[Tccc] CfP: Special Issue on Signal Processing-assisted Protocols and Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks and Cooperating Objects

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Call for Papers

Special Issue on Signal Processing-assisted Protocols and Algorithms for
Cooperating Objects and Wireless Sensor Networks

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/si/spad.html

----- !! Manuscripts due : February 1, 2010 !! -----
----- !! Publication date : August 1, 2010 !! -----

Scope:

With the advent of the so-called Internet of Things (IoT), we will
witness an unprecedented growth in the number of networked terminals and
devices. In attaining this IoT vision, a class of energy- and, in
general, resource-constrained systems like Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs), networks of cooperating objects and embedded devices, such as
RFIDs, or networks for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, are to
play a fundamental role. The paradigm shift from general-purpose to
application-oriented networks (e.g. for parameter or random field
estimation, event detection, localization) clearly calls for further
optimization at the physical, link and network layers. Interestingly,
the above-mentioned estimation/detection/localization problems have been
addressed for years by the signal processing community, this resulting
into a number of well-known algorithms. Besides, some inspiration could
be also borrowed from other communication schemes, such as MIMO or
cooperative communications, that were traditionally developed for
wireless data networks, or even from other fields such as mathematical
biology (e.g., networks of coupled oscillators). However, the challenge
now is to enhance such algorithms and make them suitable for
decentralized and resource-constrained operation in potentially large
networks. Complementarily, the vast literature produced by the
information theory community reveals, on the one hand, the theoretical
performance limits of decentralized processing (e.g., distributed source
coding) and, on the other, offers insight on the scalability properties
and asymptotic behaviour of such networks. Realizing the
information-theoretic performance with practical decentralized
networking, radio resource management schemes, routing protocols and
other network management paradigms is a key challenge.
The objective of this Special Issue (whose preparation is carried out
under the auspices of the EC Network of Excellence in Wireless
Communications NEWCOM++) is to gather recent advances in the areas of
cooperating objects, embedded devices and wireless sensor networks. The
focus is on how the design of future physical, link and network layers
could benefit from a signal processing-oriented approach. Specific
topics include but are not limited to:

• Decentralized parameter estimation
• Estimation of random fields
• Distributed MIMO and beamforming
• Cooperative time/frequency synchronization
• Cooperative event detection
• Data gathering and data fusion
• Data-centric multi-hop techniques and routing
• Asymptotic laws for in-network estimation/detection.
• Energy-saving algorithms and protocols.
• Feedback-limited scheduling and MAC protocols
• Decentralized joint source-channel coding
• Cooperative localization and tracking
• Topology control in resource-constrained networks
• Low-complexity opportunistic networking protocols

Before submission, authors should carefully read over the journal's
Author Guidelines which are located at
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/guidelines.html. Authors should
follow the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
manuscript format described at the journal site
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/. Prospective authors should submit
an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal
Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the
following timetable:

Manuscript Due February 1, 2010
First Round of Reviews May 1, 2010
Publication Date August 1, 2010

Guest Editors
- Carles Antón-Haro, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya
(CTTC), Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain; carles.anton@cttc.es
- Davide Dardari, WiLAB, University of Bologna at Cesena, Cesena (FC),
Italy; ddardari@ieee.org
- Osvaldo Simeone, Center for Wireless Communications and Signal
Processing Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark,
NJ, USA; osvaldo.simeone@njit.edu
- Roberto Verdone, WiLAB at the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;
roberto.verdone@unibo.it