CFP : Special Issue of ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review MC2R, on Wireless PAN and Sensor Networks

CFP : Special Issue of ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review MC2R, on Wireless PAN and Sensor Networks
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ACM/SIGMOBILE MC2R MOBILE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW A PUBLICATION OF ACM SIGMOBILE Call For Papers Special Issue on: "Wireless PAN & Sensor Networks" Objectives Despite of the worldwide recession, especially in the telecommunications market, and the delays in the 3G mobile networks' deployment, the vision of a new forth generation (4G) all-IP mobile/wireless network is emerging rapidly. In the forthcoming 4G era, apart from the installed infrastructure based networks, Wireless Personal Area Networks (PANs) and sensor networks are expected to fulfil the "anywhere and anytime" ubiquitous services' requirement. Users will require forming "ad-hoc" networks to communicate with colleagues at work, at conferences, at "hot- spots", at home, or on the move. Moreover Personal Area Networks (PAN) centred on the individual himself will evolve. PAN networks will include any collection of devices that belong to or are carried by a networked user (e.g. cell phone, laptop, earphones, GPS navigator, palm pilot, beeper, portable scanner, etc.) and form his/her personal "PAN-bubble". The bubble may expand or shrink dynamically depending on user's environment and needs. For example it may connect to routers, sensors or actuators. Such access is critical when the mobile user enters into a new location and aims to quickly sense and control the environment (e.g. gain access/ connectivity, control the temperature, adjust the lighting) or get recognized by the environment sensors (e.g. welcome message, uninterrupted communication, automatic selection of a background music, etc.) Wireless PAN and sensor networks will require sophisticated algorithmic solutions to realize and maintain high- speed, cost-effective, energy-efficient and reliable wireless networks. This special issue aims to bringing together state-of-the-art contributions and provide a comprehensive and updated reference in this field. In this context, the challenges, the protocols, the applications and the technologies that enable the wireless PANs and sensor networks will be addressed. This special issue of the MC2R is devoted to the future ad-hoc networks i.e. Wireless Personal Area Networks & Sensor Networks. The purpose is to disseminate the recent advances and research activities in these fields and provide a comprehensive and updated reference. In this context, the challenges, the protocols, the applications and the technologies that enable the wireless PANs and sensor networks will be addressed. More specifically, the special issue will cover topics that include the architecture, routing and QoS protocols, modelling, performance evaluation, and experimentation of ad-hoc PANs and sensor networks. Particularly encouraged are articles from industry that discuss the latest industrial advances. Topics Original research and review papers are solicited that cover (but are not limited to) any of the following areas: - Self-organized, auto-configured ad-hoc networks - Intelligent multi-hop routing in ad-hoc PAN/sensor networks - QoS in ad-hoc PAN networks - Multimedia ad-hoc communications - Resource discovery and self-configuration of - Applications in Wireless PANs/sensor networks - Radio resource management - WPANs in 4G networks - Intelligent mobile agents - Implementation and performance evaluation MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION Paper submission will be handled electronically. Authors should format their manuscripts according to the guidelines in http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigmobile/MC2R/submission_guidelines.html and should e-mail a PDF, PostScript or MS Word version to Dr. Theodore B. Zahariadis at the address below. Note that all sources of accepted papers should be available in order to rebuild the papers for final typesetting (LaTeX is strongly encouraged). IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: August 1, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: October 1, 2003 Final Manuscript Due: November 1, 2003 Publication Date: January 2004 GUEST EDITORS Dr. Theodore B. Zahariadis Technical Director Ellemedia Technologies 223 Syggrou Av., N. Smirni, GR-171 21 Greece Tel: +30-210-93 73 097 Fax: +30-210-93 70 386 E-mail: zahariad@ellemedia.com Dr. Bharat Doshi Lucent Technologies Bell Labs 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA Tel: +1 732 949 0823 Email: bdoshi@lucent.com

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ACM/SIGMOBILE  MC2R
MOBILE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW
A PUBLICATION OF ACM SIGMOBILE

