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Important Dates
- Submission deadline:
May 9, 2005 Extended to May 16, 2005
- Notification: July 4, 2005
- Camera ready: July 27, 2005
Scope
The goal of this workshop is to explore the development of wireless
vehicular ad hoc networking (VANET) technologies. Enabled by short- to
medium-range communication systems (vehicle-vehicle or
vehicle-roadside), the VANET vision includes vehicular realtime and
safety applications, sharing the wireless channel with mobile
applications from a large, decentralized array of commercial service
providers. VANET safety applications include collision and other safety
warnings. Non-safety applications include real-time traffic congestion
and routing information, high-speed tolling, mobile infotainment, and
many others.
Following the success of VANET
2004 held last year in Philadelphia,
VANET 2005, the Second ACM International Workshop on Vehicular Ad Hoc
Networks, will be held in Cologne, Germany, September 2, 2005, in
conjunction with MobiCom 2005. Authors are invited to submit papers
presenting new research related to the theory or practice of vehicular
ad hoc networks (VANET). All submissions must describe original
research, not published or currently under review for another workshop,
conference, or journal.
The opportunities for VANET are growing rapidly. In December 2003, the
U.S. FCC approved 75 MHz of spectrum for Dedicated Short Range
Communications (DSRC), and the resulting DSRC system is expected to be
the first wide-scale VANET in North America. In Japan, two DSRC
standards have been adopted (the ARIB STD-T75 in 2001, the ARIB STD-T88
in 2004), and Japanese auto manufactures are working with the Ministry
of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation in the third phase of an
ambitious Advanced Safety Vehicle project. The German Ministry of
Education and Research has sponsored the Fleetnet and Network on Wheels
projects. Throughout the world, there are many national/international
projects in government, industry, and academia devoted to VANETs.
Creating high-performance, highly scalable, and secure VANET
technologies presents an extraordinary challenge to the wireless
research community. Yet, certain limitations commonly assumed in ad hoc
networks are mitigated in VANET. For example, VANET may marshal ample
computational and power resources. Mobility patterns are constrained by
road paths and driving speed restrictions. As opposed to sensor
networks, VANET represents high resource/performance wireless
technologies.
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