CFP: J-SAC Special issue on ALL-IP WIRELESS NETWORKS

["K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>]

			   CALL FOR PAPERS

	   IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
		       ALL-IP WIRELESS NETWORKS

IP  (Internet Protocol),  which is  already a  universal network-layer
protocol  for  wireline  packet  networks,  is  becoming  a  promising
universal  network-layer  protocol   over  all  wireless  systems.  IP
provides a  globally successful  open infrastructure for  creating and
providing services  and applications. An all-IP  wireless and wireline
network could  make wireless networks more robust,  scalable, and cost
effective. It will also  enable the abundant applications and software
technologies  developed  for IP  networks  to  be  used over  wireless
networks. Today's  many different wireless systems,  ranging from PANs
(Personal  Area  Networks), wireless  LANs  (Local  Area Networks)  to
wide-area cellular  systems, are often not compatible  with each other
which makes it  difficult for a user to roam from  one radio system to
another. No wireless technology has  emerged as a common and long-term
universal solution. With  IP as the common network  layer protocol, an
IP-based  mobile device  (with multiple  radio interfaces  or software
defined radio) could roam between different wireless systems.

The papers  in this issue  will focus on state-of-the-art  research in
all-IP wireless networks. Submission  for Beyond 3G (B3G) systems will
be included. We solicit papers covering a variety of topics including,
but not limited to, the following topics:

   o   Systems and Architecture
   o   Access Protocols
   o   Transport Protocols
   o   Signaling Protocols
   o   Resource Management
   o   Power Control and Management
   o   QoS Provisioning
   o   Security
   o   Mobile VoIP
   o   Video over Wireless Internet
   o   Network Performance Analysis
   o   Internetworking
   o   System Integration

Only  original and  unpublished  research papers  will be  considered.
Authors should  follow the IEEE  J-SAC manuscript format  described in
the Information for  Authors on the inside back cover  of any issue of
J-SAC.  There will  be one  round of  reviews and  acceptance  will be
limited to papers needing only moderate revisions. Prospective authors
should submit a pdf version of their complete manuscript (which should
be   compressed    if   the   file   size   exceeds    1   Mbyte)   to
jsac@wire.cs.nthu.edu.tw according to the following timetable:

       Manuscript Submission:   FEBRUARY 1, 2003
       Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2003
       Final Manuscript Due:    September 1, 2003
       Publication:             1st Quarter 2004

Please  visit  http://wire.cs.nthu.edu.tw/~jsac  for more  information
about the issue.

       Prathima Agrawal
       Telcordia Technologies
       Room 1J244B
       445 South St
       Morristown, NJ 07960 USA

       Tao Zhang
       Telcordia Technologies
       Room 1J214B
       445 South St
       Morristown, NJ 07960 USA

       Cormac J. Sreenan
       Dept of Computer Science
       University College Cork
       Cork, Ireland

       Jyh-Cheng Chen
       Dept of Computer Science and
       Inst of Communications Engineering
       National Tsing Hua Univ
       Hsinchu, Taiwan

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This message is forwarded to members of the COSC/EEE/Management research 
group on networks at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 
New zealand, and anybody else interested in research in this area

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		Associate Professor Dr Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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