[JCN CFP] JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS

JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON   DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS PUBLICATION DATE: August 2009   A major challenge of the forthcoming ¡°Internet of things¡± is the design of distributed processing techniques and protocols that are able to achieve a global task over a network of devices connected via wireless links. Specific examples include distributed detection or estimation in sensor networks without a fusion center, distributed networking (scheduling, radio access) and resource management, distributed control of multi-agent networks, and distributed synchronization. A large number of problems are currently open in this area, concerning modeling, analysis, and implementation. This special issue solicits original papers that advance the current understanding of such issues.    Topics of interest include but are not limited to:  £ª Challenges and issues in modeling and designing distributed processing systems  £ª Distributed detection and estimation in wireless sensor networks  £ª Multi-agent control of wireless devices  £ª Consensus algorithms  £ª Distributed optimization techniques  £ª Distributed synchronization in wireless networks  £ª Decomposition methods  £ª Emerging standards  £ª Implementation and hardware prototypes  £ª Optimized protocols/networking for distributed processing  £ª Distributed decision makin g  £ª Distributed radio resource management  £ª Distributed radio access and scheduling    Continuing JCN¡¯s tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows: December 15, 2008 Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) submission to JCN website [An earlier note to editors with intent to submit will be appreciated.] March 30, 2009 Reviews returned to author. Papers will be either accepted, rejected, or returned to the authors with requests for changes June 15, 2009 Final Revised Manuscript Due August 15, 2009 Special Issue published Prof. Yeheskel Bar-Ness, NJIT, USA, barness@yegal.njit.edu Prof. Petar Popovski, University of Aalborg, Denmark, petarp@kom.auc.dk Prof. Osvaldo Simeone, NJIT, USA, osvaldo.simeone@njit.edu Prof. Umberto Spagnolini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, spagnoli@elet.polimi.it Electronic submissions will be made to JCN website. Information about submissions is available on the JCN web site, http://jcn.or.kr. Ple ase direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to any one of the Guest Editors. JCN is a high-quality quarterly archival journal, published by the Korea Information and Communications Society with the technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society, covering the fields of Communication Theory and Systems, Wireless Communications, and Networks and Services. JCN began publication in March 1999.