The purpose of DCNET 2010, the International Conference on Data Communication Networking, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on communication networking between computer systems or other digital devices.

Computer networking is a combination of knowledge related to the areas of telecommunications, computer science, information technology and/or computer engineering. Data communication networks rely heavily upon the theoretical and practical application of these scientific and engineering disciplines. DCNET encompasses a diversity of aspects, from network architecture and protocols, to network management, monitoring and control, performance analysis, sensor nets, services over networks, LANs and WANS, to higher education in the data communication field.

Ideas on how to analyze and approach problems by combining data/information systems and communication technologies, either in the scope of R&D projects, engineering or business applications, are welcome. Papers describing new methods or technologies, advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of DCNET, with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.
The best papers will be selected to appear either in an international journal or in a book to be published by Springer-Verlag.

Special sessions, case-studies and tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics related to the main conference are also envisaged: researchers interested in organizing a special session, or companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

› Network Architectures
› Network Protocols
› Next-generation Communication Networks
› Multi-modal Communications Networks
› Ubiquitous Communication Networks
› Methodologies for Network Management
› Network Monitoring and Control
› Middleware Support for Networking
› Fault Detection and Management
› Routing and Flow Control in LANs, WANs and PANs
› Data Services Management
› VoIP Protocols and Services
› Service Overlay Networks
› Internet Technologies
› Traffic Measurement, Analysis, Modeling and Visualization
› Performance Evaluation
› Quality of Service (QoS)
› Network Platforms and Virtualization
› Sensor Nets and Embedded Systems
› Implementation and Experimental Test-Beds
› Communication Networks Education

Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

Authors should submit an original paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using the on-line submission procedure. The initial submission must have between 3 to 13 pages otherwise it will be rejected without review. Please check the paper formats page so you may be aware of the accepted paper page limits.
The guidelines for paper formatting provided at the conference web ought to be used for all submitted papers. The preferred submission format is the same as the camera-ready format. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable.

Papers that are out of the conference scope or contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Please read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism.

Remarks about the on-line submission procedure:
1. A "double-blind" paper evaluation method will be used. To facilitate that, the authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper, WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors. This means that is necessary to remove the authors personal details, the acknowledgements section and any reference that may disclose the authors identity.
LaTeX/PS/PDF/DOC/DOCX/RTF format are accepted.
2. The web submission procedure automatically sends an acknowledgement, by e-mail, to the contact author.

Paper submission types:
Regular Paper Submission
A regular paper presents a work where the research is completed or almost finished. It does not necessary means that the acceptance is as a full paper. It may be accepted as a "full paper" (30 min. oral presentation) , a "short paper" (20 min. oral presentation) or a "poster".

Position Paper Submission
A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to, without the need to present completed research work and/or validated results. It is, nevertheless, important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims. A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topic areas. The acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of "short paper" or "poster", i.e. a position paper is not a candidate to acceptance as "full paper".

Camera-ready:
After the reviewing process is completed, the contact author (the author who submits the paper) of each paper will be notified of the result, by e-mail. The authors are required to follow the reviews in order to improve their paper before the camera-ready submission.

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book.
The proceedings will be indexed by Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC and DBLP.
The proceedings of DCNET 2010 will be considered by EI after their publication.

› Conference date: 26-28 July, 2010

› Regular Paper Submission: February 26, 2010 (deadline expired)
› Authors Notification (regular papers): April 08, 2010
› Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: April 22, 2010

› Position Paper Submission: March 25, 2010
› Authors Notification (position papers): April 26, 2010
› Final Position Paper Submission and Registration: May 06, 2010

DCNET Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
             2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +44 203 014 5432
e-mail: dcnet.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.dcnet.icete.org/

Greece, located in the southeastern Europe, is a very beautiful country that offers top quality tourist attractions to the visitor. Consisting of the main land and several islands, it offers beautiful beaches, lovely mountain landscapes, many picturesque villages, and a wealth of archaeological sites and treasures.
Piraeus, Greece's third largest urban centre and now part of the Athens metropolitan area, is located a few minutes away from the center of Athens - Greece's capital named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom, is a very attractive and busy city.
Piraeus has the biggest harbour in all Greece and one of the most important in the mediterranean. At the top of that harbour, many little picturesque and lively bays may be found having many excellent cafeterias and traditional Greek restaurants and taverns.
Piraeus is an ideal place to start off excursions both for island cruising and mainland sightseeing. There are many boats that start off their journey to the numerous beautiful Greek islands from the harbour of Piraeus which is the main connection point to all of the Greek islands.
The conference will be held at the University of Piraeus, which was founded in 1938 under the title of the “School for Industrial Studies” and located in a modern building in the centre of Piraeus (one of the 8 universities in the region of Athens), in collaboration with the department of informatics. The department began operating in 1992 and focuses on both theoretical and practical aspects and advancements of computer science.

Jose Luis Sevillano, Universidad de Sevilha, Spain
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, U.S.A.

Mohiuddin Ahmed, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Özgür B. Akan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Julio Barbancho, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Christian Callegari, University of Pisa, Italy
Daniel Cascado-Caballero, University of Seville, Spain
Franco Davoli, University of Genoa, Italy
Tomaso De Cola, DLR, Germany
Jitender Deogun, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
Rachid El Abdouni Khayari, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany
Hala ElAarag, Stetson University, United States
Sebastià Galmés, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Jose Daniel Garcia, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Katja Gilly, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Mehmet Hadi Gunes, University of Nevada, United States
Abdelhakim Hafid, University of Montreal, Canada
Aun Haider, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT), Japan
Jarmo Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
G. I. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia
Carlos Juiz, Universitat De Les Illes Balears, Spain
Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Randi Karlsen, University of Tromso, Norway
Michael Kounavis, Intel Corporation, United States
Carlos León de Mora, University of Seville, Spain
Zhenjiang Li, Cisco Systems Inc., United States
Alejandro Linares Barranco, University of Seville, Spain
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of. Haute-Alsace, France
S. Kami Makki, Lamar University, United States
Igor Margasinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Rami Melhem, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Pascale Minet, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, France
Fei Nan, Microsoft, United States
Ibrahim Onyuksel, N. Illinois Univ., United States
Elena Pagani, Universita' Degli Studi Di Milano, Italy
Krzysztof Pawlikowski, University of Technology, New Zealand
Michal Pioro, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Joel Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan
Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts, Boston, United States
Kenji Suzuki, University of Chicago, United States
Vicente Traver, ITACA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, United States
Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Pere Vilà, Universitat de Girona, Spain
Manuel Villen-Altamirano, .Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Bernd E. Wolfinger, University of Hamburg, Germany
Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan


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