CFP : Special Issue of IEEE Network on Wireless Local Area Networking, QoS Provision and Resource Management

CFP : Special Issue of IEEE Network on Wireless Local Area Networking, QoS Provision and Resource Management
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Call for Papers IEEE Network Special Issue on Wireless Local Area Networking: QoS provision & Resource Management Guest Editors Prof. Christos Douligeris Department of Informatics University of Piraeus 80, Karaoli & Dimitriou St. GR - 185 34, Piraeus, Greece Email: cdoulig@unipi.gr Dr. Dimitrios D. Vergados Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering University of the Aegean GR - 832 00, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece Email: vergados@aegean.gr Scope Next generation wireless networks are evolving to accommodate a variety of services and traffic types, including data transfer, voice, video and multimedia streaming, while allowing a user to roam within the service area of the network, or between networks without disrupting the quality of service (QoS) provided. Current wireless local area networks can provide only best-effort QoS with limited capabilities regarding mobility. Future wireless access networks must be able to guarantee predefined levels of QoS allowing the services mentioned above to be supported. Furthermore, the QoS parameters should not be exceeded during intra WLAN and WLAN -- cellular handoff. Providing QoS sufficient to support these applications over a WLAN can be a challenging task. WLANs often allow a variable number of users with heterogeneous QoS requirements to share a common radio channel, usually with limited access control, making packet delivery fluctuant and unpredictable. WLAN MAC protocols must be extended to support prioritization and bandwidth reservation in order to enable guaranteed QoS provisioning to users of wireless services. Also, user mobility, as it has been manifested in extensive studies in cellular networks, introduces a new set of QoS parameters which must be considered when designing a local area network. Wireless Local Area Networks cover single-hop or multi-hop communications which can provide various network services within a limited service area. Research and deployment of these networks has been very rapid in the past few years, leading to the development of a number of wireless local area network technologies, like 802.11 (Wi-Fi), 802.15.3 and HiperLAN. Even though these technologies can provide high speed (broadband) wireless access to IP networks, they have significant limitations, which must be overcome for allowing seamless, scalable and stable QoS for wireless mobile users. The goal of the special issue in IEEE Network Magazine is to publish original research and review articles which should be comprehensive to all readers, regardless of their specialty. This special issue will cover comprehensively architectures, algorithms and technologies for quality of service (QoS) and resource management in wireless local area networks (WLANs). In particular we are interested in tutorial, survey and original research articles on, but not limited to the following topics: * QoS support in WLANs * QoS provisioning, management and capacity optimization in WLANs. * WLAN performance evaluation studies * Layer 2 mobility management/support in WLANs * Consistent QoS across WLAN and 3G handover * Power control and management for energy-efficient WLANs * Service differentiation in WLANs * QoS and security in WLANs * QoS accounting & billing for WLAN hotspots. Manuscript Submission Interested authors should submit an electronic version of the manuscript, in PDF format,as an email attachment to both guest editors. Additional information including "Guidelines for authors" is available at the IEEE Network Website: http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html Important Dates Submission Deadline: October 15, 2004 Acceptance Notification: March 1, 2005 Final Manuscripts Due: April 15 2005 Publication of Special Issue: July/August 2005

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                              Call for Papers

                                IEEE Network

                              Special Issue on

                      Wireless Local Area Networking:
                    QoS provision & Resource Management

                           Guest Editors

   Prof. Christos Douligeris
   Department of Informatics
   University of Piraeus
   80, Karaoli & Dimitriou St.
   GR - 185 34, Piraeus, Greece
   Email: cdoulig@unipi.gr Dr. Dimitrios D. Vergados

   Department of Information and Communication
   Systems Engineering
   University of the Aegean
   GR - 832 00, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece
   Email: vergados@aegean.gr

   Scope
   Next  generation  wireless  networks  are  evolving  to  accommodate a
   variety of services and traffic types, including data transfer, voice,
   video  and  multimedia streaming, while allowing a user to roam within
   the   service  area  of  the  network,  or  between  networks  without
   disrupting  the  quality  of  service (QoS) provided. Current wireless
   local  area  networks  can  provide  only best-effort QoS with limited
   capabilities  regarding mobility. Future wireless access networks must
   be  able  to  guarantee predefined levels of QoS allowing the services
   mentioned  above  to  be  supported.  Furthermore,  the QoS parameters
   should not be exceeded during intra WLAN and WLAN -- cellular handoff.
   Providing QoS sufficient to support these applications over a WLAN can
   be  a  challenging  task. WLANs often allow a variable number of users
   with  heterogeneous  QoS requirements to share a common radio channel,
   usually  with limited access control, making packet delivery fluctuant
   and  unpredictable.  WLAN  MAC  protocols  must be extended to support
   prioritization and bandwidth reservation in order to enable guaranteed
   QoS  provisioning  to users of wireless services. Also, user mobility,
   as  it  has been manifested in extensive studies in cellular networks,
   introduces  a  new set of QoS parameters which must be considered when
   designing a local area network.
   Wireless   Local   Area   Networks   cover   single-hop  or  multi-hop
   communications  which  can  provide  various network services within a
   limited  service  area.  Research and deployment of these networks has
   been very rapid in the past few years, leading to the development of a
   number  of  wireless  local  area  network  technologies,  like 802.11
   (Wi-Fi),  802.15.3  and  HiperLAN.  Even though these technologies can
   provide  high  speed  (broadband) wireless access to IP networks, they
   have  significant  limitations,  which  must  be overcome for allowing
   seamless, scalable and stable QoS for wireless mobile users.
   The  goal  of the special issue in IEEE Network Magazine is to publish
   original research and review articles which should be comprehensive to
   all  readers,  regardless  of their specialty. This special issue will
   cover  comprehensively  architectures, algorithms and technologies for
   quality  of  service  (QoS)  and resource management in wireless local
   area  networks  (WLANs).  In particular we are interested in tutorial,
   survey  and  original  research  articles  on,  but not limited to the
   following topics:
     * QoS support in WLANs
     * QoS provisioning, management and capacity optimization in WLANs.
     * WLAN performance evaluation studies
     * Layer 2 mobility management/support in WLANs
     * Consistent QoS across WLAN and 3G handover
     * Power control and management for energy-efficient WLANs
     * Service differentiation in WLANs
     * QoS and security in WLANs
     * QoS accounting & billing for WLAN hotspots.

   Manuscript Submission
   Interested   authors  should  submit  an  electronic  version  of  the
   manuscript,  in  PDF  format,as  an  email  attachment  to  both guest
   editors.  Additional information including "Guidelines for authors" is
   available at the IEEE Network Website:
   http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html 

   Important Dates

   Submission Deadline:          October 15, 2004
   Acceptance Notification:      March 1, 2005
   Final Manuscripts Due:        April 15 2005
   Publication of Special Issue: July/August 2005