[Mycolleagues] Call for papers: Special issue on: Ubiquitous Wireless Mesh Networks, International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Special issue on: Ubiquitous Wireless Mesh Networks
International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS), indexed by SCIE

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117946196/grouphome?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Wireless mesh networks are becoming promising communication technologies
for broadband wireless access by providing wireless backbone to mobile
devices over multi-hop wireless communication systems. This emerging
technology has a great potential for ubiquitous wireless network access
anywhere and anytime. A number of wireless networking and communication
technologies that support ubiquitous wireless services and applications
are currently in wide spread use. Wi-Fi and WiMax based wireless mesh
networks are examples of such technologies currently under deployment,
fostering broadband wireless network access and supporting different
communication ranges. While these technologies provide flexible
communication compared to wired networks and single hop communication
models, they are still restricted to the existing wireless backbone
coverage. The convergence of ubiquitous computing and networking with
wireless and mobile networking technologies opens a path to a promising
opportunity for ubiquitous wireless mesh networks and services. Indeed,
this provides a great potential for enabling ubiquitous wireless network
access in the next generation mobile networks. However, due to the
heterogeneous nature of networks, devices, and services, ubiquitous
multi-hop wireless access technology introduces new research challenges in
all areas of network protocol stack, including security, interoperability
and performance challenges. The aim of this special issue is to publish
state-of-the-art research results in the area of ubiquitous wireless mesh
networks, with focus on innovative architectures, networking protocols,
communication models, services and applications. Manuscripts relating to
these issues will be invited from researchers working in these areas
worldwide. Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited, to the
following:
• Ubiquitous and autonomic middleware
• Experiences with the deployment of wireless
mesh networks for ubiquitous access
• Unique challenges and future trends
• Ubiquitous wireless Internet access and services
• Self-organization and self-management
• Wireless mesh network support for ubiquitous computing
• Localization, synchronization, and mobility
• Routing, multicasting and broadcasting protocols
• Cross-layer design and optimization
• Experimental testbeds, prototypes, and practical systems
• Quality of service provisioning
• Methods and tools for visualization and monitoring
• Performance modeling and simulations
• Mobility support in wireless mesh networks
• Architectures, protocols, and algorithms
• Security, privacy, and trustworthiness issues.
• Scheduling, load balancing and channel models
• Technologies and standards for enabling ubiquitous wireless mesh networks

Guest Editors:

Mieso Denko
Department of Computing and Information Science
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Email: denko@cis.uoguelph.ca
URL:http://www.cis.uoguelph.ca/~denko/

Isaac Woungang
Department of Computer Science
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Email: iwoungan@scs.ryerson.ca
URL: http://www.scs.ryerson.ca/iwoungan/

Han-Chieh Chao
Department of Electronic Engineering and Institute
of Computer Science & Information Engineering
National Ilan University, I-Lan, Taiwan, ROC
Email: hcc@niu.edu.tw
URL: http://ws2-sun.ndhu.edu.tw/~comput/HCC/index.htm

Pedro Cuenca 
Departamento de Sistemas Informaticos
Escuela Politecnica Superior
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Email: pedro.cuenca@uclm.es
URL: http://www.uclm.es/

Submission Details:
Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that
are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed
conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted directly via the
IJCS submission web site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijcs
Once you register, you will be asked to enter the following information:
• Manuscript type- Special Issue Article
• Title:
• Running Head: Denko et al.
• etc.

Paper submissions must conform to the layout and format guidelines in
International Journal of Communication Systems.
Instructions for Contributors are available at:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5996/home/ForAuthors.html
Each submitted paper will be reviewed by at least three qualified reviewers.

Important Dates:
Manuscript due date: December 1, 2008
First round notification: February 16, 2009
Revised paper due: January 30, 2009
Notification of acceptance: March 2, 2009
Submission of final manuscript: April 28, 2009
Tentative Publication date: 4th quarter of 2009

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