Joint special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and  the
   IEEE/ACM  Transactions on Networking on

   Networking and Information Theory

   A  joint  issue of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and the
   IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking will be devoted to the connections
   between networking and information theory.  Original research papers that
   make major contributions to research on information theoretic aspects of
   networking,  operations of networks and other related problems with an
   information theoretic components are sought.
   While connections between networking and information theory have always been
   promising, recent developments point to especially fruitful common ground
   between these two areas.  On the networking side, the complexity of physical
   layer issues, particularly in wireless networks, has prompted an inter-layer
   approach  that  fits well in the context of information theory. On the
   information-theoretic side, classical approaches to multiuser information
   theory  have  been enhanced by an active interest in casting practical
   networking problems in an information-theoretic setting. In particular,
   theoretical developments in information theory have drastically changed the
   angle of attack on information theoretic problems of networking.
   Examples of such intersection areas are scaling laws in networks, network
   coding, implementation and theory of multiuser systems, wireless network
   design involving multi-input multi-output channels, and queueing and delay
   issues in information-theoretic capacity settings.  A special issue that
   focuses on these activities and gives an overview of related efforts would
   serve both the networking and information theory communities and, we hope,
   deepen interest in interdisciplinary work.
   Papers for this special issue should relate to the developments described
   above.  Expository papers, survey papers, research papers and correspondence
   items are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
     * Network Coding
     * Limit behavior of large networks
     * Multi-terminal information theory for networks
     * Information theory for queueing and network delay
     * Coding for network robustness and reliability

   Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines and submission
   instructions of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

   Schedule:
   Submission deadline:  	March 14, 2005 (due to technicalissues)
   Selection of papers:  	December 15, 2005
   Publication: 		June, 2006

   Guest Editorial Board:
   N. Cai, University of Bielefeld
   M. Chiang, Princeton University
   M. Effros, Caltech
   R. Koetter, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
   M. Medard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   B. Prabakhar, Stanford University
   R. Srikant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
   D. Towsley, University of Massachusetts
   R. W. Yeung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong