Call for Papers

   Kluwer Academic Publishers in cooperation with ACM announce a Special
   Issue of the:

      Journal on Special Topics in Mobile Networking and Applications
                                  (MONET)

                                     on

       Advances in Research of Wireless Personal Area Networking and
                         Bluetooth Enabled Networks

   With Guest Editors:

Dr. Gergely V. Záruba

   Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking
   Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE@UTA)
   The University of Texas at Arlington

   E-mail: zaruba@cse.uta.edu

   Phone: +1 (817) 272-3602

   Fax: +1 (817) 272-3784

Per Johansson

   Berkeley Wireless Center
   Ericsson Inc.
   E-mail: Per.Johansson@ericsson.com

   Phone:+1 (310) 592-9796

   Fax:+1 (510) 666-3999



Overview:

   Wireless personal area networks (WPANs) are short to very short-range
   (from a couple centimeters to a couple of meters) wireless networks
   that can be used to exchange information between devices in the reach
   of a person. WPANs can be used to replace cables between computers and
   their peripherals, to establish communities helping people do their
   everyday chores making them more productive, or to establish location
   aware services.
   The best example representing WPANs is the recent industry standard:
   Bluetooth, other examples include Spike (for real time gaming -
   proprietary technology), and in the broad sense HomeRF. The IEEE 802
   committee has also realized the importance of short-range wireless
   networking and initiated the establishment of the IEEE 802.15 working
   group to standardize protocols and interfaces for wireless personal
   area networking.
   One key issue of the feasibility of WPANs is the cost of the chips
   enabling the actual wireless data transfer. Companies developing
   Bluetooth chips claim, that in the near future complex one-chip
   solutions of the Bluetooth specification will be available in the $5
   price range. With this target price it is predicted that not only will
   most PDAs, phones, laptops include such technology but that the number
   of small WPAN enabled devices (e.g., pens, cameras, headsets, various
   sensors) will soon outnumber the computers on the Internet.

   Another key issue is the inter-working of wireless technologies to
   create heterogeneous wireless networks. For instance, WPANs will
   enable an extension of the third generation (3G) cellular networks
   (i.e., UMTS and cdma2000) into devices without direct cellular access.
   Moreover, devices interconnected in a WPAN will able to utilize a
   combination of 3G access and WLAN access by selecting the access that
   is best for the moment. In such networks 3G, WLAN and WPAN
   technologies do not compete against each other but enable the user to
   select the best connectivity for his/her purposes.

   We expect that the availability of a cheap short-range wireless
   technology will further fuel research and development in what, where
   and most importantly how these technologies could be used for.

Scope:

   This special issue will concentrate on completed or ongoing research
   in the area of wireless personal area networking (not manufacturing).
   Areas of interest include but are not limited to research in:
   -Bluetooth technology
   -Bluetooth scatternet formation
   -IP over Bluetooth
   -Bluetooth performance evaluation
   -Using WPAN devices to create wireless ad hoc networks
   -Routing in Bluetooth scatternets
   -Security issues of WPANs
   -Mobility management and seamless integration of WPANs
   -Heterogeneous wireless infrastructures employing WPANs
     * 3G and WLAN multi-access networking via WPAN
   -Interoperability, interference and co-existence issues
   -WPANs vs. WLANs
   -Protocols tailored to WPANs
   -Caching in WPANs
   -Service discovery in WPANs
   -QoS provisioning in WPANs

Publication Schedule:

   Submission Deadline: April 15, 2002
   Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2002
   Final Manuscripts Due: July 30, 2002

Submission Guidelines:

   Authors should email an electronic Postscript or PDF copy of their
   papers to Gergely Záruba (zaruba@cse.uta.edu) by April 15^th 2002.
   Submissions should be limited to 20 double spaced pages excluding
   figures, graphs, and illustrations. If e-mail submission is impossible
   then six (6) hardcopies of the paper should be sent (arriving prior to
   the due date) to:

Dr. Gergely V. Záruba

   Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE@UTA)
   The University of Texas at Arlington
   Box 19015

   416 Yates, 305 Nedderman Hall,

   Arlington, TX76019-0015

   U.S.A.