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CCNC 2005 will present the latest approaches and technical solutions in the area of home networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies such as middleware, multimedia and novel applications and services. The conference will include a peer-reviewed program of technical sessions, business application sessions, tutorials and poster sessions.

Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
NETWORKING
  • Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks
  • Body and Personal Area Networks
  • Distributed Gaming Protocols
  • Economics of Entertainment Networks
  • Home Networks
  • Interworking
  • Last Mile Network Technologies
  • Multimedia Distribution Protocols
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Management and Control
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Security and Privacy
  • Policy Support
  • QoS Support and Performance
  • Residential Gateways
  • Session, User and Device Mobility
  • Thin Client Support
  • Vehicle Networks
  • Wireless Networks
    ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
  • Middleware (Java, .Net, XML, OSGi, JTWI, JXTA, MHP/OCAP, UPnP, etc.)
  • Multimedia Technologies
  • Image Retrieval
  • Service Composition
  • Look-up Technologies
  • Operating Systems for mobile computing
  • Database Management Systems
  • The semantic web
  • Data and Program Migration
  • Consumer Middleware
  • Service and Device Discovery
  • Interoperability
  • Biometrics for Security
  • Digital Rights Management
  • Wearable Computers
  • Pervasive Computing
  • Transmission technologies such Ultra Wideband
  • Digital TV
    NOVEL APPLICATIONS
  • Networked appliances
  • Peer-to-peer applications and services
  • Mobile applications
  • Entertainment and games
  • Home automation
  • Medical and health care
  • Surveillance, home monitoring
  • Service evaluation
  • Accessibility
  • Multi-modal applications
  • e-Commerce, m-Commerce
  • Location-based services
  • Personalization
  • Virtual home environment
  • Field trials
    There will be a Best Paper Award for the best-submitted paper.
    There will be a Best Poster Award for the best submitted poster as well. Posters & Demos will be on display 4-5 January all day. A two hour time slot will be assigned during the conference for presentation.
    Also, a number of Student Travel Grants are available.