Proceedings of the 1st ACM workshop on Dynamic interconnection of networks

Welcome to the first ACM Workshop on Dynamic Interconnection of Networks, DIN 2005, held in conjunction with the MobiCom 2005 in Cologne.Dynamic interconnection of networks is a new, expanding field in mobile networking. Traditionally, mobile networks consist of several mobile terminals connecting to a fixed access network. From the access network, other networks, including the Internet, can be reached. This simple, hierarchical structure is however disappearing. New kinds of mobile networks, e.g. personal area networks, body area hetworks, home networks, vehicular networks and sensor networks, are currently being investigated. Most of these networks are ad-hoc networks, or even moving ad-hoc networks. What is more, they have to dynamically interconnect themselves and with the existing infrastructure. Thereby, heterogeneous access technologies and interworking of different protocols must be supported. The owners of these networks often are non-experts, and therefore auto-configuration is a major issue.The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers working in the evolving field of dynamic interconnection of mobile networks to exchange their ideas. We selected nine papers, five of them full papers, to present the current research in the area. In the invited talk, the important topic of routing protocols for dynamic networks is discussed. In the panel session, leading researchers discuss possible applications and research issues in the field of dynamic interconnection of networks. The research papers are grouped in three session. The first session focuses on approaches for autoconfiguration, which is an important theme of the workshop. Another focus in session two is on naming and addressing issues for dynamic network environments. Further topics are mobility and QoS interworking, and a generic access to Sensor Networks. From the discussions and presentations, we expect to get a clearer view and common vision on dynamic interworking of networks.