Call for Papers
IEEE Communications Magazine
Consumer Communications and Networking Series
A recent trend in consumer networking is that consumers are both
creators and producers of content (albeit of varying quality!) and peer
distribution is the natural model. This is one of the emerging trends
that impact how consumers can use devices to create, manipulate, store,
and access content — and is surely a much different view compared to
only five years ago where most experts still viewed the world in terms
of servers and clients, producers and consumers as distinct and separate
entities….indeed, there are still dinosaur organizations out there today
who are fighting a rearguard action to protect their dwindling revenue
streams because they haven't been brave enough to embrace this new
model. Trends like this are ones that papers for the consumer
communications and networking series should address.
We have also seen the technological reach of existing solutions being
applied in unconventional ways where all aspects of our digital lives
are being consumed to provide novel platforms where interoperation
between disparate technologies is now possible. For example, the
automotive industry is now producing cars that include ad hoc networks
designed to provide multimedia solutions as well as links to wide area
communications via satellite networks. Using these networking
capabilities and interfaces such as USB we see automobile functionality
being extended. In this sense the boundaries between the car and
conventional consumer devices are beginning to blur.
Perhaps the sole technology responsible for the many technological
advances we see today is communications where in recent years, we have
seen the emergence of 3G and 4G, WiFi and WiMax, Bluetooth, Zigbee and
Wibree, Ultrawideband and TV-band, and Powerline and Free space optical.
Applications of these technologies include personal and body area
networking, home networking, game networking, ad-hoc networking, and
sensor networking. These networks may be connected through networking
layers that are cognitive, peer-to-peer enabled, and have the properties
of self organisation and management. These networks will become key
enablers where we are already seeing ubiquitous content distribution
models, for example, television can now be viewed wherever we are and on
any devices capable of connecting to one of the many networking
paradigms defined above. Given such networks we will see a platform for
true innovation where content distribution will overlay these networks
using compression, rights management, delivery, and appropriate quality
of service mechanisms that can be seamlessly moved over these next
generation networks. All of this is made possible by networking,
software and middleware that present to the service designer the tools
to provide ease of use, security, and stunning interactivity to the end
consumer.
With this in mind the IEEE Communications Magazine is seeking papers
that emphasize consumer networking in whatever physical environment it
finds itself. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the
following:
Scope of Contributions
• Wireless Multimedia Networks
• Body and Personal Area Networks
• Mobile Networks and Multimedia
• Emerging Wireless Technologies (UWB, OFDM, RFID, Zigbee, etc.)
• Distributed Network Protocols for Multimedia HD Audio/Video Networking
• Networked Appliances
• Entertainment Networks
• P2P Algorithms and Architectures for Consumer Electronics Peer
Streaming, Networking and Applications
• Home Networking and Automation
• Next Generation Networks
• Pervasive Computing and Contextual Systems
• Middleware for Networked Consumer Devices
• Media and Device Adaptation
• Architecture, Platforms and Protocols for Networked Games and Virtual
Worlds.
• Social Networking and Home Entertainment
• Music and Movie Distribution Models
• Augmented Reality
• Task Computing and the Home
• Home Sensor Networks
• Autonomic Home Networking
• Zero Configuration Networking
• Digital Rights Management
• Trust in Social Networks
• Voice/Video of IP
Submission
Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being
all members of the communications technology and spectrum policy
communities. They should be written in a style comprehensible to readers
outside the specialty of the article. Articles should not exceed 4500
words. Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six.
Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at:
http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html. Please submit a
PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper by May 1, 2008 via Manuscript
Central (http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com). Register or log in,
and go to the Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select the
topic "December 2008/Consumer Communications and Networking Series."
Schedule for Submissions:
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2008
Final Manuscript Due: September 15, 2008
Publication Date: December 1, 2008
Series Editors:
Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, M.Merabti@ljmu.ac.uk
Stanley Moyer, Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
stanm@research.telcordia.com
Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
mko@cs.stir.ac.uk
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