[NGNOPS'09] CFP: IEEE Workshop on Next-Generation Networks, Open Platforms and Systems

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Call for Papers, Workshop.
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The Second International IEEE Workshop NGNOPS'09 is co-located with the IEEE NGMAST'09 conference and scheduled on the Sep 16, 2009, Cardiff, Wales, UK. http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/NGMAST09/ngnops/index.html

IMPORTANT DATES:
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Paper Submission: 27th April 2009

Notification of Acceptance: 30 May 2009

Camera Ready: 22 June 2009

Author/Early Registration: 22 June 2009

Workshop: 16 September 2009

Conference Dates: 15-18 September 2009

Objective of the workshop
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The objective of the NGN-OPS workshop is to discuss the open source activities contributing to aspects Next Generation Networking (NGN), mobile devices, development environment and open source technologies enabling in creating an open ecosystem. We are inviting both theoretical, developmental and experimental papers as well as work-in-progress research projects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Open Source Projects based on:
• OpenIMSCore, Mobicents and UCT IPTV initiatives
• Google Android, iPhone OSX, Palm OS
• OpenMoko and Open Devices

* Open Source for Building Test Networks
• Testbed Design and Deployment
• Testbed Measurements

* Open Source software development projects and community efforts relating to

• Next Generation Networking
• Mobile Devices o Mobility Technologies
• Pervasive Networking
• Mobile Applications Development Frameworks and Tools
• Deployment of Community Networks using Open Source software and tools

* Open Standards efforts relating to
• Next Generation Networking
• Mobile Applications and Web 2.0
• Network Management for NGNs

* Open Source based
• NGN Services prototypes
• NGN Services test beds

Best Regards,
Workshop Chair.