Call For Papers 
                  IEEE Network Magazine

      Special Issue on Next Generation Wireless
                     Broadband Networks

Guest Editors:

C.-K. Toh
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
777 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta GA 30332-0250
USA
Email: cktoh@ece.gatech.edu
                                      Willie Lu
                                      Siemens (Infineon)
                                      1730 North First Street, M/S 14303
                                      San Jose, CA 95112
                                      USA
                                      Email: wwlu@ieee.org
Bartolome Arroyo-Fernandez
IST-Mobile Communications
European Commission, 
Directorate General XIII-F4
BU-9 4/11 Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels 
Belgium
Email:
Bartolome.ARROYO-FERNANDEZ@
DG13.cec.be 
                                      Cengiz Evci
                                      ALCATEL HQ
                                      Technical Strategy and Standardisation
                                      Department
                                      54, rue La Boetie
                                      F-75008 Paris
                                      France
                                      Email: Cengiz.Evci@alcatel.fr 

                                       


Scope: 

Broadband networking has now been extended into wireless. High speed wireless
communications plus the ability to support multimedia are important characteristics of future
generation wireless broadband networks. There are many challenging technical issues
associated with future wireless broadband systems based on Wireless ATM and currently
several standardization activities are being made within the ITU IMT2000 committee. 

Future generation wireless networks are taking new dimensions in terms of network
architectures. There have been proposals to separate core networks from access networks
and the use of software radios to allow separation of radio dependent and independent
functions and to obtain higher communication performance. New protocol designs are
needed to provide radio transport, resource management and mobility-related functions. 

In addition, future broadband wireless networks are likely to be heterogeneous and
interoperability will therefore be a major factor of concern. Interoperability of ATM- and
IP-based wireless mobile systems is critical to allow mobile users to communicate without
barriers in underlying network transport technologies. 

Issues related to media access, routing, location management, handoff management, mobile
connection management, quality of service, error control, interoperability, etc., are going to
be present in next generation wireless networks. 

The aim of this special is to gather tutorial and survey papers on work related to mobile
wireless ATM (mwATM), IMT2000, and next generation wireless broadband networks.
Topics of interest for this special issue will include, but are not restricted to, the following: 

Standards and Interoperability Aspects Network Architectures and Signaling Protocols
Mobility Management (Location and Handoff) Traffic Management Issues (QoS, Flow
Control, Air Interface) Software Radio and Smart Antennas for future mobile broadband
systems 

We also welcome submissions related to the evolution of existing wireless technologies
(such as GSM, DAMPS, CDMA, etc) around the world. 

Submission:

Authors are invited to submit their papers (in postscript or PDF format) to Prof. C-K. Toh
via e-mail at cktoh@ece.gatech.edu. The paper should be included as a mail attachment or
the authors may include the URL where the paper can be downloaded. All submitted papers
will be acknowledged. 

NOTE: Potential authors may wish to consult the sections on author information and
guidelines for reviewers, which are given at:
http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/techcom/ntwrk/authors.html 

Schedule: 

      Paper Submission Deadline: January 1, 2000 
      Acceptance Notification: April 1, 2000 
      Final Manuscripts to Publisher: June 1, 2000 
      Publication of Special Issue: Sept/Oct 2000 

Paper Solicitations:

Regular submissions from CFP will be considered. A slightly personalized letter will also be
sent by the guest editors to individuals who are active in the field. CFP will be emailed to
ACM/IEEE/IETF/IFIP mailing lists and also hard copies of the CFP will be made available.
We will encourage submissions that are of a survey and tutorial nature.