Conferences
10–12 September 2018, Los Alcázares, Spain
18th International Telecommunications Networks Strategy and Planning Symposium (Networks 2018)
Networks 2018 is the 18th edition of a symposium that is held every two years and attracts participants from around the world. Network operators, software designers, system integrators, university and industry researchers, marketers, regulators and policy-makers convene to present their latest findings and share experiences in network strategy, planning, operations, management, control and design.
The scope of Networks 2018 includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
Emerging Topics in Network Planning and Operations
- Software defined networking (SDN)
- Network function virtualization (NFV)
- Network slicing
- Cybersecurity: challenges and solutions
- OTT services and impact on service providers
- Vehicular and 5G networks
- Cloud Networking
- Network Data Analytics
- Smart cites
- Internet of Things
- Peer to peer networking
- New networking paradigms
Economic Aspects of Network Planning and Operations
- CAPEX vs. OPEX tradeoffs
- Cost modeling and pricing
- Dynamic tariff optimization
- Infrastructure and spectrum sharing
- Virtual network operators
- Network neutrality
- Frequency management
Traffic Measurements and Modeling
- Multiservice traffic measurement, analysis, characterization, modeling, and simulation
- Data collection and analysis
- Methods / tools for traffic measurements and prediction
- Network monitoring and anomaly detection
Network Planning Support Processes
- Methods and Tools
- Business planning
- Multilayer planning process
- Planning of optical, access, NGN, LTE+, and 5G networks
- Network management support
- Hybrid planning methods and tools
- Migration planning and dismantling of legacy equipment
Routing, Traffic Flows and Optimization
- Signaling and control in multimedia/multiservice systems
- OTT services and implications on traffic demand
- Application layer traffic optimization
- Intra-domain and inter-domain routing, traffic engineering and resilience
- Optimization wrt. technical and economic criteria
- Routing strategies to reduce power consumption
- Impact of cloud and grid services
Network Design and Planning Methods
- Network topology design, optimization at different layers
- End-to-end service performance evaluation
- Quality of service (QoS), quality of resilience, quality of experience (QoE) and SLA
- Network interconnection & peering
- IoT networks, ad-hoc and sensor networks
- Network resilience: survivability, availability, dependability, protection, restoration
- Energy efficiency
- Content delivery and media services
Important dates
Paper submission: April 21st 23:00 CET, 2018
Tutorial submission: April 21st 23:00 CET, 2018
Acceptance notifications: June 1st, 2018
Camera-ready due: June 15th, 2018
Conference dates: September 10th-12th, 2018
