IEEE Communications Magazine
Cross-Layer Protocol Engineering For Wireless Mobile Networks
Call for Papers
Background: Growth of wireless packet data applications, e.g.,
wireless web access, interactive mobile multimedia applications, and
interactive gaming drives the rapid evolution of next-generation
wireless networks. The communication channels and traffic patterns in
mobile wireless networks are more unpredictable than the traditional
wired networks. Also, the future multimedia applications introduce
stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Diverging from the
traditional layering approach of a static and layer independent
protocol stack, a cross-layer design paradigm would be necessary to
achieve transmission protocol stack performance meeting these QoS
requirements. This is particularly true for wireless ad hoc networks
where unpredictable variables such as node mobility, node density,
network dimensions make the QoS requirements even more difficult to
satisfy. Cross-layer protocol engineering is an emerging research area
where some results have recently been published but it holds a greater
potential for even comprehensive results addressing relevant issues to
support the emerging applications. Also, the development of related
concepts and technologies are critical.
As an example of cross-layer design, at the physical layer adaptive
modulation and coding can be designed considering the radio link level
error control technique (e.g., ARQ) to maximize network capacity under
constrained QoS requirements. Also, a cross- layer design for radio
link level scheduler can be achieved by adapting it to the transport
level delay and bandwidth requirements of real time and non-real time
applications. Application layer adaptation techniques based on
cross-layer design can be developed for wireless multimedia services
which exploit the physical and radio link layer information. Research
on cross-layer design and engineering is interdisciplinary in nature
and it involves several research areas such as adaptive coding and
modulation, channel modeling, traffic modeling, queuing theory network
protocol design and optimization techniques.
The emphasis of this special issue will be on cross-layer protocol
interactions and design of cross-layer optimized techniques,
investigation of joint simulation methodologies, potential upgrade of
the protocol stacks for multimedia, and resource management and
routing protocols for mobile wireless networks, e.g., cellular/WLAN/ad
hoc.
Scope of Contributions: The papers in this feature topic will focus on
state-of -the-art research in various aspects of cross-layer protocol
design and engineering for the next generation wireless mobile
communication networks. We solicit papers covering various topics of
interest that include, but not limited to the following:
* Architectures and methodologies for cross-layer protocol design in
wireless networks
* Exploiting physical layer information for medium access control
(MAC)/ radio link control (RLC) protocol design
* Interactions among PHY/MAC/RLC and transport layer protocol (e.g.,
TCP/UDP)
* Interactions between routing/mobility management and congestion
control
* Cross-layer design of MAC, RLC, and routing protocols in wireless
ad hoc networks
* Cross-layer adaptation for energy minimization in wireless
networks
* Cross-layer strategies for wireless multimedia
* Application layer adaptation based on cross-layer notifications
* Cross-layer strategies and end-to-end quality of service
* Cross-layer strategies in wireless sensor and actuator networks
* Simulation tools for cross-layer analysis and design
* Complexity and scalability issues in cross-layer design
* Signaling for cross-layer protocol interaction
* Design, implementation and test-bed results
* Overview of the special projects underway and planned
* Standardization status reports from various standards
organizations and fora
Papers should be of tutorial in nature and authors must follow the
IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines for preparation of the
manuscript. For further details, please refer to "Information for
Authors" in IEEE Communications Magazine website at
http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html
Manuscripts should be submitted through Manuscript Central at
http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com by June 01, 2005. Please
select "January 2006/Cross-Layer Protocol Engineering fors Wireless
Mobile Networks" in the drop down menu.
Schedule of Submissions
Manuscript Submission: June 01, 2005
Notification of acceptance: September 01, 2005
Final Manuscript Due: October 15, 2005
Publication: January 2006
Guest Editors
Sastri Kota Senior Scientist
Harris Corporation
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Email: skota@harris.com Romano Fantacci
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni
Università di Firenze
Via S. Marta 3, 50139, Firenze, Italy
Tel: +39-(0)-55-4796270
Fax: +39-(0)-55-4796485
E-mail: fantacci@lenst.det.unifi.it
Ekram Hossain
Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Canada R3T 5V6
Tel.: +1-204-474-8908
Fax: +1-204-261-4639
Email: ekram@ee.umanitoba.ca Ahmed Karmouch
School of Information Technology & Engineering
University of Ottawa
161, Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 6N5, Canada
Email: Karmouch@site.uottawa.ca
Tel. +1(613) 562-5800 x6203
Fax: +1 (613) 562-5175
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