CFP for IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine

   Special Issue on Merging IP and Wireless Networks

   An  all-IP  core network has been recently considered as the promising
   solution  for  the  so-called beyond 3G systems for providing ultimate
   user  and  terminal  mobility.  Is  it  because  of  the fact that the
   majority  of  traffic  to  be  transmitted  over  the  next generation
   wireless  networks  will be generated from Internet-based applications
   or   because   IP   might   be  able  to  provide  easier  control  on
   quality-of-service metrics provisioned by mobile users and simpler and
   more  cost-efficient  routing  that  IP  could  provide  in  a  mobile
   environment? Is it because IP has a better convergence nature with the
   wireless  environment?  If  circuit-switched  networks  are  no longer
   suitable  for  handling  Internet-based  traffic, why IP and not other
   packet-switched  solutions  should be in forefront of technologies for
   next generation mobile networks?

   This type of questions arise the idea of merging IP and wireless in an
   efficient  way  so that the wireless link restrictions at the physical
   layer of the network stack can be compensated by higher performance of
   the  higher  layers and in particular the network layer. This produces
   the  idea  of  having a layered architecture with the main tasks to be
   done at the network layer.

   The  papers  to  be  presented  in this special issue will explore the
   all-IP  solution  for  next generation mobile networks to answer these
   questions and discuss its advantages and drawbacks compared with other
   more  traditional solutions. Compared with the previous special issues
   on all-IP networks, this issue will focus on a tutorial-based approach
   on  the  evolution  of  the  IP as the network layer protocol toward a
   protocol  which  is  mainly  designed  to work within the wireless and
   mobile environment.

   The  articles for this Special Issue will be solicited through an open
   call-for-papers  and  invitation  to  the  experts  in  the field from
   industry and academia. Suggested topics for this Special Issue include
   but not limited to:
     * A  tutorial  on the main differences between the Internet protocol
       for wired and wireless networks
     * Layered architecture of the future wireless networks
     * Achievement of nominal capacity in wireless LAN
     * Network  layer  protocol  design for efficient working on wireless
       link
     * Ad hoc networking solutions for wireless IP networks
     * Wireless broadband access through IP backbone network
     * Mobile  IP  achievement  and  drawback  to  migrate  IP  to mobile
       environment
     * Techniques to converge IP and wireless networks
     * Future  generation  wireless  networks  and  their  relation  with
       Internet protocol
     * Comparison of IP with MPLS and other protocols in mobile networks
     * Cellular network solutions for IP traffic transportation
     * Quality of service provisioning in IP networks
     * The role of Internet in future generation of wireless networks

   Submission

   Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style
   comprehensible  to  readers  outside  the  specialty  of  the article.
   Articles  may be edited for clarity and grammatical accuracy, and will
   be   copyedited   according  to  the  Magazine's  style.  Mathematical
   equations  should  not  be used (in justified cases up to three simple
   equations  could be allowed, provided the consent of the Guest Editor;
   more    than    three    equations   require   permission   from   the
   Editor-in-Chief).  Articles  should  have no more than 4,500 words, no
   more  than  6  tables  +  figures,  and  no  more  than 15 references.
   Guidelines   for   prospective   authors   can  be  found  on-line  at
   http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/pub_guidelines.html.  Please  send  PDF
   (preferred),  Microsoft  Word, or PostScript formatted papers to Abbas
   Jamalipour  (a.jamalipour@ieee.org)  no  later  than  31 January 2003.
   Accepted  papers  will  also  be  included  in Wireless Communications
   Interactive  (WCI),  the  online  version  of  Wireless Communications
   Magazine.

   Manuscript Due: January 31, 2003
   Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2003
   Final Revised Manuscript Due: June 30, 2003
   Publication: October 2003

   Guest Editors:
   Abbas Jamalipour
   School of Electrical and Information Engineering
   University of Sydney
   Sydney NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA
   Phone: +61 2 9351 2843
   Fax: +61 2 9351 3847
   Email: a.jamalipour@ieee.org

   Pascal Lorenz
   Universite de Haute Alsace
   IUT de Colmar
   34 rue du Grillenbreit - 68008 Colmar FRANCE
   Phone: +33 3 89 20 23 66
   Fax: +33 3 89 20 23 59
   Email: lorenz@ieee.org

   C.K. Toh, Ph.D.
   Director of Research
   TRW Systems
   CA 90746
   USA
   Phone: +1 310 764 6812
   Fax: +1 310 764 3567
   Email: Chai.Toh@trw.com