FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

IEEE Conference eXpress Site will be open on 12 September 2008. Your paper must be received by 10 October, 2008 (8:00pm EDT) for it to be in the proceedings.

If you are registering by fax, please allow 3 working days to receive your Attendee ref #.

To upload your paper for submission please here click here.

DO NOT upload your paper to EDAS!!  Your final paper submission needs to be done through IEEE Proceedings using the link above.

You will need the following to upload your source file.

• Conference ID: Use ccnc09 for this conference.
• Your registration code: given after you completed your registration
• Your EDAS paper ID number (not your EDAS author account number)

If you experience technical problems uploading your paper, email IEEE eXpress at d.romeo@ieee.org

*SUBMIT YOUR COPYRIGHT TRANSFER
After you upload your final paper and approve the PDF, a Submit Copyright link will appear in your IEEE eXpress account. This enables you to complete the IEEE e(electronic) Copyright form. When you receive your confirmation email after completing the electronic form (by selecting Submit), you will not need to fax or mail a paper copyright form.

CRITICAL: You must upload the final version of your source file and complete the copyright transfer no later than 10 October, 2008 8:00pm EDT. If you fail to comply, the paper will be dropped from the program.

NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED BEYOND THE DEADLINE.

 IEEE CCNC 2009 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Authors MUST submit their manuscripts through the EDAS web site together with a short abstract (approximately 150 words) using the EDAS forms. Please note that authors must create their own EDAS account before submitting paper(s).

Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats can be found by clicking here.

Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template pdf by clicking here.

All company clearance and approvals should be obtained prior to submission. 

Technical papers, workshop papers and special session papers should be no longer than five (5) pages.  Short papers should be no longer than two (2) pages.    A cover page should be added and it should include paper title, abstract, list of keywords indicating the paper's topic area (preferably from the list in the Call for Papers page)  authors' full names, affiliations and complete addresses, telephone numbers and electronic mail addresses.

Papers submitted by students may be considered for the Student Best Paper Award, which includes full conference registration and a plaque signed by the ComSoc President. To be eligible, the student must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. A cover letter or email to the Technical Program Chair must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition at the time of the submission. The winner of the award will be announced during the conference.

All paper submissions will be carefully reviewed by at least three experts and reviews will be returned to the author(s) with comments to ensure the high quality of the accepted papers. The authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference.

Brief guideline on submitting papers through EDAS:

1. Log on to EDAS (Enter your EDAS user id and password. If this is your first time using EDAS, you will need to set up an account.)
2. Click on the Submit Paper tab.
3. Look under Conference Accepting Submissions. Go to the row labeled CCNC 2009.  Click the icon in the right most column (i.e., the column labeled Submit).  You will be brought to the paper submission page titled "Register a paper for The 5th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference."   
4. Choose the appropriate track/session for your paper/proposal and click on the submit icon in the right most column.  Please notice your paper may not be reviewed properly if appropriate track/session is not selected.
5. Fill in the submission form including the authors, paper title, keywords and paper abstract.
6. Double check the information you provided in the form and click on the submit button.
7. Upload your paper. We accept PDF format only.
8. You will receive a notice from the conference if we encounter any printing problem or other problems.