[Tccc] CFP: Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Communications on "Next Generation Networks Service Management"

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Communications on "Next Generation
Networks Service Management"

http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom

Scope
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Authors are invited to submit detailed technical manuscripts reporting
recent developments in the topics related to the special issue. Note the
special emphasis on issues concerning service management in Next
Generation Networks (NGN) - this special issue is devoted to exploring
the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) service management, the deployment of
service enablers and platforms, as well as the possibility of applying
personalized services and user-oriented service strategies in NGN.

Some suggested topics include but are not limited to:
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- End-to-end policy-based QoS management in NGN;
- Charging and accounting management issues in NGN;
- Service level pricing in NGN;
- Handoff and mobility management in NGN;
- NGN service enablers and platforms;
- Dynamic service provisioning in NGN;
- NGN standards and their impact in service management;
- User-oriented service strategies in NGN;
- IP Multimedia Sub-layer in NGN;
- QoS and traffic monitoring in NGN and IMS;
- IMS mobility and service management;
- Billing and regulatory aspects in IMS;
- Regulatory aspects of IP-based telecommunication systems and future
evolutions to P2P.

Submission Format:
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The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original
research which is not published nor currently under review by other
journals or conferences. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript
can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom. For more
information, please contact the guest editors or Co-Editor-in-Chief,
Mohammed Atiquzzaman (atiq@ou.edu )

Submission Guideline:
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All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted
through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select "NGN
Service Management-Periklis" when they reach the "Article Type" step in
the submission process. The EES website is located at
http://ees.elsevier.com/comcom/.

Guest Editors:
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Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios
Department of Technology Management
University of Macedonia, Greece
Email: pchatzimisios@ieee.org

Prof. Paolo Bellavista
Dept. Electronics, Computer Science and Systems
University of Bologna, Italy
Email: paolo.bellavista@unibo.it

Prof. Ibrahim Habib
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of New York, USA
Email: habib@ccny.cuny.edu

Dr. Alexey Vinel
Saint-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Email: avinel@yandex.ru

Important Dates:
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Paper submission: 31 August, 2009
Acceptance notification: 15 October, 2009
Final papers: 30 November, 2009
Publication: Fall 2010

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