Call For Papers
For over a decade the Internet engineering and research community has
debated, designed, and ignored IP Quality of Service (QoS) tools and
techniques. There's a sense that something might be needed, but little
agreement on why and who will pay. At times the very notion of QoS
has seemed to be a pointless waste of time, almost a solution waiting
for a problem.
This workshop is an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to
discuss the history of IP QoS research and development, review what
could have been done better (or totally differently), and challenge
the industry to think out of the box going forward.
Papers are invited that provide well-argued opinion, speculation, or
contrary positions. For example:
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IP QoS schemes never quite seem complete. Is this just a great
research game for academics?
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Where's the money? How do we make IP QoS pay when typical Internet
applications don't care, and the user's don't know any better?
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Will online, multi-player games be the market segment that justifies
end-user/access ISP investment in IP QoS tools and solutions?
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Isn't more bandwidth the answer?
Of particular interest are papers that critique the evolution of IP
QoS solutions to date and/or explain what sort of applications and
user mindset will need to emerge before IP QoS solutions become
cost-effective for ISPs to deploy.
A workshop report will be published in a special edition of SIGCOMM
Computer Communication Review. Presented papers will be archived in
workshop proceedings, and also placed in the ACM Digital Library.
Papers should be no longer than 10 pages; submissions SHOULD be anonymized
as much as practical, but this is not a requirement. If a paper's core
message has been published (or accepted for publication) elsewhere the
authors must provide new and additional argument and content in order to be
considered for RIPQOS. RIPQOS paper submissions are being handled through a
confman website at http://www.ip-measurement.org/ripqos/.
Important Dates (tentative)
| Registration deadline | March 31, 2003 |
| Submission deadline | April 7, 2003 |
| Notification of acceptance | May 26, 2003 |
| Camera ready papers | June 16, 2003 |
| Workshop date | August 27, 2003 |
Workshop Chair: Grenville Armitage, Swinburne University of Technology
Workshop Program Committee:
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