Topics of Interests:

　　In APNOMS 2006, the topics of interest include, but not limited to,network & service management for broadband convergence networks, business operations & management,service-oriented managements (i.e., SLA/SLS, security,  billing, etc.), management architecture and technologies, various experiences, and recent standardization activities:

　　1) Network Management & Service Provisioning
　　- Applications and Service Provisioning
　　- SLA/QoS Management, Traffic Engineering
　　- Management of Ad-hoc/Mesh Networks
　　- Management of 3G/4G Networks
　　- Management of Sensor Networks
　　- Management of DWDM, Optical Cross-connect
　　- Home Network Management
　　- Management of Wireless LAN
　　- Virtual Network Provisioning and Operation

　　2) Management Architecture & Technology
　　- Architecture and Modeling
　　- Web/Java Based Management
　　- Mobile Agent-based Management
　　- Policy-based Management
　　- Next Generation OSS Platforms
　　- Converged networking issues for telecommunication and broadcasting
　　- Management of DWDM, optical networks

　　3) Service Management
　　- Security Management
　　- Accounting and Billing
　　- Seamless service provisioning with roaming and handover
　　- Regulatory Issues
　　- Management Architecture for Ubiquitous Computing
　　- Ubiquitous Service Platforms
　　- Signaling for Application Sessions and Networking

　　4) Experiences
　　- Trials on broadband convergence networks
　　- Migrations and case studies in interoperability
　　- Service provisioning across inter-AS domain networking

　　Paper Submission:

　　Original and unpublished technical session papers and poster session papers are solicited. Authors are requested to submit a PDF file of the paper via online. Please refer to the APNOMS 2006 homepage for paper preparation and submission instructions. The APNOMS 2006 proceedings of Technical Sessions will be published in Springer-Verlag’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (approval pending).

　　Important Dates:

　　● Submission Deadline: May 1, 2006

　　● Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2006

　　● Final camera-ready paper due: Aug. 15, 2006