Wireless Sensor Networks: Performance, Reliability, Security and Beyond
Guest Editors
Jelena Misic and Vojislav B Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada
Publication: SUMMER 2006
The need to monitor and measure various physical phenomena temperature,
vibration, strain, humidity, acidity (pH), among others is common to such
diverse areas as structural engineering, agriculture and forestry, health
care, logistics and transportation, and military applications. Recent
advances in information technology have made possible the production of
intelligent, autonomous, and energy-efficient sensors that can be deployed
in large numbers to form self-organizing and self-healing wireless sensor
networks in a given geographical area. However, much as is known nowadays
about the traditional wired networks, the design, deployment, and operation
of wireless sensor network environment is still in need of serious analysis
both theoretical and practical.
This special issue of Computer Communications focuses on all aspects of
design and operation of wireless sensor networks, in particular issues
pertaining to their performance, reliability, and security. The main goal
being to evaluate relevant models, algorithms, protocols, simulation tools,
and other recent advances that lead to improved understanding of the
performance of performance, reliability, and security in wireless sensor
networks.
We are seeking papers that describe original, unpublished contributions
(which are not currently submitted elsewhere) addressing various operational
aspects of wireless sensor networks. Possible topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:
· Performance issues (802.15.x and other)
· Reliability and QoS issues
· Security issues: threats, attack and intrusion detection, and resilience
· Power-aware and energy-efficient design, and their impact on performance, reliability, and security
· Network configuration, scheduling, and synchronization
· Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination
· Analytical, mobility, and validation models
· Applications of sensor networks
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submissions: August 1, 2005
Notification of acceptance: November 1, 2005
Final papers due: December 30, 2005
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submit full papers as PDF files by email to both editors. The papers should
not have more than twenty single-column, double-spaced pages, excluding
figures, tables, and references, using a font of at least 12-point size.
Detailed formatting instructions are available at the Computer
Communications web site, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom/. In addition
to the paper in PDF format, your submission should include the title of the
paper, the names of the authors and their affiliations, postal address,
phone, fax, and e-mail address of the corresponding author, an abstract with
up to 200250 words, and up to five keywords describing the contents of the
paper.
Jelena Misic and Vojislav B. Misic
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Email: jmisic@cs.umanitoba.ca, vmisic@cs.umanitoba.ca
Full details of submission or further information are available from
www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom, or from the General Editor, Jeremy Thompson
(comcom@troubador.co.uk).
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