Call for Papers
IEEE Communications Magazine
January 2006
Public Safety Applications Of Wireless Communication And Networking
Technologies
Background
Land Mobile Radio using analog voice communications over locally
dedicated radio frequencies and transmission facilities has been the
mainstay of public safety agencies-law enforcement, fire, and
emergency response departments. Developments, such as trunking and
computer-aided dispatch, have been introduced to improve the
performance and capacity of systems, and access to wireless data has
been implemented in some jurisdictions. However, the quality of public
safety communication systems has generally lagged behind that of
commercial systems. This disparity in performance and the lack of
interoperability between departments was not fully appreciated until
recent crises highlighted the importance of coordinated operations on
a wide scale and the need for access to critical data in real time.
Now it is recognized that upgrading public safety communications
infrastructure is a high priority, and progress has been made toward
implementing interoperability standards and increasing system
capacity. In many instances, the opportunity exists to "skip" several
generations of wireless communications developments when equipment and
systems are replaced. But which of the features and capabilities of
the current and the near-future wireless technology are suitable for
the operational and the other requirements of local and regional
public safety agencies (law enforcement, fire, and emergency
response)?
The purpose of the special issue is to update the IEEE communications
community on the progress in upgrading the public safety communication
systems, in regard to both interoperability and the introduction of
state-of-the-art systems and protocols.
Scope of Contributions
Contributions are solicited that discuss recent research, development,
deployment, application, and business issues relating to the use of
wireless technologies for local and regional public safety
communications (law enforcement, fire, emergency response). The topics
of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Status of initiatives to improve public safety communications
interoperability and performance
* Requirements for future public safety wireless systems
* Quality of service and security issues involved in using
commercial technology
* Potential of wireless technologies (e.g., WLAN, WPAN, ad hoc,
mesh) to improve public safety communications system and
operational performance
* Architectures and protocols for broadband, wide-area digital voice
and data public safety networks
Papers can be of tutorial nature or present new research and
development material. Authors should follow the IEEE Communications
Magazine guidelines regarding the manuscript format and and submission
procedure. For details, please refer to "Information for Authors"
athttp://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html
Schedule for Submissions
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2005
Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2005
Final Manuscript Due: September 30, 2005
Publication Date: January 2006
Manuscripts should be submitted through the magazine's submissions Web
site at http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/. On the Manuscript
Details page, please click on the drop-down menu to select the special
issue on public safety communi¬cations.
Guest Editors
For additional information about this Feature Topic, please contact
the Guest Editors listed below:
Leonard E. Miller
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8920
LMiller@antd.nist.gov
Zygmunt J. Haas
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
haas@ece.cornell.edu
|