Special Issue on "Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks" ---ACM/Springer MONET

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CALL FOR PAPERS

ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET)

Special Issue on "Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks"
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Wireless mesh networks facilitates the extension of local area networks
into wide areas and have emerged as a promising approach for future
network accesses. Prior efforts on wireless networks, especially
multi-hop ad hoc networks, have led to significant research
contributions that range from fundamental results on theoretical
capacity bounds to numerous practical routing and transport protocols.
Unlike ad hoc networks, however, mesh networks can serve as access
networks that employ multi-hop wireless forwarding by mesh nodes to
relay traffic to and from the wired Internet. The unique features of
wireless mesh networks pose challenges in designing affordable,
reliable, and sustainable network infrastructures. The critical issues
span a rich spectrum of issues from interference-aware channel
assignment, multi-hop routing, to reliable transport and infrastructure
optimization, many of which have to be revisited in this new context.

The purpose of this special issue is to archive the state-of-the-art
achievements in wireless mesh networking. We solicit original and
unpublished research papers in both theoretical studies and practical
protocol/architecture designs for wireless mesh networks, as well as
prototypes. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

- Theoretical performance analysis
- Network capacity and network coverage
- Scalable power management and topology control
- Cognitive radio-enabled wireless mesh networks
- Multi-channel and multi-radio MAC protocols
- Scalable and robust routing protocols
- Reliable and adaptive transport protocols
- Cross-layer design and optimization
- New applications over wireless mesh networks
- Secure communication protocols
- Resource management and traffic control
- Heterogeneous wireless mesh networks
- Cooperative communication for mesh networks
- Efficient transport design
- Network operation and management
- Mobility management
- Testbeds and trial systems

Publication Schedules:

- Manuscript Due: June 1, 2007
- Acceptance Notification: Oct 15, 2007
- Final Manuscript Due: Dec 1, 2007
- Publication Date: second quarter in 2008 (expected)

Submission Guidelines:

Only original, unpublished research papers will be considered.
Submission should be limited to 25 double space pages.

Prospective authors should submit their manuscript as to

http://mone.edmgr.com and
select "Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks" as the article type.

The online manuscript submission and review system for Mobile Networks
and Applications offers easy and straightforward log-in and submission
procedures. This system supports a wide range of submission file
formats: for manuscripts - Word, WordPerfect, RTF, TXT and LaTex; for
figures - TIFF, GIF, JPEG, EPS, PPT, and Postscript. PDF is not an
acceptable file format.

NOTE: In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your
manuscript online, please get in touch with the proper Springer contact
by clicking on "CONTACT US" from the tool bar.

Authors are requested to download the Consent to Publish and Transfer of
Copyright form from the journal's online submission system (see the URL
provided above). Please send a completed and duly signed form either by
mail or fax to:

Journals Editorial Office
Springer Science+Business Media
Assinippi Park
101 Philip Drive
Norwell, MA 02061
Fax: (781) 878-0449

Please visit http://www.springer.com/journal/11036 and click on
"Instructions for
Authors" for more information about manuscript guidelines and submission.

Selected papers from WICON (http://www.wicon.org/) will also be included.

Guest Editors:

Bo Li
Dept. of Computer Sci. and Computer Eng.
Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech.
Kowloon, Hong Kong
bli@cse.ust.hk

Qian Zhang
Dept. of Computer Sci. and Computer Eng.
Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech.
Kowloon, Hong Kong
qianzh@cse.ust.hk

Jiangchuan Liu
School of Computing Science
Simon Fraser University
British Columbia
Canada
jcliu@cs.sfu.ca

Chonggang Wang
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR 72701
cgwang@uark.edu

Xudong Wang
Kiyon, Inc.
San Diego, CA 92121
wxudong@ieee.org