The 9th Latin America Networking Conference 2016 (LANC 2016) will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia everywhere in the world, but especially from the Latin American countries, to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in networking. LANC 2016 is organized jointly with CLEI (Centro Latinoamericano de Estudio em Informatica) 2016.

Topics of interest include networks and communication systems (but are not limited to):

    Cloud computing
    Delay/Disruption-tolerant networks
    Green and Energy-efficient communications
    Internet based applications
    Low cost access networks
    Multimedia networking systems
    National ICT infrastructures for education
    Network and service management
    Network performance evaluation
    Network security
    Optical communications
    Peer-to-peer and overlay networks
    Protocol Optimizations
    Smart grid communications
    Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) in communication systems
    Social Multimedia Networking
    Software Defined Networks
    Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, Vehicular and sensor networks
    Cyber-physical systems and
    Internet of things
    Dynamic spectrum management
    Implementation and experimental
    Testbeds
    Cognitive radio networking
    Cross layer design and optimization

Submission of papers that cover solutions of specific network problems of this region of the world is especially encouraged.

Paper Submission

Only original papers (written in English) not published or under review elsewhere can be submitted: full papers (up to 8 pages including references) and short papers (4 pages up to 1 additional page). Templates can be downloaded from the ACM website (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings: templates / The LaTeX2e - Tighter Alternate style is preferable to the Strict one).Papers should be uploaded electronically, ONLY in PDF format, to the Easychair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lanc2016

Review Process

All submitted papers will have at least three reviews. Acceptance will be based on originality, quality, relevance and the practical value of the work.