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The workshop on Networking protocols and standards for mobility (NPSM)

Co-organized by:  IEEE ICNP'24: The 32st IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols The papers will be published in IEEE Xplore as part of the ICNP proceedings

Overview

The emergence of vehicular networks has revolutionized the transportation sector, promising enhanced safety, efficiency, and connectivity. However, as the deployment of these networks becomes more widespread, it brings forth a myriad of challenges and opportunities in terms of communication protocols. Hence, we propose a workshop focusing on network protocols for vehicles, aimed at fostering collaboration between industrial stakeholders and academic researchers. This workshop will serve as a platform for industrial experts to elucidate the requirements and challenges encountered during the deployment of new standards in vehicular networks. Additionally, the workshop will provide a forum for academic researchers to showcase their latest advancements in the field, offering innovative solutions to address the identified challenges. By facilitating dialogue and knowledge exchange between these two communities, the workshop aims to accelerate the development and adoption of robust and efficient network protocols tailored for vehicular environments.

Call for Papers

We welcome submissions of original research, work-in-progress, and proof of concepts describing original ideas and presenting new directions, covering a broad spectrum of topics related to vehicular network protocols, including, but not limited to:

• Evolution of communication technologies for vehicular networks (including in-vehicle communications);
• Transition from legacy systems to next-generation protocols in vehicular networks;
• Architectures and protocols for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), including traffic management, collision avoidance, and cooperative driving;
• Coexistence and interference mitigation strategies between different radio systems within vehicular networks;
• Network as sensors: Utilization of vehicular networks as a sensor network for environmental monitoring, traffic management, and infrastructure health monitoring, for example;
• Satellite networks: Integration of satellite communication technologies into vehicular networks for global coverage and seamless connectivity;
• Resilient connectivity, dependable, and real-time communications: Techniques and protocols to ensure reliable and low-latency communication in challenging vehicular environments;
• Trust and privacy: Security mechanisms and privacy-preserving techniques for safeguarding vehicular communication and data exchange;
• Energy requirements of communications: Energy-efficient communication protocols and strategies for reducing the energy consumption of vehicular networks;
• Transport protocols for vehicular networks: Design and optimization of transport layer protocols tailored for vehicular communication scenarios.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions must be original, unpublished work, and not under consideration at another conference or journal. Paper submissions should adhere to the IEEE Conference formatting requirements with double columns and the font size must be 10 points. The length of the final paper with all its content (including references) must not exceed 6 pages. Papers must include the author’s names and affiliations for single-blind peer reviewing by the PC. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop.

Please submit your paper here.

Important Dates

Committee

Technical Program Committee(TPC):

• Ana Aguiar (Univ. Porto)
• Alexey Vinel (KIT, Germany)
• Carol Habib (INRIA, France)
• Christoff Sommer (TU Dresden, Germany)
• Doganalp Ergenc (TU Berlin, Germany)
• Etienne Fayt (Alstom, Belgium)
• Hervé Rivano (INRIA and INSA Lyon, France)
• Justin Han (General Motors, USA)
• Marco Zennaro (Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICPT), Italy)
• Pietro Manzoni (University Polytechnic of Valencia, Spain)
• Sam Michiels (KUL, Belgium)
• Takamasa Higuchi (Toyota InfoTech Labs, Japan)

TPC Chair: Cristel Pelsser (UCLouvain, Belgium)

Contact

For any questions, please reach us at cristel.pelsser@uclouvain.be.