PE-CRN 2011
13 May 2011
Valencia, Spain

The Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Cognitive Radio Networks: from Theory to Reality PE-CRN 2011 is the 1st workshop focusing on the recent trend of Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) from a research topic to operational networks. This workshop is collocated with the Networking conference and sponsored by the IFIP Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC6). The main objectives of PE-CRN 2011 are to bring together the state-of-the-art results on the performance of CRNs including both theoretical studies and test-bed experiments from both academia and industry, and to share experience in making CRNs from theory to reality

We invite original, previously unpublished research and experiment-oriented contributions in the area of CRNs. The accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. (TBC)

Specific topics of interests include (but are not limited to) the following:

Modeling of dynamic spectrum access mechanisms
MAC protocols and performance evaluation of CRNs
Traffic patterns of primary users and secondary users in CRNs
Implementation aspects of CRNs
Performance of CRNs from test-beds and prototype networks
Spectrum utilization measurement and models
Spectrum sensing mechanisms
Radio resource management
QoS provisioning
Energy management
Business models and pricing
Policy and regulatory aspects
Standardization

Organising Committee

Workshop Chairs
Frank Y. Li, (frank.li@uia.no) University of Agder, Norway
Vicent Pla, (vpla@dcom.upv.es) Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Technical Program Committee (TBC)
Attahiru S. Alfa, University of Manitoba, Canada
Luis Guijarro, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Valeri Kontorovich, CINVESTAV, Mexico
Jorge Martinez-Bauset, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Ingrid Moerman, Ghent University, Belgium

Workshop Important Dates

Abstract submission
December 23, 2010

Paper submission
January 3, 2010

Acceptance Notification
February 10, 2011

Camera Ready Due
March 1, 2011

Workshop
13 May 2011