CFP : IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Advances in Self Organizing Networks

CFP : IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Advances in Self Organizing Networks
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Call for Papers - IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic: Advances in Self-Organizing Networks The size of the Internet continues to grow unabated, especially with the rapid adoption of the mobile and fixed wireless connecting a myriad of devices and sensors at homes and businesses. All this will certainly add to the spatio-temporal complexity of the network topology and dynamics, increasing the burden on network administrators and users. Although much work has been done in ad hoc networking in self-configuration, multi-hop routing, etc, they all rely on the traditional networking protocols in computer networks at short ranges. A fresh look is needed to design and develop self-organizing networks that will enable minimize human intervention as much as possible. In addition, applied self-organisation must be reliable, trustworthy and robust to be accepted as a viable paradigm.The major objective of the feature topic is to expose the networking research and development community to the latest breakthroughs in the field of self-organizing networks. Papers will provide an insight into how self-organization can bring order into an ever-growing and increasingly chaotic Internet, as well as directing and stimulating future research in the area. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): * Aspects of complexity in the Internet being considered by physicists, mathematicians, biologists, chaos theorists, economists, dynamical systems theorists, game theorists, telecommunications experts * Application of "small-world" and "scale-free" to self-organizing communication networks * Laboratory implementations and examples * Automatic connection to available networks, including self-organization of multiple radio interfaces * Self-configuration of attached devices and networks * Adaptive and self-organizing ambient aware applications, services, and middleware * Security and trust in self-organizing networks * Reliability and robustness of self-organizing networks * Self-organization based on policies * Robust software and hardware technologies for reliable self-organization * Self-organization and reconfiguration of the transport network to meet the individual and collective needs of applications and services * Self-adaptation following change, both normal and disruptive or catastrophic * Automatic adaptation of protocols and software to meet the desired goals and objectives * Relationship and automatic handling of local and global information Prospective authors should email their manuscripts as a postscript or pdf attachment to the guest editors by January 31, 2005. (Please see http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html for the author's guidelines.) The following is the timetable for this feature topic publication: Manuscript Submission January 31, 2005 Acceptance Notification March 31, 2005 Final Manuscript Due April 15, 2005 Publication Date July 2005 Guest Editors Sudhir Dixit Amardeo Sarma Nokia Research Center NEC Europe Ltd., Network Laboratories 5 Wayside Road Kurfürstenanlage 36 Burlington, MA 01803 69115 Heidelberg, Germany sudhir.dixit@nokia.com, sudhir.dixit@ieee.org sarma@netlab.nec.de

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               Call for Papers - IEEE Communications Magazine

            Feature Topic: Advances in Self-Organizing Networks

   The  size  of the Internet continues to grow unabated, especially with
   the  rapid  adoption  of  the  mobile  and fixed wireless connecting a
   myriad  of  devices and sensors at homes and businesses. All this will
   certainly  add  to  the  spatio-temporal  complexity  of  the  network
   topology and dynamics, increasing the burden on network administrators
   and  users.  Although  much work has been done in ad hoc networking in
   self-configuration,  multi-hop  routing,  etc,  they  all  rely on the
   traditional networking protocols in computer networks at short ranges.
   A  fresh look is needed to design and develop self-organizing networks
   that  will  enable minimize human intervention as much as possible. In
   addition,  applied self-organisation must be reliable, trustworthy and
   robust  to be accepted as a viable paradigm.The major objective of the
   feature  topic  is  to  expose the networking research and development
   community  to the latest breakthroughs in the field of self-organizing
   networks.  Papers  will  provide an insight into how self-organization
   can   bring  order  into  an  ever-growing  and  increasingly  chaotic
   Internet,  as well as directing and stimulating future research in the
   area. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
     * Aspects   of  complexity  in  the  Internet  being  considered  by
       physicists,    mathematicians,    biologists,   chaos   theorists,
       economists,   dynamical   systems   theorists,   game   theorists,
       telecommunications experts
     * Application  of  "small-world" and "scale-free" to self-organizing
       communication networks
     * Laboratory implementations and examples
     * Automatic    connection    to    available   networks,   including
       self-organization of multiple radio interfaces
     * Self-configuration of attached devices and networks
     * Adaptive and self-organizing ambient aware applications, services,
       and middleware
     * Security and trust in self-organizing networks
     * Reliability and robustness of self-organizing networks
     * Self-organization based on policies
     * Robust   software   and   hardware   technologies   for   reliable
       self-organization
     * Self-organization  and reconfiguration of the transport network to
       meet  the  individual  and  collective  needs  of applications and
       services
     * Self-adaptation  following  change,  both normal and disruptive or
       catastrophic
     * Automatic adaptation of protocols and software to meet the desired
       goals and objectives
     * Relationship   and   automatic   handling   of  local  and  global
       information

   Prospective  authors should email their manuscripts as a postscript or
   pdf  attachment  to the guest editors by January 31, 2005. (Please see
   http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html for the author's
   guidelines.)  The  following  is  the timetable for this feature topic
   publication:

   Manuscript Submission January 31, 2005
   Acceptance Notification March 31, 2005
   Final Manuscript Due April 15, 2005
   Publication Date July 2005

   Guest Editors

   Sudhir Dixit Amardeo Sarma
   Nokia Research Center NEC Europe Ltd., Network Laboratories
   5 Wayside Road Kurfürstenanlage 36
   Burlington, MA 01803 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
   sudhir.dixit@nokia.com,
   sudhir.dixit@ieee.org sarma@netlab.nec.de