Call For Papers (in
In many ways, computer network management remains the least understood
aspect of networking. There are no well-established principles to
guide the design of network management and no scientific theory that
supports reasoning about and controlling the state of a network.
This workshop will provide an opportunity to elevate our collective
experiences with IP networks into principles and ideas that can be
implemented today or carried forward into the clean-slate
design of new networks that intrinsically support management, rather
than treating it as a bolt-on afterthought.
We seek original and thought provoking ideas, case studies,
experimental results, position papers, and clean slate designs.
Submissions concerning special-purpose networks, such as VoIP, content
distribution, or mobile wireless, are welcomed.
The workshop will provide a forum for exchange of experience, challenges,
and work-in-progress discussions.
Topics of interest include:
- new abstractions for network configuration management;
- new control plane architectures;
- data plane mechanisms to support management;
- autonomous network management systems with predictive/proactive behaviors
- ensuring stability and coherent behavior in distributed and/or autonomous systems
- management of backbone, access, enterprise and home networks and
- techniques and experiments for evaluating network management architectures;
- requirements for experimental platforms that support network management
- comparisons between IP network management and ATM, SONET, or
- defining and enforcing network borders;
- automatic and adaptive control of networks;
- cross-layer interactions, including IP/Optical or Servers/IP;
- hitless planned maintenance;
- fault and performance management;
Submission of Papers:
Submissions should be no more than 6 pages long, two columns, and in
PDF (file size limit is 2 MB). The review process will be
single-blind - please include author information in your submission.
Submissions must be original work not under review at any other
workshop, conference, or journal.
Abstract Registration Deadline: 8 May 2006 at
11:59pm EDT - Hard deadline
Paper Submission Deadline: 12 May 2006 at 11:59pm EDT - Hard deadline
Notification of Acceptance: 9 June 2006
Camera Ready Deadline: 19 June 2006
Workshop Date: 11 Sept 2006