From franco@dist.unige.it Mon Nov 19 18:32:09 2001 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:56:27 +0100 (MET) From: Franco Davoli To: tccc@cs.columbia.edu Cc: erina.ferro@cnuce.cnr.it, Hussein Mouftah , Mohammad Obaidat Subject: [Tccc] IJCS Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley InterScience) Special Issue on Wireless Access to the Global Internet: Mobile Radio Networks and Satellite Systems The widespread diffusion of second generation cellular wireless systems, with third generation ones underway, has fostered the development of packet-based services, which make the wireless mobile networks a viable solution for Internet access. Moreover, wireless LANs are also gaining popularity, and there is a growing interest in packet delivery over satellite channels. Overall, the wireless world is strongly characterized by packet switching, with a common Internet Protocol Suite platform that adapts to a number of different physical wireless networking scenarios. Nonetheless, there are a number of problems that arise in this context, related to the adaptation of protocols that were originally devised to work well in cabled networks and have to cope with the characteristics of media that may exhibit both higher bit error rates and high bandwidth-delay products. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a picture of recent research and experimental activities in this area, also in relation to the interworking with the fixed network components and the allocation of resources to different services in a multiservice environment. Papers are solicited in the following and related topics: - Adaptive and multiservice MAC protocols - Flexible bandwidth allocation in radio and satellite systems - Link layer protocols - IntServ and DiffServ paradigms over radio and satellite links - TCP adaptation - Architectural issues and proxies - Security - End-to-end protocol performance - Application-level controls in heterogeneous transport environments - Multi-layer Service Quality control Prospective authors should submit an electronic version in pdf, Word or ps of their papers to one of the Guest Editors. Deadlines: - Submission of manuscripts March 31, 2002 - Notification of acceptance June 30, 2002 - Submission of final manuscript August 31, 2002 - Tentative Publication Date Late 2002 Guest Editors Franco Davoli DIST-University of Genoa Via Opera Pia, 13 I-16145 Genova, Italy Phone: +39 010 353 2732 Fax: +39 010 353 2154 E-mail: franco@dist.unige.it Erina Ferro CNUCE, Institute of the National Research Council CNR Pisa Research Area Via G. Moruzzi, 1 56124 Pisa, Italy Phone: +39 050 315 3070 Fax: +39-050-3138091 E-mail: Erina.Ferro@cnuce.cnr.it Hussein Mouftah Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 Phone: +1 613 545 2934 Fax: +1 613 545 6615 E-mail: mouftah@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc