Subject: [Icn-interest] CfP: Information-Centric Networking @ IEEE Communications Magazine
From: k.pentikousis at huawei.com (Konstantinos Pentikousis)
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:27:57 +0000

All,

Please find below the cfp for the special issue on ICN in IEEE Communications Magazine. Deadline is in 2 months from today.

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IEEE Communications Magazine 
Feature Topic on Information-Centric Networking

Information-Centric Networking (ICN) marks a fundamental shift in communications and networking. ICN focuses on finding and transmitting information to end users instead of connecting end hosts that exchange information. The key concepts are expected to have a huge impact on the familiar textbook protocol stack, in network architecture in general, and will create new opportunities for all associated stakeholders including equipment vendors, network operators, service and content providers, and above all end-users.

*Scope and Objectives* 

Information-centric networking is to succeed only if it can provide clearly superior solutions to well-known problems in the current generation of all-IP networks and can be introduced to general usage incrementally. We invite authors to consider the following aspects with respect to information-centric networks:

- Naming & addressing: What breakthroughs in naming and addressing will make ICN scalable when faced with a global network of billions of devices and zettabytes of available content? 

- Protocol stack: Can ICN deliver a neat and simple protocol stack?

- Network architecture: What does an ICN network architecture look like? 

- Management: What are the essential characteristics of a complete management framework that is scalable, flexible, and suitable for ICN?

- Caching: New issues to be addressed such as buffer management and caching policy.

- Energy efficiency: Will ICN pave the way to a holistic energy efficient operation?

- Internet of Things (IoT): How does ICN scale in the scenarios envisioned for the IoT and how does it compare with current IP-based IoT solutions?

- Security: Can ICN foster the development of a more secure and trusted global communications infrastructure? 

- Which business models could foster a fair relationship between content producers, content providers and service/network providers?

Submitted articles do not need to cover all these aspects but should strive to clearly contrast the ICN approach with the current TCP/IP-based state of affairs. Prospective authors should describe the key concepts, design, implementation, and evaluation of ICN proposals. Articles that demonstrate the feasibility of groundbreaking approaches through testbed/experimental results are particularly welcome. We invite authors to submit articles reporting original, previously unpublished research work on information-centric networking. Authors can find article guidelines at http://dl.comsoc.org/ci1/info/cfp/cfpcommag0712.htm. 

*Submission Schedule*

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: February 29, 2012
Final Manuscript Due: May 1, 2012
Publication Date: July 2012

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Best regards,

Kostas