TY - BOOK ID - 56484984 TI - Personal Wireless Communications : IFIP TC6 11th International Conference, PWC 2006, Albacete, Spain, September 20-22, 2006. Proceedings AU - Cuenca, Pedro AU - Orozco-Barbosa, Luiz AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2006 SN - 9783540451761 PB - Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg DB - UniCat KW - Computer architecture. Operating systems KW - Information systems KW - Computer. Automation KW - ICT (informatie- en communicatietechnieken) KW - IR (information retrieval) KW - informatiesystemen KW - software engineering KW - computernetwerken KW - PC (personal computer) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56484984 AB - TheIFIP TC-6 InternationalConferenceonPersonalWirelessCommunications, PWC, is the main conference of the IFIP Working Group 6.8, Mobile and Wi- lessCommunications.The11thPWCwasheldinAlbacete,Spain,onSeptember 20-22, 2006. There were 181 submissions from 29 countries, which were evalu- ed by the program committee members assisted by external reviewers. After a thorough review process, 45 papers were selected to be included in the program. Thus, the acceptance rate was 24%. The papers selected in this volume illustrate the state of the art and current trends in the broad area of personal wireless communications. The program was organized into 9 topics: 1. Mobile and Wireless Networking 2. QoS 3. Ad-Hoc 4. Security 5. Wireless LAN 6. Cross-Layer Design 7. Wireless Sensor Networks 8. Physical Layer 9. Mobile and Wireless Applications. We are grateful to the two keynote speakers, Hari Kalva and Pedro Marron, foracceptingourinvitation.Wewouldliketothank allthemembersoftheTe- nical Program Committee and the additional referees. Without their support, the conference organization would not have been possible. Last but not least, we are also grateful to all the authors and participants who trusted us to or- nize this event and to Springer's LNCS Editorial for supporting us again this year. We expect PWC 2006 to have been a fruitful and stimulating internati- al forum for exchanging ideas and experiences in the area of personal wireless communications. ER -