[Mycolleagues] Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Fourth-Generation (4G) Wireless Networks - Applications and Innovations

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Call for Book Chapters

 

Fourth-Generation (4G) Wireless Networks:

Applications and Innovations

 

Editors-in-Chief:

Adibi, Sasan – University of Waterloo, Canada

Mobasher, Amin – Research in Motion (RIM), Canada

 

 

Introduction:

 

Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless Networks are being developed to further enhance the mobile user experiences through higher speed radio access and increased quality of service (QoS).

Emerging mobile applications including Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), Wireless Broadband Access (WBA), HDTV data, mobile TV, Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), voice over IP, sensory data, are demanding new mechanisms that must be met. The following objectives have been suggested by the 4G wireless communication standards and the 4G working group":

·        Higher Spectral Efficiency

·        Higher Network Capacity

·        Higher Mobility at Higher Data Rates

·        Enhancement in Delay Budgets

·        Accommodation of Higher Number of Users

·        Increased Spectrum Usage Flexibility

·        Adaptation of enhanced  OFDMA, MIMO, and Beam Forming Technologies

·        Supporting All IP Architecture

·        Emerging 4G Applications and Requirements

·        Highly Optimized Handoff Mechanisms

·        Sensitivity to Highly Mobile Multimedia Applications

·        Consideration for Backward compatibility".

 

 

Scope:

 

The book, Fourth-Generation (4G) Wireless Networks: Applications and Innovations plans to present the state of the art research and practices of the roadmaps to fourth generation wireless networks. The proposals may include, but are not limited to, the following areas of interest:

 

·        Advanced scheduling schemes

·        Admission control schemes

·        Handover mechanims

·        IEEE 802.16 roadmap towards 4G

·        3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) and 3GPP2 roadmap towards 4G

·        LTE (Long Term Evolution) and LTE-A roadmap towards 4G

·        Impacts of 4G on the core infrastructure

·        4G and mobile TV

·        4G Security

·        4G layered architectures

·        4G network management reference model

·        Advanced MIMO (multiple input/multiple output) techniques

·        Advanced dynamic beam forming

·        Advanced antenna solutions

·        Dynamic QoS mechanisms

·        Spectrum reallocation and benefits

·        Coding techniques

·        Security implications

·        Advancements in multicast/broadcast techniques

·        Architectures for increased mobility, security, and energy optimization

·        Radio Network Evolution (RNE)

·        New network topologies

·        Advanced mobile Applications

·        4G Managed object and management layers

 

 

Target Audience:

 

·        Electrical and Computer Engineering Students and Faculty Members

·        Computer Science Students/Faculty Members

·        R & D Divisions of High Technology Firms

·        Operators and Carriers for Mobile Systems

 

Manuscript Submission:

 

Prospective authors are invited to submit a 1-2 page proposal with the following information:

·        Chapter proposal title

·        Authors' titles, affiliations, and contact information

·        Chapter proposal abstract

·        Tentative chapter proposal list of contents

·        List a few references

 

Please note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. Please send your proposals to both sadibi@engmail.uwaterloo.ca and igi-global@inbox.com.

 

 

Deadlines:

 

·        Proposal Submission Deadline:                October 3^rd, 2008

·        Proposal Acceptance Notification:            October 31^st, 2008

·        Expected Publication:                               Second Quarter, 2009

 

All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (publisher of the Information Science Reference, formerly Idea Group Reference, and Medical Information Science Reference imprints). For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit http://www.igi-global.com.