CFP : IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications issue on Fundamental Performance Limits of Wireless Sensor Networks

CFP : IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications issue on Fundamental Performance Limits of Wireless Sensor Networks
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CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications FUNDAMENTAL PERFORMANCE LIMITS OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS In recent times much as been written about how, once deployed, networks of devices with wireless communication capabilities will affect the way we work, learn, interact, organize, get entertained, fight wars, and recover from disasters. This interest in wireless networks has led to a fair amount of research activity in the areas of mobile and ad-hoc networking, addressing both systems and theory issues. However, not much work has been done on fundamental information and communication theoretic concepts related to wireless sensor networks, i.e., networks of tiny, low power, unreliable devices, equipped with very limited sensing and communication capabilities, and embedded in the environment. This issue of J-SAC is devoted to the study of performance limits for wireless sensor networks, as well as to the design of codes and protocols capable of approaching those performance limits. In the context of performance analysis for communication systems, information and communication theory are primarily concerned with efficiency considerations: what is the best performance that can be achieved by a system operating under given contraints? In this regard, a solid foundation has been laid for the significant progress in physical layer wireless communication of the past decade, leading to ideas such as space-time codes and opportunistic communication, that have already been implemented in existing and emerging wireless systems. Now, while much of that progress has occurred for what could be considered relatively simple wireless networks (such as point-to-point or multiple access channels), many open problems remain for more complex networks, such as the sensor networks of interest in this special issue. And whereas a general theory of information and communication in networks still seems distant, the extreme resource constraints under which wireless sensor networks must operate strongly calls for an understanding of the fundamental performance limits of such networks, for those can provide valuable insights into what designs make sense, and can help identify areas in which theory promises performance much better than that attained by existing designs. Papers presenting original work on various aspects related to wireless sensor networks are solicited. Specifically, but not only, papers are solicited on the following topics: * Air Interface: + Interference-mitigating signaling methods (narrowband/wideband/ultra-wideband), adapted to sensor networks. + Synchronization techniques. + Multiple access techniques (time-hopping, frequency hopping, spreading). * System Capacity: + Percolation models, random graphs, large network asymptotics. + MAC protocols (random-access, slotted access, contention protocols). + Capacity considerations in routing, flow control, power control, MAC protocols. + Capacity considerations for moving data into and out of the network. * Energy Awareness: + Performance optimization for networks with a finite energy budget. + Renewable power sources. + Tradeoffs between in-network processing and communication complexity. * Distributed Signal Processing / Communications / Control: + Distributed signal detection and estimation. + Cooperative transmission (relaying, energy pooling, etc.). + Multiuser detection techniques. + Distributed algorithms for data compression and error control. + Distributed physical layer processing. + Distributed fault tolerance mechanisms. Prospective authors should prepare their manuscript in accordance with the IEEE J-SAC format described in the Information for Authors. Authors wishing to submit papers should send an electronic version (PDF format) to jsac-sp-issue@ece.cornell.edu, according to the following timetable: Manuscript Submission: July 15, 2003 Acceptance Notification: January 1, 2004 Final Manuscript Due: February 1, 2004 Publication: 2nd Quarter 2004 Sergio D. Servetto School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 servetto@ece.cornell.edu Raymond Knopp Mobile Communications Dept. Institut EURECOM 06904 Sophia-Antipolis, France Raymond.Knopp@eurecom.fr Anthony Ephremides Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 tony@eng.umd.edu Sergio Verdú Dept. of Electrical Engineering Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 verdu@princeton.edu Stephen B. Wicker School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 wicker@ece.cornell.edu

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                              CALL FOR PAPERS
             IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 

         FUNDAMENTAL PERFORMANCE LIMITS OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

   In  recent  times  much  as  been  written  about  how, once deployed,
   networks  of  devices  with  wireless  communication capabilities will
   affect  the  way  we work, learn, interact, organize, get entertained,
   fight  wars,  and  recover  from  disasters. This interest in wireless
   networks has led to a fair amount of research activity in the areas of
   mobile  and  ad-hoc  networking,  addressing  both  systems and theory
   issues.   However,   not  much  work  has  been  done  on  fundamental
   information  and  communication theoretic concepts related to wireless
   sensor  networks,  i.e.,  networks  of  tiny,  low  power,  unreliable
   devices,   equipped   with  very  limited  sensing  and  communication
   capabilities, and embedded in the environment.

