CFP : Special Issue of Kluwer MONET on WLAN Optimization at the MAC and Network Levels

CFP : Special Issue of Kluwer MONET on WLAN Optimization at the MAC and Network Levels
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See MONET Home Page: http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1383-469X Kluwer Academic Publishers in cooperation with ACM announce a Special Issue of the Journal on Special Topics in Mobile Networking and Applications (MONET) on WLAN Optimization at the MAC and Network Levels With Guest Editors Dr. Fabrizio Granelli Dept.of Information and Communication Technology University of Trento, ITALY Tel. +39 0461 882062 Fax. +39 0461 882093 E-mail: granelli@ing.unitn.it Prof. Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto Dept.of Information and Communication University of Rome La Sapienza, ITALY Tel. +39 06 44585863 Fax. +39 06 4873300 E-mail: dibenedetto@newyork.ing.uniroma1.it OVERVIEW: Thanks to the recent achievements in the field of wireless transmission, the wireless paradigm has come to dominate the scenario of high-speed and flexible access to network services and to the Internet. Wireless devices represent a key technology for the design and deployment of networks at low cost, and with reduced impact on existing infrastructures. Although no killer application has been yet defined, an increasing number of users is considering mobility and cableless devices as instruments for improving productivity and quality-of-life. Different standards for wireless networking were recently proposed such as the successful 802.11b i.e. Wi-Fi, 802.15.1 i.e. Bluetooth, and the emerging 802.15.3. In addition, promising research is being performed in the field of Ultra-WideBand Radio Networks. In this framework, important aspects regarding in particular medium access and topological network organization are however still open issues. Consequently significant research effort is nowadays focused on the optimization of MAC and network levels in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). The proposed issue aims at providing an updated state of the art regarding recent achievements in the field of WLAN organization, with specific attention to the MAC and network levels. We are looking for papers that are original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other journal, conference or workshop. The issue will focus on (but will not be limited to) the following topics: * Efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) Strategies for WLANs * Resource Assignment and Sharing in WLANs * Power-efficient MAC and routing protocols * Location-based MAC and routing protocols * Optimization of WLAN Topology PUBLICATION SCHEDULE: MANUSCRIPT DUE: November 1, 2003 ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: February 1, 2004 FINAL MANUSCRIPT DUE: April 1, 2004 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Authors should send an electronic copy of their papers (in Postscript or PDF format) to Fabrizio Granelli, granelli@ing.unitn.it, by November 1, 2003. Submissions should be limited to 20 double spaced pages excluding figures, graphs and illustrations. If email submission is not possible, then six (6) hard copies of the paper should be sent by the due date to: Dr. Fabrizio Granelli Dipartimento di Informatica e Telecomunicazioni Università degli Studi di Trento Via Sommarive 14 38050 Povo (Trento) ITALY All submissions will be reviewed following the standard procedure.

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See MONET Home Page: http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1383-469X

Kluwer Academic Publishers in cooperation with ACM announce a Special Issue
of the Journal on Special Topics in Mobile Networking and Applications (MONET)
on
WLAN Optimization at the MAC and Network Levels


With Guest Editors

Dr. Fabrizio Granelli
Dept.of Information and Communication Technology
University of Trento, ITALY
Tel. +39 0461 882062
Fax. +39 0461 882093
E-mail: granelli@ing.unitn.it
	

Prof. Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto
Dept.of Information and Communication
University of Rome La Sapienza, ITALY
Tel. +39 06 44585863
Fax. +39 06 4873300
E-mail: dibenedetto@newyork.ing.uniroma1.it

	
OVERVIEW:

Thanks to the recent achievements in the field of wireless transmission, the
wireless paradigm has come to dominate the scenario of high-speed and
flexible access to network services and to the Internet. Wireless devices
represent a key technology for the design and deployment of networks at low
cost, and with reduced impact on existing infrastructures. Although no
killer application has been yet defined, an increasing number of users is
considering mobility and cableless devices as instruments for improving
productivity and quality-of-life.

Different standards for wireless networking were recently proposed such as
the successful 802.11b i.e. Wi-Fi, 802.15.1 i.e. Bluetooth, and the emerging
802.15.3. In addition, promising research is being performed in the field of
Ultra-WideBand Radio Networks. In this framework, important aspects
regarding in particular medium access and topological network organization
are however still open issues. Consequently significant research effort is
nowadays focused on the optimization of MAC and network levels in Wireless
Local Area Networks (WLAN).

The proposed issue aims at providing an updated state of the art regarding
recent achievements in the field of WLAN organization, with specific
attention to the MAC and network levels. We are looking for papers that are
original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other journal,
conference or workshop.

The issue will focus on (but will not be limited to) the following topics:

    * Efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) Strategies for WLANs
    * Resource Assignment and Sharing in WLANs
    * Power-efficient MAC and routing protocols
    * Location-based MAC and routing protocols
    * Optimization of WLAN Topology

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE:
MANUSCRIPT DUE: November 1, 2003
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: February 1, 2004
FINAL MANUSCRIPT DUE: April 1, 2004
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Authors should send an electronic copy of their papers (in Postscript or PDF
format) to Fabrizio Granelli, granelli@ing.unitn.it, by November 1, 2003.

Submissions should be limited to 20 double spaced pages excluding figures,
graphs and illustrations. If email submission is not possible, then six (6)
hard copies of the paper should be sent by the due date to:

Dr. Fabrizio Granelli
Dipartimento di Informatica e Telecomunicazioni
Università degli Studi di Trento
Via Sommarive 14
38050 Povo (Trento) ITALY

All submissions will be reviewed following the standard procedure.