IMSAA-2008

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2nd International IEEE Conference on Internet Multimedia Services Architecture and Application (IMSAA-2008)

Bangalore, India
December, 10-12, 2008

http://www.iiitb.ac.in/imsaa2008/index.html

Co-Sponsored By
IEEE Bangalore Section and International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore
(iiit-b)

************** Paper Submission Deadline: July 27th, 2008 **************

The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a timely attempt at defining a uniform services control layer for next-generation telecommunication networks, and is attracting increased interest from telecom providers and carriers across the world. In particular, IMS is core to the vision of converged services, and aims to provide multimedia services across a variety of access networks, such as 3G, cable and 802.11 hotspots, with appropriate charging and access control. IMS is also expected as the vehicle for offering a variety of exciting new services, such as IPTV, multimedia conferencing and multiplayer gaming, as well as a means to enable seamless communication across enterprise and provider networks through integration with other technologies (such as Web 2.0).


Link for Paper Uploading at EDAS: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6534&

Accepted papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore database.

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Topics of interest include but are NOT LIMITED to the following:

* Architectures and Runtimes for IMS Elements

1. Application Server Architectures and Converged Containers
2. Architectures for Rich and Scalable Presence
3. Service Mediation and Billing Platforms

* IMS Core Services

1. Real-time Service Support: (voice, video calls, multimedia conferencing, multiplayer gaming)
2. Content/Context-aware services: (Location, presence, social and community context)
3. Service Creation Environments (IMS, SCIM, Service Delivery Platforms, Integrated environments)

* Device, Subscriber, Service and Network Management

1. Provisioning and management (Handsets, PDA's, Set top Box, Home Gateway)
2. Subscriber and User Profile Management
3. Managing the quality of the user experience (QoE, QoS)
4. End to end Performance Measurement and modeling (signaling, media,services)

* Operator Network Planning

1. Routing and Load Balancing
2. Redundancy and Fault Tolerance
3. MVNO Operations and Support

* Novel IMS-based Applications

1. Gaming and mixed-reality
2. Environmental and Sensor Monitoring
3. Multimedia Content Sharing
4. Converged IN
5. Converged Home Network
6. IPTV over IMS

* Security, Identity Management and Privacy

1. Privacy and Security in Composite Applications
2. Privacy in LBS
3. IMS authentication

* IMS mobility

1. Heterogeneous Mobility
2. Roaming issues
3. Mobility performance

* IMS and Alternative Technologies

1. P2P and IMS (VoIP, Instant Messaging, Gaming)
2. Integrating IMS and Web2.0 services (Mashups, Rich Internet Applications)
3. User-generated Services and Content
4. IMS simplification
5. Non-IMS support

* Case Studies and Status of IMS deployment

1. Interoperability Testing
2. IMS Support in Vendor Products
3. Benchmarking IMS Services and Applications

* Testbeds and Software Tools

1. Service Test and Validation Platforms
2. Open Source Initiatives
3. Benchmarking IMS Services and Applications

* IMS Clients and Devices

1. IMS-aware consumer devices
2. Media/communication platforms

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PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Paper submission format: Papers must be submitted in IEEE format (.pdf file).
The EDAS website for paper registration and complete paper submission is as follows:
http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6534&

Formating instruction:
Papers for review: Double-column, 10pt IEEE format and no longer than 6 pages (including all figures and references).

Camera ready paper: It will be in double-column, IEEE format,10 pt font, and no longer than 6 pages (including all figures and references).

Instruction for paper formatting can be found at:
http://www.iiitb.ac.in/imsaa2008/documents/A4.doc (Word) http://www.iiitb.ac.in/imsaa2008/documents/IEEEtran.tar.gz (Latex)


Demo proposals should be sent via e-mail directly to Demo chairs:
Sachin Deshpande (sdeshpande@sharplabs.com) and Tilak Kesavapillai (tilak@motorola.com), before 15th August, 2008 .

A Demo proposal should include the following information:

a) Demo title
b) Full contact information of the company putting up the demo
c) Description of the Demo including objectives, content, and format of the demo
d) IMS Ring support detail (if any). Details of the IMS ring hosted at IIITB can be given accordingly.
e) UPS, WLAN, furniture requirements
d) List of potential demonstrators
f) A short brief on company information

More information at:-
http://www.iiitb.ac.in/imsaa2008/demo.html

Tutorial proposals should be submitted to Tutorial chair:- Jyotsna Bapat (jbapat@iiitb.ac.in).

* Papers must not substantially overlap with papers which are already published or are simultaneously submitted to other journals or conference with proceedings.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Last date for paper submission: 27th July, 2008 (EST, USA) Last date for tutorial proposal submission: 27th July, 2008 (EST, USA) Last date for demo proposal submission: 15th August 2008 (EST, USA)

Paper review notification: 15th Sept., 2008 Paper camera ready: 5th Oct. 2008

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

* Steering Committee Chairs
1. Sowmyanarayanan Sadagopan (IIIT-Bangalore, India)
2. Sammy Sana (Country President, Motorola, India)
3. Madhukar V Pitke (Founder Director C-DoT, India)
* General Chairs
1. Vinod Vasudeban (Reliance Communication, India)
2. Sandeep Mehta (Tata Communications, India)
3. K.Ramakrishna (IEEE Bangalore Section Chair)
* Organizing Committee
1. Subir Saha (Motorola Research Lab, India)
* Technical Program Committee
1. Ashutosh Dutta (Telcordia Applied Research, USA)
2. Tsunehiko Chiba (KDDI R&D Labs, Japan)
* Publicity Chair
1. Vishal K Singh (NEC Labs, USA)
2. R. Muralidharan (Nayna Networks, India)
* Publication Chair
1. Aileen Cheng (Telcordia Applied Research, USA)
2. Debabrata Das (IIIT-Bangalore, India )
* Tutorial Chair
1. Jyotsna Bapat (IIIT-Bangalore)
* Demo Chair
1. Sachin Deshpande (Sharp Labs, USA)
2. Tilak Kesavapillai (Motorola, India)
* Panel Discussion Chair
1. Ajay RajKumar (Alcatel-Lucent, USA)
* Local Activities Chair
1. Sreeja M. (Open Call, Hewlett Packard, India)
* Registration Chair
1. Koushik Sinha (Honeywell, India)
* Treasurer
1. C. M. Abraham (International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore)

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Additional details about the conference can be found at:
http://www.iiitb.ac.in/imsaa2008/index.html