OpComm 2006

The first IEEE International Workshop on Operator-Assisted (Wireless Mesh) Community Networks.

The field of Wireless Mesh Networks is eagerly explored by many communities, including established and
new/small operators, free community network activist, and researchers at universities and industry laboratories.
Many countries, and Germany in particular, have a rich set of actors in this scene, who have accumulated a
wealth of novel technologies, practical experience, and visions of future services and potential business. This
workshop will provide a unique forum (1) to capture the current state of the art from the operator's, the
researcher's, and the community network activity’s perspective, and, (2) to encourage the exchange of ideas, to
discuss best practices and upcoming standards, and to raise awareness between these groups, which will
hopefully lead to synergy and intensified co-operation rather than simple coexistence.

Papers
Authors are invited to submit full papers (8-10 pages in length) presenting new research, experience
or business approaches in the area of wireless mesh networks, community networks, or WiFi/WiMax-based
service provisioning. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Experience with experimental (urban) wireless mesh / community networks
• Integration of operator networks with wireless mesh / community networks
• Operator-controlled vs. automatic (radio-) resource management in wireless mesh networks
• Human mobility in wireless mesh / community networks
• Implication of mobility over wireless (mesh/ad hoc community) capacity
• Applications and services for wireless mesh / community networks
• Integration and interworking of wired and wireless (mesh) networks
• Location-dependent applications and services
• QoS in wireless mesh networks
• VoIP in wireless mesh networks
• Opportunistic Routing protocols for wireless mesh / community networks
• Interference management in (ad-hoc) wireless mesh networks
• Cross-Layer Optimization in wireless mesh content distribution networks
• Simulation Frameworks and Performance Evaluation of wireless mesh networks

The technical program committee will referee all papers. All submissions for OpComm 2006 must be done
electronically through the EDAS Conference Management System (http://edas.info). Detailed instructions for
submitting a paper are available on the workshop web page.