PACE12 – Call for Papers

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• Important Dates
• Theme
• Workshop Topics
• Technical Programme Committee
• Registration and Paper Submission
• PDF eXpress

Important Dates

Theme

Policy and Context Coming of Age

Policy is the means of negotiating passage rights, service quality and charging regime with whatever carrying networks that are encountered end-to-end. Where there is choice, there is Policy. Network Policy provides rules enabling a decision to be made about network sessions quality and routing, service delivery and charging.

Context is the set of circumstances that generates triggers and provides values to be assessed by pre-defined conditions at a particular instance – this is the key information that affects requests for a policy decision and the resulting action. Context to define a policy can be derived from the user status and preferences, device and service type and the entities involved in the value chain, not to mention various monetary considerations.

With the help of Context via DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) and ADC (Application Detection & Control), the Policy Decision servers are able to distinguish particular service data flows in order to prioritise quality of service and ‘shape’ packet traffic, and most importantly – enhance user experience. With the help of the OCS (Online Charging System), the network can manage the monetised values and alert users to their credit status.

The Policy and Context Evolution – The PACE

Changing user behaviour and expectations is driving the Policy and Context Evolution (PACE). Where services are ‘discovered’, applications are downloaded, content streamed from the Cloud, business use and personal use are blurred and access methods can be selected or swapped.

Policy, especially when based on Context, is now entering a second phase, and it is growing in importance and complexity. The Context determination and the Policy Decision are becoming central to the ubiquitous delivery of service on whichever network, whichever access technology and any terminal. Policy and Context affects all types of usage – Data services, Entertainment, Internet and Voice/Video calls alike.

The portfolio of detected context (for ‘things’ and not just people), processed triggers and available actions could increase over time and with it – the intricacy of the decision-making. This will require balancing of complexity against richer functionality, and weighing priorities generated by several stakeholders (or ‘actors’) to arrive at a single, coherent and consistent decision with a clear action.

The Internet and Cloud facilities are becoming the universal vehicle for applications and content delivery, but they need Policy & Context to enable them to be monetised. Mobile Broadband services, where resources are constraint, demand stricter policies than fixed connections. Policies can determine switching to alternative access methods or other delivery networks as a result of priorities and context. Therefore, the Policy decision is essential to implementing strategies, and must be a flexible, adaptive and dynamic process.

The PACE Workshop

The PACE workshop is a specialised platform to discuss all of the above and more. We aim to attract experts in this field and encourage innovation in this evolving sphere.

Workshop Topics

Policy strategy and new services
Policy for the value chain and stakeholders
Business models, Charging and Monetising Policies
Policy and Context capture, interworking and protocols
QoS, QoE and Context Evaluation and Telemetry

Technical Programme Committee

Rebecca Copeland (chair)	Core Viewpoint	UK
Francisco Alcoba	Ericsson	USA
Niklas Blum	Fraunhofer FOKUS	Germany
Michael Brenner	Alcatel-Lucent	USA
Marc Cheboldaeff	Alcatel-Lucent	Germany
Noël Crespi	Telecom Sud-Paris	France
Schahram Dustdar	Vienna University of Technology	Austria
Anders Lundqvist	Oracle	Sweden
Toon Norp	TNO	The Netherlands
Sebastian Peters	TU Berlin	Germany
Ece Saygun	Ericsson	Turkey
Roland Schott	Deutsche Telekom	Germany
Jens Schumacher	Vorarlberg University	Austria
Kurt Tutschku	University of Vienna	Austria

Registration and Paper Submission

Registration and Paper Submission are through the EDAS system at http://edas.info/N12261.

The PACE12 workshop requires the submission of full papers. Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done electronically through EDAS. A short (50 word) abstract is requested on registration of the submission. A full paper should then be uploaded for review by the PACE12 Technical Programme Committee.

All submissions must be written in English with a maximum paper length of eight (8) printed pages (10-point font) including tables, figures and references and must use standard IEEE two-column conference templates (Word or LaTeX) that can be downloaded from http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. If the Word templates are used then final manuscripts should be prepared using the most current version of Microsoft Word to help reduce word-to-pdf conversion issues such as embedded fonts, bookmarks, etc. A PDF eXpress service is available to help resolve conversion problems. Submitted PDFs must not include page numbers or headers/footers and must have non-zero top and bottom margins (typically, at least 0.5 inches).

Accepted papers should be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. An author of an accepted paper is required to complete paid registration at full (member or non-member) rate for the workshop prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. There is no refund for cancellation but substitutions may be made at any time prior to the event. Speakers must register for the workshop at the full (member or non-member) rate even if they are a student. Each speaker can present one paper in the programme.

All papers presented at the workshop will appear in the ICIN 2012 conference proceedings published within the IEEE Conference Publications Program. Individual papers will be indexed within the IEEE Xplore digital library.

Failure to complete paid speaker registration before the deadline of 25 June 2012 will result in automatic withdrawal of the paper from the workshop programme and the proceedings. ICIN Events also reserves the right to exclude a paper from the programme and proceedings if the paper is not presented at the workshop.

An IEEE PDF eXpress site for ICIN 2012 allows authors to make IEEE Xplore-compatible PDFs (Conversion Function) or to check their own PDFs for IEEE Xplore compatibility (PDF Check function). To use this service go to the IEEE PDF eXpress site at www.pdf-express.org and enter your information using the Conference ID: <icin12x> following the instructions below:

1. Access the IEEE PDF eXpress site
   
   

   First-time users:	Previous users, but using it the first time for a new conference:	Returning users:
   a. Click "New Users - Click Here".	a. Enter icin12x for the Conference ID, your email address, and enter the password you used for your old account.	a. Enter icin12x for the Conference ID, email address and password.
   b. Enter icin12x for the Conference ID, your email address, and choose a new password. Continue to enter information as prompted.	b. When you click "Login", you'll receive an error saying you need to set up an account. Simply click "Continue". By entering your previously used email address and password combination, you will enable your old account for access to this new conference.
   c. Check that the contact information is still valid, and click "Submit".	c. You will receive online and email confirmation of successful account setup.
   	d. You will receive online and email confirmation of successful account setup.

2. For each conference paper, click "Create New Title".
3. Enter identifying text for the paper (title is recommended but not required)
4. Click "Submit PDF for Checking" or "Submit Source Files for Conversion"
5. Indicate platform, source file type (if applicable), click Browse and navigate to file, and click "Upload File". You will receive online and email confirmation of successful upload
6. You will receive an email with your Checked PDF or IEEE PDF eXpress-converted PDF attached. If you submitted a PDF for Checking, the email will show if your file passed or failed.

Options (choose one)	If the PDF submitted fails the PDF check:	If you are not satisfied with IEEE PDF eXpress-converted PDF:	If the PDF submitted passed the PDF Check, or you are satisfied with your IEEE PDF eXpress-converted PDF:
Option 1	Submit your source file for conversion by clicking Try again, then Submit Source Files for Conversion	Resubmit your source file with corrections (Try again, then Submit Source Files for Conversion)
Option 2	Read the PDF Check report, then click "The PDF Check Report" in the sidebar to get information on possible solutions	Submit a PDF by clicking Try again, then Submit PDF for Checking	Submit your IEEE Xplorecompatible PDF [per the conference's instructions].
Option 3	"Request Technical Help" through your account	"Request a Manual Conversion" through your account

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