of network architecture
• Self organization
• Service architectures
• Over-dimensioning and resilience

Working Group 4: “Services, regulations, and economic aspects”

Chairman: Prof. Vasilios Siris

• Economics and regulation
• New techno-business models, novel pricing and billing mechanisms
• Self-regulated wireless use
• Optimization based in cost/revenues aspects
• Charging and accounting
• Applications requirements and scenarios