Call For Papers

Special Issue on: "Wireless PAN & Sensor Networks"

Objectives
Despite of the worldwide recession, especially in the telecommunications
market, and the delays in the 3G mobile networks' deployment, the vision of
a new forth generation (4G) all-IP mobile/wireless network is emerging
rapidly. In the forthcoming 4G era, apart from the installed infrastructure
based networks, Wireless Personal Area Networks (PANs) and sensor networks
are expected to fulfil the "anywhere and anytime" ubiquitous services'
requirement.
Users will require forming "ad-hoc" networks to communicate with colleagues
at work, at conferences, at "hot- spots", at home, or on the move. Moreover
Personal Area Networks (PAN) centred on the individual himself will evolve.
PAN networks will include any collection of devices that belong to or are
carried by a networked user (e.g. cell phone, laptop, earphones, GPS
navigator, palm pilot, beeper, portable scanner, etc.) and form his/her
personal "PAN-bubble". The bubble may expand or shrink dynamically depending
on user's environment and needs. For example it may connect to routers,
sensors or actuators. Such access is critical when the mobile user enters
into a new location and aims to quickly sense and control the environment
(e.g.  gain access/ connectivity, control the temperature, adjust the
lighting) or get recognized by the environment sensors (e.g. welcome
message, uninterrupted communication, automatic selection of a background
music, etc.) Wireless PAN and sensor networks will require sophisticated
algorithmic solutions to realize and maintain high- speed, cost-effective,
energy-efficient and reliable wireless networks. This special issue aims to
bringing together state-of-the-art contributions and provide a comprehensive
and updated reference in this field. In this context, the challenges, the
protocols, the applications and the technologies that enable the wireless
PANs and sensor networks will be addressed.
This special issue of the MC2R is devoted to the future ad-hoc networks i.e.
Wireless Personal Area Networks & Sensor Networks. The purpose is to
disseminate the recent advances and research activities in these fields and
provide a comprehensive and updated reference. In this context, the
challenges, the protocols, the applications and the technologies that enable
the wireless PANs and sensor networks will be addressed. More specifically,
the special issue will cover topics that include the architecture, routing
and QoS protocols, modelling, performance evaluation, and experimentation of
ad-hoc PANs and sensor networks. Particularly encouraged are articles from
industry that discuss the latest industrial advances.

Topics 

Original research and review papers are solicited that cover (but are not
limited to) any of the following areas:
-	Self-organized, auto-configured ad-hoc networks
-	Intelligent multi-hop routing in ad-hoc PAN/sensor networks
-	QoS in ad-hoc PAN networks
-	Multimedia ad-hoc communications
-	Resource discovery and self-configuration of 
-	Applications in Wireless PANs/sensor networks 
-	Radio resource management 
-	WPANs in 4G networks
-	Intelligent mobile agents
-	Implementation and performance evaluation

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
Paper submission will be handled electronically. Authors should format their
manuscripts according to the guidelines in
http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigmobile/MC2R/submission_guidelines.html and should
e-mail a PDF, PostScript or MS Word version to Dr. Theodore B. Zahariadis at
the address below.  Note that all sources of accepted papers should be
available in order to rebuild the papers for final typesetting (LaTeX is
strongly encouraged).

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline:            	August 1, 2003
Notification of Acceptance:       	October 1, 2003
Final Manuscript Due:             	November 1, 2003
Publication Date:                 	January 2004

GUEST EDITORS
Dr. Theodore B. Zahariadis
Technical Director
Ellemedia Technologies
223 Syggrou Av., N. Smirni,
GR-171 21 Greece
Tel: +30-210-93 73 097
Fax: +30-210-93 70 386
E-mail: zahariad@ellemedia.com 

Dr. Bharat Doshi
Lucent Technologies
Bell Labs
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, 
Holmdel, NJ  07733 
USA
Tel: +1 732 949 0823
Email: bdoshi@lucent.com