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IEEE Personal Communications Magazine

Special Issue on

IP-based Mobile Telecommunications Networks

http://comet.columbia.edu/mobilecfp/

Recent initiatives to add mobility to the Internet and packet data
services to third generation cellular systems are being considered
by mobile service providers as possible candidate technologies for
the delivery of IP data to mobile users. Both of these candidate
technologies have shortcomings, however. Mobile IP represents a simple
and scalable global mobility solution but lacks support for fast
handoff control, real-time location tracking, authentication and
distributed policy management found in cellular networks today.
In contrast, third generation cellular systems offer seamless mobility
support but are built on complex and costly connection-oriented
networking infrastructure that lacks the inherent flexibility,
robustness and scalability found in IP networks. Future wireless
networks should be capable of combining the strengths of both
approaches without inheriting their weaknesses.

This special issue will address the on-going convergence of IP and
mobile telecommunications in wireless networks. The development of
IP-centric mobile telecommunications networks present a number of
challenges that go beyond the existing capabilities of Mobile IP
and third generation networks. A number of new initiatives have
been addressing these challenges as well as proposing enhancements
to EDGE and GPRS technologies to more readily support wireless IP
services. For example, the IETF Mobile IP Working Group is responding
to new requirements being placed on Mobile IP by cellular
telecommunications companies. In addition, cellular telecommunications
providers and carriers have established new forums (e.g., 3GPP, 3PP2
and 3GIP) that are revisiting the design of third generation networks
with the goal of enhancing IP mobility-related solutions to deliver
seamless mobility without losing the cost effectiveness, application
flexibility and transparency of IP technologies.

Suggested topics for this special issue on IP-based Mobile
Telecommunications Networks include:

=B7 Extensions to Mobile IP in the context of
  Telecommunications Networks
=B7 IP-based Third Generation Mobile and Wireless Networks
=B7 Micro-mobility Architectures and Protocols
=B7 Wireless IP QOS
=B7 IP-based Services & Applications for GPRS, EDGE, 1xRT
  and other 3G technologies
=B7 Results and Reports from Experimental Wireless IP Systems
=B7 Security Issues, Authentication, Authorization
=B7 Pricing and Accounting Models
=B7 Use of Mobility and Mobile IP for Carrier and Enterprise
  Service Management
=B7 IP-based Control Architectures and Signaling

SUBMISSION
Submission Deadline             October 15, 1999
Notification of Acceptance      December 15, 1999
Final Manuscript                January 15, 2000
Publication Date                April 15, 2000

Research articles are solicited for review. All submissions should
adhere to the style of IEEE Personal Communications Magazine.
Guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at
http://pubs.comsoc.org/pci/pub_guidelines.html.  Please send PostScript
or PDF formatted papers to campbell@comet.columbia.edu

GUEST EDITORS
Andrew T. Campbell                      Kalyan Basu
Department of Electrical Engineering    Director, Systems Technologies
and Center for Telecoms. Research       Nortel Networks
1312 Seeley W. Mudd Bldg.               2201, Lakeside Blvd.
Columbia University                     Richardson, TX 75082-4399
New York, NY 10027-6699                 kbasu@nortelnetworks.com
campbell@comet.columbia.edu