Subject: [manet] SI CFP in EURASIP JWCN

From: "Wei \(Wayne\) Li" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:43:06 -0400

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Mobile ad hoc networking is a challenging task due to a lack of resources residing in the network as well as frequent changes in network topology. Although much research has been directed to supporting QoS in the Internet and traditional wireless networks, present results are not suitable for mobile ad hoc network (MANET). QoS support for mobile ad hoc networks remains an open problem, drawing interest from both academia and industry under military and commercial sponsorship. MANETs have certain unique characteristics that pose several difficulties in provisioning QoS, such as dynamically varying network topology, lack of precise state information, lack of central control, error-prone shared radio channels, limited resource availability, hidden terminal problems, and insecure media, and little consensus yet exists on which approaches may be optimal. Future MANETs are likely to be “multimode” or heterogeneous in nature. Thus, the routers comprising a MANET will employ multiple, physical-layer wireless technologies, with each new technology requiring a multiple-access (MAC) protocol for supporting QoS. Above the MAC layer, forwarding, routing, signaling, and admission control policies are required, and the best combination of these policies will change as the underlying hardware technology evolves.

The special issue solicits original papers dealing with state-of-the-art and up-to-date efforts in design, performance analysis, implementation and experimental results for various QoS issues in MANETs. Fundamental research results as well as practical implementations and demonstrators are encouraged.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  a.. QoS models and performance evaluation of MANET 
  b.. QoS resource reservation signaling 
  c.. Various QoS routing protocols 
  d.. Flexible MAC protocols 
  e.. Robust modeling and analysis of MANET resource management 
  f.. Dynamic and hybrid resource allocation schemes 
  g.. Resource control and multimedia QoS support 
  h.. Channel characterization 
  i.. QoS management and traffic engineering 
  j.. Tools and techniques for MANET measurement and simulation 
  k.. Adaptive QoS provisioning issues 
  l.. Information assurance and reliability in MANET 
Authors should follow the EURASIP JWCN manuscript format described at the journal site http://wcn.hindawi.com/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the EURASIP JWCN's manuscript tracking system at http://www.mstracking.com/wcn/, according to the following timetable. 

        Manuscript Due  August 1, 2005  
        Acceptance Notification  December 1, 2005  
        Final Manuscript Due  February 1, 2006  
        Publication Date  2nd Quarter, 2006  

Guest Editors:
Wei (Wayne) Li, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA

Mohsen Guizani, Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA

Demetrios Kazakos, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA

Refereeing:
If you are willing to referee paper(s) for this special issue, please visit the following URL:http://www.mstracking.com/wcn/si/si.php?si=QoS . All referees shall receive a complimentary copy of the special issue upon publication. 
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