We are organizing the first LEO communications and networking workshop which is inspired by the many wonderful discussions on this mailing list. In case you are working on characterising and understanding LEO operations and performance, please consider submitting your work to the workshop.

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The 1st ACM Workshop on LEO Networking and Communications (LEO-NET)

To be held in conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2023

October 2023, Madrid, Spain

Workshop website: https://leo-net-workshop.github.io/2023/

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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication and networking is a rapidly growing field with great potential for enabling new and innovative applications by providing low-latency, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity globally. Massive-scale LEO deployments from industrial players, such as Starlink, OneWeb, etc. have allowed wide-scale availability of LEO satellite network access globally but their network remains to operate as a black box. However, considering the state of LEO networking and constellation design is still in its infancy, we believe that the unique challenges posed by the inherently dynamic LEO satellite architectures, necessitate novel solutions in network architecture, protocol design, resource management, along with several other verticals.

LEO-NET 2023 invites submissions from researchers and practitioners in academia and industry who are exploring the latest developments and open challenges in LEO satellite networks and communications. We also welcome work-in-progress and position papers that present new directions, highly original ideas, or have the potential to provoke insightful discussions during the workshop. Whether you're an expert or a newcomer to the field, we encourage you to join us and contribute to this exciting area of research.

*** Topics of Interest ***

• LEO constellation topology/constellation design
• Routing for LEO constellations
• Transport for LEO networks
• Optical/RF wireless last-mile
• Resource management for LEO networks
• Mobility and handover management in LEO networks
• Interactions between LEO, MEO and GEO constellations
• Interplay next-generation mobile (5G, 6G) and LEO networks
• Mobile/Edge computing and IoT in space
• ML/AI for LEO satellites
• Emerging applications for LEO networks
• Performance measurements over LEO networks
• Simulation/Emulation tools for LEO networks
• Security/Privacy for LEO networks

*** Submission Instructions ***

Submissions must be original, unpublished work, and not currently under consideration elsewhere. Submitted papers must be no longer than five (5) pages, including all figures, tables, followed by 1 page references. Submission should be single PDF file with all fonts embedded, in two-column 10pt ACM format with authors names and affiliations hidden for double-blind peer review. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the workshop. Accepted papers will be published in the MobiCom Workshop Proceedings, and available at the ACM Digital Library.

*** Important Dates ***

• Paper Submission: June 19, 2023
• Acceptance notification: August 2, 2023
• Camera-ready Workshop Papers: August 11, 2023

*** Steering Committee ***

Nitinder Mohan, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Deepak Vasisht, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Mohamed Kassem, University of Surrey, UK

*** Advisory Board ***

Debopam Bhattacharjee, Microsoft Research, India

*** Technical Program Committee ***

Nishanth Sastry, University of Surrey, UK

Mahesh Marina, University of Edinburgh, UK

Ahmed Saeed, GeorgiaTech, USA

Aravindh Raman, Telefonica Research, Spain

Debopam Bhattacherjee, Microsoft Research India

Anna Brünstorm, Karlstadt University, Sweden

Akshay Gadre, University of Washington, USA

Tusher Chakraborty, Microsoft Research, USA

Jörg Ott, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Arpit Gupta, University of California Santa Barbara, USA

Yuanjie Li, Tsinghua University, China

David Bermbach, TU Berlin, Germany

Giacomo Giuliari, ETH Zurich, Switzerland