From staro@bu.edu Tue Nov 20 22:02:41 2001 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:03:06 -0500 (EST) From: David Starobinski To: tccc@comsoc.org Subject: [Tccc] Special Issue of Computer Networks CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Computer Networks (Elsevier) Special Issue on: Home Area Networking Guest Editors: Marie-Jose Montpetit and David Starobinski Submission deadline: 1 March 2002 Notification to authors: 1 July 2002 Target publication date: December 2002 Home Area Networks (HANs) represent a new application of technology aimed at supporting communication between heterogeneous devices in the home. The networked devices cover the range from the well-known PCs, laptops but also mobile computing devices, advanced set-top-boxes, Internet appliances and home sensors. The goal of HANs is to leverage the individual capabilities of these devices by integrating them into a larger, more powerful network. This integration will lead to a paradigm shift in the way people use and manage the electronic and computing devices at home and use content and communications to enhance their living experience. The HAN requires the same capabilities as any other network: forward information to the right destination, protect itself from accidental or malicious attacks, and provide adequate resources to devices especially when delivering multimedia contents. However, the scale of the HAN is usually much smaller than usual networks and combines fixed, mobile, and nomadic devices with limited resources. Further, HANs are becoming more and more complex and have more and more devices communicating via heterogeneous means - both wired and wireless. Therefore, it becomes imperative to establish how HANs will remain manageable and efficient in the future. The purpose of this special issue is to provide novel perspectives on the evolution of HANs from the current network, and the challenges that need to be addressed towards their successful deployment. This special issue intends to cover topics related to the architecture, design, modeling, performance, measurements, and experimentation of home networks technologies and IP-enabled devices. We are seeking both research and review papers that are original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any conferences or journals. Care will be given to include high quality papers that will enable greater dissemination of academic research in this emerging field. Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to: -HAN architecture -HAN technology including IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, powerline and HPNA -Quality of Service and resource management -Scalability -Clustering and routing -Data synchronization and dissemination -Resource discovery and self-configuration -Security and privacy -Intelligent home agents -Indoor Geolocation -Design of lightweight protocols for Internet-enabled devices -Implementation and performance Manuscripts should be limited to 20 double-spaced pages and sent electronically in PDF format (before 1 March 2002) to one of the Guest Editors: Marie-Jose Montpetit Nokia Home Communications 5 Wayside Road Burlington, MA 01803 USA Email: Marie-Jose.Montpetit@nokia.com David Starobinski ECE Department Boston University 8 St. Mary's Street Boston, MA 02215 USA Email: staro@bu.edu _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc