CALL FOR PAPERS
             IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 

    ADVANCED MOBILITY MANAGEMENT AND QoS PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS INTERNET

   The  next  generation of networking systems will be data-centric where
   mobility  and QoS support are the two critical issues. The convergence
   of  the telecom, datacom and mobile world has created a multi-service,
   multi-platform  network  of  the  new  world:  namely  mobile wireless
   Internet.  User  mobility has created a new dimension in many research
   areas,  including  inter  network  and inter service roaming, mobility
   management,  Quality  of  Service  (QoS), resource management, network
   architecture   and   protocols,  mobile  multimedia  applications  and
   services,  etc.  New wireless network architectures are being proposed
   to  cope  with  diverse  applications, levels of mobility, and traffic
   types.  Advanced  mobility management techniques will support seamless
   IP  connection  across  different networks, and provide end-to-end QoS
   support. A QoS-enabled multi-service-based high-speed backbone network
   is  required  to  carry large amounts of packet-switched data for both
   wireline and wireless access.

   This  issue  of  J-SAC  will be devoted to the advanced architectures,
   protocols,   and   applications   for  wireless  mobile  Internet,  in
   particular,  mobility management, QoS provisioning and the interaction
   between  the  two.  We  seek  original,  previously  unpublished,  and
   completed   contributions,  not  currently  under  review  by  another
   journal.  Contributions  emphasizing  recent advances and new research
   directions are strongly encouraged. Areas of interest include, but are
   not limited to:
     * Network architectures and protocols for wireless Internet
     * Integration and internetworking of wired and wireless networks
     * Inter network and inter service roaming solutions
     * Interoperability in multi-provider access networks
     * Inter/intra domain QoS protocols and mechanisms
     * Mobility management, in particular, QoS-aware mobility management
     * Related standards (3GPP, MWIF, 3G.IP, ETSI, IETF, ...)
     * Multimedia  applications  and  services for different networks and
       user terminals
     * System architecture, protocol stack and reference model

   Prospective  authors  should  prepare manuscripts in accordance to the
   IEEE  J-SAC format described in the Information for Authors and submit
   four  copies  of  their manuscript to one of the guest editors. Papers
   may  also  be  submitted  electronically as .pdf files via e-mail. The
   following timetable will apply:

   Manuscript submission:   June 1, 2003
   Acceptance notification: October 1, 2003
   Final manuscript due:    December 1, 2003
   Publication:             2nd Quarter 2004

   Guest Editors (in alphabetical order)

   Prof. Hamid Aghvami
   King's College London
   University of London, Strand
   London WC2R 2LS, UK
   hamid.aghvami@kcl.ac.uk Prof. Aura Ganz
   ECE Department
   Univ of Massachusetts
   Amherst, MA 01003
   ganz@ecs.umass.edu Prof. Raghupathy Sivakumar
   ECE Department
   Georgia Inst of Technology
   Atlanta, GA 30332
   siva@ece.gatech.edu

   Dr. Haitao Zheng
   Bell Labs - Lucent Technologies
   791 Holmdel-Keyport Rd, R145
   Holmdel, NJ 07733
   haitaoz@lucent.com Dr. Wenwu Zhu
   Microsoft Research Asia
   5F, Sigma Center
   No. 49, Zhichun Rd
   Haidian District
   Beijing 100080, China
   wwzhu@microsoft.com