Wireless ad hoc and sensor networking
and computing research has been concentrated on multi-hop scenarios (network nodes
communicating via other network nodes), which have attracted much attention due to
potential applications such as conference, hospital, battlefield, rescue, and monitoring
scenarios. Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks are formed by a set of hosts that
communicate with each other over a wireless channel. Wireless devices operate in a
self-organized and decentralized manner and message communication takes place via
multi-hop spreading. Much work has been done in protocol and system design for networking
and communication, simulation, and experimental study. The theoretical research, however,
falls short of the expectation of the future ad hoc network deployment. Recent research in
a variety of wireless ad hoc networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless
mesh networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless personal area networks, vehicular
networks, RFID networks, and hybrid networks, raises a number of interesting, and
difficult, theoretical and algorithmic issues. This workshop is devoted to distributed
algorithms and theoretical methods in the context of mobile ad hoc computing and
communications. The workshop is intended to foster cooperation among researchers in mobile
ad hoc networking and theoreticians in algorithm and theory, and push the theoretical
research forward for a deeper understanding about ad hoc networking and computing. The first FOWANC workshop was held in Hong Kong, China in conjunction with ACM Mobihoc 2008.
This workshop covers the all areas of ad hoc and sensor networking and
computing, from physical issues up to applications, with a focus of theoretical and
algorithmic aspect. In particular, it will cover distributed algorithms, optimizations,
analysis and modeling, randomized algorithms, mechanism design, and theoretical methods in
ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. It is the goal of this workshop to review new
algorithm and theory and to reflect the latest in the state of the art of theoretical
foundation for ad hoc and sensor networks. It seeks to provide up to date information on
theoretical research and development activities in the rapidly growing area of ad hoc and
sensor networks.
Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently
under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. Contributions are solicited
in all areas related to mobile ad hoc networking and computing where discrete algorithms
and theoretical methods are utilized. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
- Channel assignment and management
- Coding theory and network coding
- Cryptography, security and privacy
- Distributed algorithms
- Dynamic and random networks
- Dynamic graph algorithms
- Energy conservation methods and protocols
- Localization and location tracking
- Mechanism design and game theory
- Modeling and complexity analysis
- Routing, multicast and broadcast
- Scheduling
- Selfish behavior and cooperation
- Synchronization Protocol optimization
Please send email to
yu.wang@uncc.edu and yli@cs.gsu.edu with any questions or comments
about the workshop or the paper submission and review process or for more information.
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