Workshop on Flexible and Agile Networks: 5G and Beyond (FlexNets) in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2019
FlexNets 2019
- URL: http://flexnets.ceng.metu.edu.tr/
- Event Date: 2019-04-29 ~ 2019-05-02
- Submission Date: 2018-12-30
- Location: Paris, France
Computer Networks & Wireless Communication
to be held in conjunction with the
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
29 April - 2 May 2019, Paris, France
http://flexnets.ceng.metu.edu.tr (http://flexnets.ceng.metu.edu.tr/)
Future systems such as 5G and beyond are expected to serve applications with varying requirements, be adaptive to dynamic topologies, and take autonomous decisions to reconfigure the networks for efficiency and resiliency purposes. As a result, next-generation networks are subject to certain spatial and temporal requirements affecting the behavior of the network, which may be considered as an intuitive indicator of the need for certain transformation processes. The variety in the demands of individual users and even each application is expected to increase in time together with the increase in the number of services provided by these networks. As the number of such bandwidth-hungry applications increases, the capability of end-to-end holistic network transformation is required triggered by the dynamicity and mobility of users and their service demands as well as the radio and resource topology. Network resources will eventually be wasted if related parameters are not adapted to individual QoE/QoS needs and the dynamics of the applications and services, initially starting from radio resource topology and diffusing into software network resource topology based on the underlying networking and computing infrastructure. To resolve these challenges, flexible and agile networking solutions are required to deal with uncertainties and unknowns, and also to enable backward and forward compatibility.
Ability to process the big data generated by the network, to derive necessary feedbacks from it and AI-assisted cognitive network management are critical to achieving elasticity and adaptiveness to network dynamics. The dynamicity can be due to mobility of the end users, base stations and rearrangement of network resources (either physical or virtual network functions). Distributed, self-*, AI-assisted, and deeply programmable/reconfigurable networking solutions are enablers of flexible end-to-end network architecture that can address such network dynamics. Papers presenting mathematical analysis, simulation studies, testbed evaluations, field trials, and hands-on experiences are welcome.
In this FlexNets workshop, the topic of interests include, but are not limited to:
Autonomous network function allocation and placement
Cognitive and flexible network management
AI-First networks, AI-assisted deeply-programmable networks
Edge assistance and edge-cloud collaboration for elasticity
Virtualization of network functions and elements, microservices
Energy-efficient and virtual radio access technologies, programmable RAN, RANaaS
Multi-context awareness, multi-service and multi-tenancy and network slicing,
Service-oriented network management, service orchestration
Flexible backhauling/fronthauling, Integrated access/backhaul (IAB)
Runtime flexibility in services and applications, application-driven optimization
Drone-assisted agile networks, base stations on wheels or wings
Flexibility in/for machine-type communication and IoT
Flexible and software-defined security, physical-layer security
Blockchain-based solutions enabling network flexibility/agility
Business models addressing elastic/flexible services and applications
Paper submission: http://edas.info/N25594 (http://edas.info/N25594)
All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Standard IEEE conference templates for LaTeX formats.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: December 30, 2018
Acceptance notification: February 22, 2019
Camera-ready paper: March 10, 2019
Chairs
Yunus Dönmez, Co-chair, NETAŞ, Turkey, ydonmez@netas.com.tr (mailto:ydonmez@netas.com.tr)
Ertan Onur, Co-chair, METU, Turkey, eronur@metu.edu.tr (mailto:eronur@metu.edu.tr)
Ilker Demirkol, TPC chair, UPC, Spain, ilker.demirkol@entel.upc.edu (mailto:ilker.demirkol@entel.upc.edu)
Marcelo Carvalho, Publicity chair, UnB, Brazil, mmcarvalho@ene.unb.br (mailto:mmcarvalho@ene.unb.br)
Contact person
Ertan Onur, eronur@metu.edu.tr (mailto:eronur@metu.edu.tr)
Journal Promotion
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| Acta Koreana (Acta Koreana) |
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| Acta Via Serica (AVS) |
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| Computers and Concrete (CAC) |
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| Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) |
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| Journal of Internet Computing and Services (KSII - JICS) |
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| Journal of Smart Tourism (Smart Tourism) |
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| Membrane and Water Treatment (MWT) |
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| Wind and Structures, An International Journal (Wind and Structures) |
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