20-22 November 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand

First Call for Papers : Submit a Paper

ATNAC 2013 is technically sponsored by IEEE Communications Society. The papers will be archived in the IEEE Xplore digital Library.

ATNAC 2013 will be held in conjunction with the 22 International Teletraffic Congress Specialist Seminar on Energy-Efficient and Green Networking (22 ITC SSEEGN)

Keynote Speakers

Professor Franco Davoli, (Bio and Keynote), Laboratory of Telecommunications Networks and Telematics, University of Genoa, Italy, will talk on "Green Networking and Network Programmability: a Paradigm for the Future Internet?"

Dr Iain Collings, (Bio and Keynote), Research Director, Wireless and Networking Technologies Laboratory, CSIRO ICT Centre, Sydney, Australia, will talk on "Energy Efficient Cooperative Wireless Networks."

Professor Abbas Jamalipour, (Bio and Keynote), University of Sydney, Australia, will talk on "Wireless Distributed Networks for Cloud Communications."

Mr Prasan de Silva, (Bio and Keynote), Telecom New Zealand, will talk on "The Evolution to LTE-B: Developments in 3GPP Release 12."

Dr Murray Milner, (Bio and Keynote), Milner Consulting, will talk on "The Health Intranet of Things."

Important Dates
Proposals for Special Sessions Deadline : 1^st May 2013
Full Paper Submission Deadline : 2^nd June 2013
Paper Acceptance Notification : 1^st August 2013
Final Paper Submission Deadline : 8^thSeptember 2013
Early bird registration deadline : 8^thSeptember 2013

ATNAC will include a conference best paper award and best paper authors will be invited to provide a paper to the 2014 special issue of the Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

A limited number of travel grants will be available for student authors of accepted papers.
Venue Chateau on the Park : Link to venue website

Focus

With the increasing number of emerging robust networks, the challenge to design new networking protocols and techniques are never ending. With the imminent deployment of 4G and other emerging technologies, the demand for better service and quality has never been greater. ATNAC has been the forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss topics related to advanced telecommunication network technologies, services and applications.

Novel contributions are presented in the form of keynote speeches by international experts, peer-reviewed technical papers, and posters. ATNAC 2013 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and state-of-the-art research from academia, communications industry and standardization bodies.

ATNAC is an international conference for the presentation of research outcomes covering timely and relevant aspects concerning optical, wired and wireless telecommunication networks and applications. Contributions are welcome on all advanced research and particularly (but not limited to) on the following topics:

• Networks and Management
• Internet Technologies
• IPv6 Mobility and Vehicular Networks
• Mobile Cellular and Wireless Networks
• Network-Based Applications
• Optical Communications
• Wireless Sensor Networks