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The third Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet
Technically Sponsored by: IEEE (Pending) and IEEE COMSOC (Pending)
May 28 - 29, 2012, Baabda - Lebanon http://www.relabira.com https://webmail.upa.edu.lb/owa/redir.aspx?C=6d5b8c4d43ed47848a5a74d6f5e 6ef6a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.relabira.com
Overview ================================= RELABIRA'2012 is the third International Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet that will be held from 28 to 29 May, 2012 at the main campus of the Antonine University in Baabda, Lebanon. This Symposium is organized by the Faculty of Engineering at the Antonine University with the collaboration of France Telecom R&D and Rennes 1 University. RELABIRA'2012 is technically sponsored by: IEEE (Pending) and IEEE COMSOC (Pending).
This 3rd edition of the symposium, which is free of charge, discusses the technical, economic, judicial and social impacts on deploying a broadband network and the migration towards new Internet-oriented technologies in core networks as well as mobile and fixed access networks. All key actors, governments, industry and academia are becoming more aware of the increasing applications usage while surfing websites, which needs a rich bandwidth connection and a high service quality.
Enlarging the spectrum of discussed subjects related to the main theme gave this symposium its identity. The main idea is to treat all technical aspects related to the subject of the symposium in addition to one non technical session that introduces, each time, a new controversial subject. The non technical theme in RELABIRA'2012 is the "Sustainable development and logical recycling". In this 3rd edition, the symposium program will feature three invited keynote speakers, both from industry and academia.
** Important Dates ** ================================= Papers submission: March 09, 2012 Camera ready submission: May 09, 2012 Acceptance Notification: April 09, 2012 Symposium dates: May 28-29, 2012
Topics of interest ================================= The research sessions will include presentations of latest research projects and papers, on the following topics (but not limited to): 1. Broadband fixed networks infrastructure: - Optical networks and switching technologies (OCS, OBS, OPS, etc.) - Submarine networks - Optical access networks (PON, EPON, GPON, XGPON, etc.) - Multi-level routing protocol (GMPLS) - Protection and restoration - Technical constraints awareness 2. Broadband wireless networks infrastructure: - Broadband mobile networks engineering - New generation mobile networks (NGN): 3G, 4G, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX, etc. - Software Radio and Software Defined Radio - Modulation and multiplexing technologies in mobile networks - Ad hoc networks (MANET) for Multimedia applications 3. Applications, services and security: - Multimedia applications and services - Systems and networks security - Grid computing - Semantic Web - Optimization algorithms 4. Broadband networks non technical aspects: - Telecommunications networks impact on the climate warming problem - Broadband networks regulation and legislation - Right of access to information - Social impacts of networks and networks applications 5. Broadband networks economic models
Submissions ================================= Submissions should be in English, strictly not exceeding 8 double-column pages (3,000 words) in IEEE proceedings style (Adobe PDF format), including tables and figures. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Acceptance will be based on full papers. Accepted and registered papers will be published in the symposium proceedings and in IEEE Xplore (Pending). Papers must be submitted via EasyChair on the following address: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=relabira2012
To access the full list of topics, submission guidelines, as well as venue and travel information please visit: http://www.relabira.com/
Steering committee ================================= Esther Le ROUZIC - Orange Labs, France Paul GHOBRIL - Antonine University, Lebanon Bernard COUSIN - Rennes 1 University, France Tijani CHAHED - Telecom Sud-Paris, France
Conference Chair ================================= Paul GHOBRIL - Antonine University, Lebanon
Technical Program Committee Chair ================================= Bernard COUSIN - Rennes 1 University, France
Keynote Speakers ================================= Samir TOHME - University of Versailles, France Marco Ajmone MARSAN - Politecnico di Torino Lanfranco MARASSO - Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Technical Program Committee ================================= Samir TOHME - University of Versailles, France Abed Ellatif SAMHAT - Lebanese University, Lebanon Gerardo RUBINO - Inria, France Nicolas ROUHANA - Saint Joseph University, Lebanon Adam OUOROU - Orange Labs, France Loutfi NUAYMI - Telecom Bretagne, France Chady NADER - Lebanese University, Lebanon Imad MOUGHARBEL - Lebanese University, Lebanon Esther LE ROUZIC - Orange Labs, France George KOUTITAS - International Hellenic University, Greece Kinda KHAWAM - University of Versailles, France Yvon GOURHANT - Orange Labs, France Christophe GOSSET - Telecom ParisTech, France Ahmad FADLALLAH - Arab Open University, Lebanon Elias DOUMITH - Telecom ParisTech, France Jacques DEMERJIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon Zaher DAWY - American University of Beirut, Lebanon Tijani CHAHED - Telecom Sud-Paris, France Carole BASSIL - Lebanese University, Lebanon Mohamad BADRA - Dhofar University, Oman Nadine AKKARI - King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Local Organizing Committee Chair ================================= Jacques DEMERJIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon
Local Organizing Committee ================================= Josette DIBIANY - Antonine University, Lebanon Rony DARAZI- Antonine University, Lebanon Talar ATECHIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon
For further information please send an email to contact@relabira.com