CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER: Wireless Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER

Title: Wireless Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems
(to be published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. USA)

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Introduction

Great achievements have been made in wireless communication
technologies in recent years in order to meet the increasing needs of
high-speed cordless connections in civil and military applications.
The advances include WiFi (IEEE 802.11), WiMAX (IEEE 802.16), Wireless
PAN (IEEE 802.15), sensor networks, Bluetooth, mesh/ad hoc networks,
RFID, mobile IP, mobile management, smart antenna, Radio-over-fiber,
OFDM/OFDMA, MIMO, cooperative communications, cognitive radio, and so
on. These emerging technologies will significantly impact the design
and operation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), which aims
to effectively provide higher vehicles safety, traffic management, and
communications among vehicles and transport infrastructure. Currently,
governmental institutes and societies in North America, Europe, Japan,
and China, etc., are actively developing advanced wireless
technologies for road, rail and maritime transport systems. For
instance, the Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) band has
been allocated in the USA at 5.9 GHz for vehicle-to-roadside (V2R) and
vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. The IEEE 802.11p working
group is developing enhancements of 802.11 standards to support ITS,
vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), vehicular telematics, and
infotainment applications.

Recommended Topics (not limited to)

* Smart antenna in ITS
* Millimeter-wave Radar in ITS
* RFID in ITS
* Radio channel modeling for ITS
* IEEE 802.11p for ITS
* Dedicated Short Range Communications in ITS
* Wireless communications for Maritime ITS
* Sensor networks and technologies for ITS
* Ad hoc/mesh networks for ITS
* Mobile management in ITS
* Vehicular networks
* Heterogeneous networks for ITS
* Digital maps and location technologies

Important Dates
* You are invited to submit a 1-2 pages proposal describing the topic
of your chapter.
* The proposal should include the chapter organization, number of
pages of the final manuscript and contact authors.
* Proposal submission due: 15 Feb 2008
* Notification of proposal acceptance: 15 Mar 2008
* Full chapter submission: 15 Jun 2008
* Review report received: 15 Aug 2008
* Final version submission: 15 Sept 2008

Note: Each leading chapter author will get a free copy of the book.

Contact

Please submit chapter proposal to:

Dr. Ming-Tuo Zhou
Wireless Communications Laboratory, NICT Singapore Office
Email: zhou.mingtuo@ieee.org

Dr. Yan Zhang
Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
Email: yanzhang@ieee.org

Professor Laurence T. Yang
St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Email: ltyang@gmail.com