The IEEE LAN/MAN Workshop continues its long tradition as a leading forum for showcasing the latest technical advances in networking in the local and metropolitan areas. The workshop seeks to focus on two areas that are currently generating considerable interest: Metro and access networks, where optical and broadband wireless technologies are vying to realize true broadband connectivity, promising abundant, inexpensive, and readily available bandwidth; How will these impact the Future Internetworking Architecture that needs to meet the challenge of large scale and ubiquitous access and usage. A second emphasis will be on Applications, such as Storage, IPTv, Gaming and Computing that seek to exploit high speed metro area connectivity; large scale wireless networking that is adaptive by including emerging technologies such as cognitive radios and widespread sensor networking are also of interest. The realization of cost effective metro and access networks requires both theoretical investigations (including new architectures, concepts, and economic and service models) and experimentation (including prototypes, testbeds, and applications). Single-track presentations are planned to stimulate technical exchange among researchers and practitioners with a broad interest in networking; we specifically welcome submissions on both optical and broadband wireless networks and relevant experimental activities. We expect the workshop to be a forum for discussion of new and interdisciplinary ideas. Novel and speculative ideas are particularly encouraged.

Extended abstracts are solicited on any LAN/MAN topic including, but not limited to, the following: