[Tccc] CFP: JNSM: Special Issue on Management Functionalities for Cognitive Wireless Networks and Systems

Journal of Network and System Management
Special Issue on Management Functionalities for Cognitive Wireless
Networks and Systems

The unparalleled evolution of wireless communications is reflected in
the tremendous investments in research and development, targeted at the
continuous introduction of innovations that could serve the information
society. This has led to the coexistence and complementary exploitation
of versatile, legacy and also emerging Radio Access Technologies (RATs),
such as: wireless wide area networks (such as 2G/2.5G/3G/3G+ mobile
communications, the IEEE 802.16 suite and WiMAX), broadcasting
technologies, wireless short range networks (such as WLANs/WPANs and
wireless sensor networks).
Moreover, the wireless world is currently migrating towards the B3G
(Beyond the 3rd Generation) era. In the B3G era, network operators (NOs)
will have to address increased complexity due to the
heterogeneity of the network and terminal infrastructure, the
ever-increasing user requirements, and the co-existence and need for
complementary exploitation of various RATs. A NO should rely on
different RATs for raising customer satisfaction, and achieving the
required Quality of Service (QoS) levels, cost-effectively. An option
for handling complexity is to enhance B3G infrastructures with "cognitive
networking" capabilities. A cognitive wireless network should be capable
of dynamically selecting its behaviour (configuration) through
management functionality that takes into account the context of
operation, goals and policies, profiles (of applications, users,
terminals and network elements), and past experience and knowledge
(acquired through machine learning techniques).

In response to the above, it becomes of primary importance to define,
develop and validate management functionality that will lead us to the
era of cognitive B3G wireless networks and systems. Therefore, this
special issue welcomes contributions presenting advances in research
areas such as (but not limited to):
• Management functionality for cognitive wireless wide area networks
• Management functionality for cognition in short range networks
• Context acquisition, sensing, reasoning
• Policy based management of heterogeneous B3G wireless infrastructures
• Autonomic (self-*) functionalities for cognitive elements, terminals,
networks
• Collaborative spectrum and power management, negotiation strategies
• Pilot channels, standardisation and regulation aspects for cognitive
infrastructures
• Algorithms for cognitive wireless networks and systems
• Proof of concept and validation

Important Dates
• Paper submission deadline: 30 March 2009
• Notification to authors: 30 June 2009
• Camera ready papers: 30 September 2009
• Publication: March 2010

Guest Editors
Pr. Panagiotis Demestichas, University of Piraeus pdemest@unipi.gr
Dr. Klaus Moessner, The University of Surrey k.moessner@surrey.ac.uk
Dr. Mikhail Smirnov, Fraunhofer FOKUS Mikhail.Smirnov@fokus.fraunhofer.de
Dr. Didier Bourse, Motorola Labs didier.bourse@motorola.com

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