   This  issue of J-SAC is devoted to the study of performance limits for
   wireless  sensor  networks,  as  well  as  to  the design of codes and
   protocols  capable  of  approaching  those  performance limits. In the
   context of performance analysis for communication systems, information
   and  communication  theory  are  primarily  concerned  with efficiency
   considerations: what is the best performance that can be achieved by a
   system  operating  under  given  contraints?  In  this regard, a solid
   foundation  has  been  laid  for  the significant progress in physical
   layer wireless communication of the past decade, leading to ideas such
   as space-time codes and opportunistic communication, that have already
   been implemented in existing and emerging wireless systems. Now, while
   much  of  that  progress  has  occurred  for  what could be considered
   relatively   simple  wireless  networks  (such  as  point-to-point  or
   multiple  access channels), many open problems remain for more complex
   networks,  such  as  the  sensor  networks of interest in this special
   issue.  And  whereas a general theory of information and communication
   in  networks  still  seems  distant,  the extreme resource constraints
   under  which  wireless sensor networks must operate strongly calls for
   an  understanding  of  the  fundamental  performance  limits  of  such
   networks,  for  those  can provide valuable insights into what designs
   make  sense,  and  can  help  identify  areas in which theory promises
   performance much better than that attained by existing designs.

   Papers presenting original work on various aspects related to wireless
   sensor  networks are solicited. Specifically, but not only, papers are
   solicited on the following topics:

     * Air Interface:
          + Interference-mitigating           signaling           methods
            (narrowband/wideband/ultra-wideband),   adapted   to   sensor
            networks.
          + Synchronization techniques.
          + Multiple  access techniques (time-hopping, frequency hopping,
            spreading).
     * System Capacity:
          + Percolation models, random graphs, large network asymptotics.
          + MAC  protocols  (random-access,  slotted  access,  contention
            protocols).
          + Capacity  considerations  in  routing,  flow  control,  power
            control, MAC protocols.
          + Capacity  considerations  for moving data into and out of the
            network.
     * Energy Awareness:
          + Performance  optimization  for  networks with a finite energy
            budget.
          + Renewable power sources.
          + Tradeoffs  between  in-network  processing  and communication
            complexity.
     * Distributed Signal Processing / Communications / Control:
          + Distributed signal detection and estimation.
          + Cooperative transmission (relaying, energy pooling, etc.).
          + Multiuser detection techniques.
          + Distributed   algorithms   for  data  compression  and  error
            control.
          + Distributed physical layer processing.
          + Distributed fault tolerance mechanisms.

   Prospective authors should prepare their manuscript in accordance with
   the  IEEE  J-SAC  format  described  in  the  Information for Authors.
   Authors  wishing  to  submit  papers should send an electronic version
   (PDF   format)  to  jsac-sp-issue@ece.cornell.edu,  according  to  the
   following timetable:

                 Manuscript Submission:   July 15, 2003
                 Acceptance Notification: January 1, 2004
                 Final Manuscript Due:    February 1, 2004
                 Publication:             2nd Quarter 2004

   Sergio D. Servetto
   School of Electrical and Computer
   Engineering - Cornell University
   Ithaca, NY 14853
   servetto@ece.cornell.edu Raymond Knopp
   Mobile Communications Dept.
   Institut EURECOM
   06904 Sophia-Antipolis, France
   Raymond.Knopp@eurecom.fr

   Anthony Ephremides
   Dept. of Electrical and Computer
   Engineering - University of Maryland
   College Park, MD 20742
   tony@eng.umd.edu Sergio Verdú
   Dept. of Electrical Engineering
   Princeton University
   Princeton, NJ 08544
   verdu@princeton.edu Stephen B. Wicker
   School of Electrical and Computer
   Engineering - Cornell University
   Ithaca, NY 14853
   wicker@ece.cornell.edu