CFP : Special Issue of Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing on Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless ad hoc Networks

CFP : Special Issue of Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing on Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless ad hoc Networks
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Call for Papers Special Issue on Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless ad hoc Networks in WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND MOBILE COMPUTING (John Wiley and Sons Ltd) Guest Editors: Professor Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Professor Hisashi Kobayashi, Princeton University, USA hisashi@ee.princeton.edu Professor Xiaohu You, Southeast University, China xhyu@seu.edu.cn Dr. Jianping Pan, NTT MCL Inc., USA jpan@nttmcl.com Wireless ad hoc networks enable over-the-air information exchange among (mobile) entities without a fixed infrastructure, and are very attractive for many commercial and military applications where preexisting infrastructures are either infeasible or too expensive. However, this new form of communications poses new challenges to traditional networking architectures and protocols designed for wired or infrastructure-based wireless networks, and has stimulated considerable research interest in recent years. More specifically, medium access control (MAC) is a major concern in wireless ad hoc networks, where neighboring entities may have to share the same radio channel and information flows may be relayed in a hop-by-hop manner. Many new MAC schemes have been proposed and evaluated and, at the same time, existing MAC schemes are tailored and improved for wireless ad hoc networks. These MAC schemes have considerable implications on the performance of upper layer protocols such as packet routing and end-to-end flow, error, and congestion control. In addition, new technologies for the physical layer keep emerging and enable more sophisticated MAC schemes. Other driving factors for this active research area include the desire for high-speed, low-latency, and quality-of-service (QoS)-provisioned communications among mobile entities. This special issue in Wiley's Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing focuses on medium access control protocols and their implications on upper layer protocols for wireless ad hoc networks. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Performance analysis and improvement of existing MAC schemes - New MAC schemes - Joint medium access and power control - MAC schemes with new features in the physical layer - Medium access and multi-hop routing - Medium access control and QoS routing - Medium access and end-to-end flow/error/congestion control - Medium access and security issues - Wireless ad hoc MAC schemes for multicast applications - Wireless ad hoc MAC schemes for multimedia applications - MAC schemes for specific wireless ad hoc networks (e.g., wireless sensor and actuator networks) Submissions of original research work in the theoretical and experimental aspects of medium access control protocols for wireless ad hoc networks are solicited. Submission manuscripts in PDF or Gzipped Postscript format should be sent directly by email to Guest Editor Professor Xuemin (Sherman) Shen at xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca. Detailed manuscript preparation instructions are available at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/76507157/ForAuthors.html Schedule: Submission deadline: August 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2006 Camera-ready paper deadline: March 31, 2006 Scheduled publication date: 2nd half of 2006

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Call for Papers
Special Issue on
Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless ad hoc Networks
in
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND MOBILE COMPUTING  (John Wiley and Sons Ltd)

Guest Editors:
Professor Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada  xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Professor Hisashi Kobayashi, Princeton University, USA  hisashi@ee.princeton.edu
Professor Xiaohu You, Southeast University, China xhyu@seu.edu.cn 
Dr. Jianping Pan, NTT MCL Inc., USA jpan@nttmcl.com

Wireless ad hoc networks enable over-the-air information exchange among (mobile) entities without a fixed 
infrastructure, and are very attractive for many commercial and military applications where preexisting 
infrastructures are either infeasible or too expensive. However, this new form of communications poses new 
challenges to traditional networking architectures and protocols designed for wired or infrastructure-based 
wireless networks, and has stimulated considerable research interest in recent years. More specifically, medium 
access control (MAC) is a major concern in wireless ad hoc networks, where neighboring entities may have to 
share the same radio channel and information flows may be relayed in a hop-by-hop manner. Many new MAC 
schemes have been proposed and evaluated and, at the same time, existing MAC schemes are tailored and 
improved for wireless ad hoc networks. These MAC schemes have considerable implications on the performance 
of upper layer protocols such as packet routing and end-to-end flow, error, and congestion control. In addition, 
new technologies for the physical layer keep emerging and enable more sophisticated MAC schemes. Other 
driving factors for this active research area include the desire for high-speed, low-latency, and quality-of-service 
(QoS)-provisioned communications among mobile entities.

This special issue in Wiley's Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing focuses on medium 
access control protocols and their implications on upper layer protocols for wireless ad hoc networks. The topics 
of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Performance analysis and improvement of existing MAC schemes
- New MAC schemes
- Joint medium access and power control
- MAC schemes with new features in the physical layer
- Medium access and multi-hop routing
- Medium access control and QoS routing
- Medium access and end-to-end flow/error/congestion control
- Medium access and security issues
- Wireless ad hoc MAC schemes for multicast applications
- Wireless ad hoc MAC schemes for multimedia applications
- MAC schemes for specific wireless ad hoc networks (e.g., wireless sensor and actuator networks)

Submissions of original research work in the theoretical and experimental aspects of medium access control 
protocols for wireless ad hoc networks are solicited. Submission manuscripts in PDF or Gzipped Postscript 
format should be sent directly by email to Guest Editor Professor Xuemin (Sherman) Shen at 
xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca. Detailed manuscript preparation instructions are available at 
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/76507157/ForAuthors.html

Schedule:
Submission deadline:			August 1, 2005
Notification of acceptance:		February 1, 2006
Camera-ready paper deadline:		March 31, 2006
Scheduled publication date:		2nd half of 2006