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                              CALL FOR PAPERS
             IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 

                ADVANCES IN MILITARY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

   There  is  an  increasing  need in the military for high-rate reliable
   wireless  communications  in  a  limited  and  crowded spectrum. These
   systems  must  operate  under  less  than  ideal conditions, including
   severe   propagation   characteristics,  multiple-access  and  hostile
   interference,  and  with  low complexity and energy constraints. These
   requirements   impose  significant  technical  challenges  for  system
   designers,  including  design  of  coding  and  modulation techniques,
   transceiver  signal  processing algorithms, as well as multiple-access
   mechanisms  that  satisfy  the  aforementioned  requirements in ad hoc
   networks.   This   issue   of   the   Journal  on  Selected  Areas  in
   Communications  is  devoted  to  recent  advances in military wireless
   communications,  both terrestrial and satellite, with primary emphasis
   on physical layer issues.

   Papers describing research in military communications in the following
   areas are solicited. Papers not directly in these areas but related to
   physical/MAC/data link layer issues in military communications systems
   will also be considered.

     * Spread-spectrum systems (DS, FH, TH, UWB)
     * Cross-layer  (physical  layer,  MAC  sub-layer,  data  link layer)
       issues
     * Adaptive coding and signal processing for wireless systems
     * Robust acquisition, synchronization, and tracking
     * Performance analysis of military ad hoc wireless systems
     * Overlay systems, spectrum reuse, OFDM
     * Interference   and  jamming  mitigation  (space  and  time  signal
       processing
     * LPI/LPD techniques and blind signal processing
     * ARQ and MAC protocol design in ad hoc wireless networks
     * Geolocation
     * Robust multi-user MIMO systems

   The call for papers is for extended abstracts that propose development
   of  papers  to  meet  the  goals  of  the  issue.  The  proposal shall
   comprehensively  describe  the area of the paper relative to the areas
   of interest of the call. These extended abstracts will be reviewed and
   the  editors  will  invite  final  papers,  which  will  be  refereed.
   Prospective  authors  should prepare the extended abstract/summary for
   submission  of  their  manuscript  in  accordance  with the IEEE J-SAC
   format  described  in the Information for Authors. Authors should send
   an    electronic    version   (PDF   format)   to   Wayne   Stark   at
   stark@eecs.umich.edu according to the following timetable:

                 Abstract Submission:     November 15, 2003
                 Abstract Notification:   January 15, 2004
                 Manuscript Submission:   April 1, 2004
                 Acceptance Notification: October 1, 2004
                 Final Manuscript Due:    January 1, 2005
                 Publication              2nd Quarter 2005

   Wayne Stark
   Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Dept
   University of Michigan
   1301 Beal Ave
   Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
   stark@eecs.umich.edu Barry Felstead
   Communications Research Centre
   Box 11490, Station "H"
   Ottawa, Canada K2H 8S2
   barry.felstead@crc.ca

   Daniel L. Noneaker
   Holcombe Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering
   305 Fluor Daniel Engineering Innovation Building
   Clemson University
   Clemson, SC 29634
   danno@ces.clemson.edu Brian M. Sadler
   US Army Research Laboratory
   Attn: AMSRL-CI-CN
   2800 Powder Mill Rd
   Adelphi, MD 20783-1197
   bsadler@arl.army.mil