IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine

           Special Issue on Optical Wireless Communications

                           Call For Papers


When a technology penetrates and reaches through many products our
home without us realizing it , it has become pervasive and that
technology has succeeded in becoming part of our lives. In many ways
Optical wireless links have permeated within our homes and has
succeeded in this vision.

For example products ranging from the TV remote control unit to IrDA
ports on products are available with a worldwide installed base of
over 200 million units and growing at 40% annually. Optical wireless
links are widely available on personal computers, mobile telephones
peripherals, embedded systems and devices of all types.

Optical Wireless Links are not restricted to indoor applications and
further offer high speed and flexible links between buildings in MAN
environments and are promising candidates for the `last mile'.

Optical Wireless Links are also used in important experiments on
future, cost-effective space communications between inter-satellite
links.

Optical wireless technology offers many benefits, including
unparalleled low cost, unregulated high bandwidth and performance
interfaces for indoor and outdoor operation.

This special issue seeks to highlight the exciting on-going research
in this important area. Original manuscripts are solicited on issues
of Optical Wireless Techniques as it relates to indoor or outdoor
communications applications. Suggested topics include but are not
limited to the following:

  * Indoor and outdoor links and applications
  * Last mile applications
  * Optical Space Communication Applications
  * LANs
  * Encoding Issues
  * Capacity issues
  * Multi-source/receiver/spot links
  * Channel modeling and ambient noise
  * Modulation and Coding Techniques
  * Transceiver design
  * Link layer, network and transport protocols and modeling
  * High Speed System Design
  * Demonstrators (Cameras, wrist watches, phones, printers, LAN
    extensions, Home network control etc)
  * Applications (Financial, Aircraft, Automobile etc)
  * Standards and eye safety issues, (802.11, IrDA, IEC 825-1, etc)
  * ATM and wireless multimedia
  * Coexistence with Radio technology (Bluetooth)
  * Future Market and Technology prospects.


Publication Schedule:
Date for Paper Submission: 14th October 2002
Acceptance Notification: 16th December 2002
Final version of Papers to IEEE: 10 February 2003
Publication Date: April 2003


Guest Editor

Prof. A. Boucouvalas
Bournemouth University
Fern Barrow, Poole
Dorset
BH12 5 BB
U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 1202-595435
Fax: +44(0) 11202-595314
E-mail:
tboucouv@bournemouth.ac.uk