[Tccc] CFP Special Issue of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine on Practical Aspects of Mobility in Wireless Self-Organizing Networks

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IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine

Special Issue on

"Practical aspects of mobility in
wireless self-organizing networks"

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Wireless and mobile computing advanced significantly in
the last decade. In particular, we now face the
possibility to spontaneously establish wireless self-
organizing networks, such as ad hoc, disruption-tolerant,
sensor, and wireless mesh networks. These spontaneous
self-organizing networks have been the focus of intensive
research activity in recent years. Spontaneous networks
arise from the cooperation of mobile devices in an ad hoc
fashion requiring no previous infrastructure in
place. A key point to couple research and real-life
applications in this context is to understand how mobility
(of devices, users, and applications) impacts practical
networking aspects.

The knowledge accumulated so far in the area of wireless
self-organizing networks is in general supported by either
simulation or theoretical analysis relying on strong
assumptions. The research community needs a step forward
and should definitely consider real aspects of mobility in
their protocols and algorithms. Such a situation is to be
compared with the one found for infrastructure-based
networks (e.g., cellular networks), in which mobility has
been thoroughly investigated (both theoretically and
through measurements) and properly incorporated in their
management architecture. In wireless self-organizing
networks, contrary to common belief, much is still to be
done in this domain, and definitive solutions are still
to emerge.

Mobility can no longer be seen as an issue to be hidden
from higher layers of the protocol stack, but as an
expected characteristic of today's communication systems.
In this context, it is of utmost importance to address
issues related to the impact of mobility as seen in
practice, covering characterization, modeling, and
applications of mobility in modern wireless networks. The
research community working on wireless self-organizing
networks has recently started giving more attention to
the practical mobility issues in this area. This may be
attested by the increasing number of initiatives worldwide
like the many measurement campaigns and the considerable
body of developed theoretical background work supported by
practical arguments (e.g., mobility models, mobility
increasing network capacity, relationship between node
mobility and wireless channel conditions).

The goal of this special issue is to help filling this gap
by presenting contributions ranging from the impact of
mobility on self-organizing networks to mobility-aware
architectures for self-organizing networks. As we intend
to focus on the practical impacts of mobility in wireless
self-organizing networks, papers presenting insights from
the applicability of mobility measurements and realistic
mobility models in this context are also expected. We will
be particularly interested in contributions that explore
mobility to improve the behavior of network protocols and
algorithms.

We are soliciting papers covering, but not limited to, the
following topics:

* Mobility-aware architectures for self-organizing
networks.
* Impact of mobility on self-organizing networks.
* Practical applicability of wireless testbeds and
mobility measurements.
* Realistic mobility models for self-organizing networks.
* Mobility-centric killer applications.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

With regard to both the content and formatting style of
the submissions, prospective contributors must follow the
IEEE Wireless Communications guidelines at
http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/sub_guidelines.html.
Submitted papers must be original and must not be under
current consideration for publication in other venues.
Authors should submit a PDF format of their complete
papers via email to wmag@rp.lip6.fr.

SCHEDULE

* Manuscript Submission Due: February 15, 2008
* Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2008
* Final Manuscript Due: July 30, 2008
* Publication: December 2008

GUEST EDITORS

Marcelo Dias de Amorim
Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, France
Email: amorim@rp.lip6.fr

Artur Ziviani
National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), Brazil
Email: ziviani@lncc.br

Yannis Viniotis
North Carolina State University, USA
Email: candice@ncsu.edu

Leandros Tassiulas
University of Thessaly, Greece
Email: leandros@inf.uth.gr
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