CALL FOR PAPERS
     
Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications Special Issue on
Key Technologies and Applications of Wireless Sensor and Body-area Networks

The rapid progress of wireless communication and embedded micro-sensing MEMS 
technologies has made wireless sensor and body-area networks possible. 
Wireless sensor nodes can be deployed in a sensing field to monitor events that 
we are interested in. In particular, human body could be a potential sensing 
field. Body-area, wearable sensor networks may greatly improve our daily life. 
A wide range of applications may be developed in health care, scientific, 
industrial, and military areas. Current technologies have not fully addressed 
these emerging ubiquitous/pervasive environments. Moreover, these sensor nodes are
typically energy-hungry, energy-constrained, bandwidth-scarce, computation-poor, 
and storage-limited, and thus the scalability issue needs to be addressed when 
they form a large wireless network. 
Key technologies to realize the applications and to overcome the challenges in 
the areas of wireless sensor and body-area networks need to be studied. This 
special issue invites quality papers articulating new perspectives related to 
these issues. Both original research papers and application papers are welcome. 
Application papers describing challenging system and development experiences are 
also welcome. Submissions addressing the integration with other computing and 
communication technologies are also welcome. Topics that are targeted in this 
special issue include, but not limited to: 
 Localization and location tracking
 Power management and energy-efficient design 
 Topology control and time synchronization 
 Coverage problems 
 Middleware and software tools 
 Data gathering, aggregation and dissemination 
 Embedded network-oriented operating systems 
 Networking architectures and protocols 
 Cross-layer architectures 
 Mobility management
 Self-organization and governance 
 Security and dependability issues 
 Integrated system with wireless sensor and body-area networks and 
    its applications
 Interacting with other wired/wireless/mobile networks and systems
 Modeling and performance evaluation 
 Implementation experience and measurements 
 Demos and Prototypes 

Prospective authors should submit manuscripts to one of the guest editors, 
preferably via emails, with a cover letter containing a title and an abstract 
of the paper. The guest editors will target at providing timely reviews and 
responses to authors.

Guest Editors: 

	Yu-Chee Tseng
	Department of Computer Science
	National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
	email: yctseng@csie.nctu.edu.tw

	Shih-Lin Wu
	Department of Computer Science
	Chang Gung University, Taiwan
	email: slwu@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Important Dates 
	- Submissions due: July 15, 2005
	- Notification of decision: Oct. 15, 2005
	- Final Manuscript due: Dec. 15, 2005
	- Publication: early 2006

JPCC Journal Website: http://www.pervasive-computing.org/