Call For Papers

                        IEEE Communications Magazine

              Feature Topic -- Powerline Local Area Networking

   The use of the ubiquitous electrical wiring in residential and
   commercial buildings as a potential medium for communication signals
   has been suggested over the past generations, but in-building
   electrical wiring has largely been dismissed as being too noisy and
   unpredictable, leading to the early conclusion that the powerline was
   unsuitable as a practical communication channel. However recent
   advances in communication and modulation methodologies, as well as in
   adaptive digital signal processing and error detection and correction
   have now opened the way for the development of effective medium access
   control and physical layer protocols which support powerline
   communication networks operating at speeds comparable to specially
   wired local area networks.

   The purpose of this Feature Topic in the IEEE Communications Magazine
   is to highlight and document the significant progress in high speed
   digital communication over powerlines that is precipitating a new
   genre of wired local area and home networks requiring no new or
   specialized wiring. Papers which feature descriptions of physical
   layer modulation schemes designed to cope with the harsh environment
   of the powerline channel and that describe innovative medium access
   control schemes that support real-time as well as regular data traffic
   are especially encouraged. Papers may also describe simulation or
   analytical results associated with high speed powerline LANS operating
   at speeds in the range of 10 Mbps, as well as the requirements for
   future higher speed powerline networks operating at 50 Mbps or even
   100 Mbps. With the widespread popularity of wireless communication for
   local area and home networking, papers that compare the performance
   and cost of powerline LANs with wireless LANs in terms of support for
   real time services as well as in terms of other relevant measures,
   will also be of interest. Papers discussing the current market
   conditions and projections as well as emerging technologies and
   industrial alliances in the powerline local area and home networking
   field may also be submitted.

   Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines
   regarding the manuscript and its format. For details, please refer to
   the "Information for Authors" in the IEEE Communications Magazine
   website (http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html.

   Please submit your electronic manuscript in PDF or Postscript to one
   of the guest editors by October 15, 2002. Earlier submissions are
   encouraged to allow for a better issue planning.

    Timetable

   Deadline for paper submission: October, 15, 2002
   Papers accepted: January 15, 2003
   Final versions due: February 7, 2003
   Publication: April 2003 

    Guest Editors

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   Larry Yonge 
   Vice-President for Research and Development
   Intellon Corporation
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