[Tccc] CFP: Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) SI on IEEE 802.11e, p protocol families

CALL FOR PAPERS

A SPECIAL ISSUE of Ad Hoc Networks journal on
"Recent advances in analysis and deployment of
IEEE 802.11e and IEEE 802.11p protocol families"

Guest editors: Jelena Misic, Ryerson University
Vojislav B. Misic, Ryerson University

INTRODUCTION
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In the past several years, analysis of various aspects of IEEE 802.11e has
resulted in large number of contributions. Researchers have addressed
saturation and non-saturation conditions of Enhanced Distributed Channel
Access (EDCA) function, internal vs. external contention, Hybrid
Coordination Function (HCF), Transmission Opportunity (TXOP), Block
Acknowledgement and Admission Control. However, due to the complexity of the
standard there are still several areas that are not well investigated and
not well understood, including interaction among protocol functions,
interaction with higher protocol layers, interaction caused by
multi-hopping, and interaction with other wireless technologies such as
personal area networks and wireless sensor networks.

A related protocol, IEEE 802.11p, is designed for wireless access in
vehicular environments (WAVE), with higher layers supported by the recent
IEEE standards 1609.1, 1609.2, 1609.3 and 1609.4. IEEE 802.11p differs from
IEEE 802.11e in several important aspects, including lack of HCF and TXOP
functionality. It is unique because it allows multi-channel operation and
aggressive differentiation among traffic classes. Given the non-uniform node
density in vehicular applications, it becomes crucial to avoid the
saturation regime. Deployment of IEEE 802.11p in VANETs will require one-hop
broadcasting as well as unicasting and multi-hop communications; as this
will definitely affect all higher layer protocols, their interaction has to
be carefully investigated.

The main purpose of this Special Issue is to promote further research
interests and activities on IEEE 802.11e and IEEE 802.11p protocols. We are
interested in analytical, experimental, and systems-related papers in all
currently not-investigated aspects of those protocols.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Multi-hopping with IEEE 802.11e or IEEE 802.11p;

- Interconnection between personal area networks/ wireless sensor networks
with IEEE 802.11e, and IEEE 802.11p;

- Interaction between protocol functions e.g. HCF and EDCA;

- Admission control in IEEE 802.11e or IEEE 802.11p with multiple protocol
functions;

- Interaction of higher protocol layers with IEEE 802.11e and IEEE 802.11p;

- Multi-channel operation of IEEE 802.11p (WAVE);

- Impact of IEEE 802.11p on infotainment applications in WAVE;

- Modeling of Wireless Short Message Protocol over WAVE and interaction with
TCP/UDP used for infotainment applications;

- Impact of IEEE 802.11p on security functions in VANET.

PAPER SUBMISSION
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Submit full papers via automated paper submission system at
http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc/. Make sure you select "Special Issue:
IEEE 802.11e/p" when you reach the "Article Type" step in the submission
process.

The papers must be less than twenty single-column double-spaced pages,
excluding figures, tables, and references, using a 12-point font size. For
detailed formatting instructions, please refer to the guidelines available
at the Ad Hoc Networks journal web site,
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/.

KEY DATES
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Submission of Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 4, 2010
Notification of Acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 7, 2010
Final Camera-Ready Submission . . . . . . . . . . . August 2, 2010
Publication Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2010
(tentative, as the exact publication date depends on the editorial calendar)

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