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Special Issue on "Application-oriented Protocol Design for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks" International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC) ISSN online: 1743- 8233. ISSN print: 1743-8225 Journal Impact Factor: 0.848 (2011) http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=1823 Wireless networks (WNs) in ad hoc mode have so far been comprehensively studied in terms of communication protocols. Despite the achievements accomplished in the research community, application-oriented WN tests and implementation are more desirable for helping to realise adaptive ubiquitous services. The wide variety of possible applications results in vastly varying requirements and characteristics, and raises a number of critical issues to be addressed during the design of WN protocols. In recent years, to meet the general trend towards diversification, new medium access control, routing, power management and data gathering protocols have been designed specifically for emerging WN applications. However, much more work is required in the optimisation of different network parameters to address the realistic requirements and constraints of the target domain. Therefore, application-specific goals must be considered in protocol stack development to reconcile their requirements. Until there are more widespread and longer-term deployments of applications using ad hoc WNs, the performance requirements and resulting cost/performance tradeoffs will not be well understood. This special issue will present a collection of articles discussing advances in wireless protocol design from the application and services perspective. Suitable topics include but are not limited to: • Case studies on the use of wireless ad hoc networks • Wireless networks for harsh environments • Underwater wireless communication and networks • Case studies on physical channel properties affecting performance • Application-oriented medium access control protocols/algorithms • Application-oriented routing protocols/algorithms • Application-oriented transport layer protocols/algorithms • Application-oriented cross-layer protocols/algorithms • Application-oriented security protocols/algorithms • Deployment and scalability of wireless sensor networks • Energy-efficient wireless networking protocols • Test-bed, prototype and practical system design • Simulation tools for wireless networking solutions • Comparative studies of communication protocols in application-specific scenarios • Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11/802.15/802.16/802.20/802.22 series standards Important Dates Submission deadline: 31 January, 2013 First round of review due: 31 May, 2013 Minor/major revisions due: 30 June, 2013 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 31 August, 2013 Submission of final paper: 15 September, 2013 Guest Editors: Winston Seah, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Yuan Zhang, University of Jinan, China Shuhua Lai, Georgia Gwinnett College, USA Editors and Notes All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfpsub.php?jcode=ijahuc. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact [email protected], describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the names of the Guest Editors Please contact Dr. Yuan Zhang ([email protected]) with any queries concerning this special issue. | | | _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
