_____________________________________________________ Special Issue on Communications and Networking in the Cloud -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsevier Computer Networks
Important dates Paper submission: May 15, 2013 Acceptance notification: August 15, 2013 Final papers: September 15, 2013 _____________________________________________________ Cloud computing is having an important impact on communication networks, both fixed and mobile, stimulating intensive research and standardization of new network architectures, protocols and resource management mechanisms. In the literature, significant attention has been devoted to system aspects of cloud computing. More recently, however, the focus is shifting towards cloud networking and communications with evolutionary and revolutionary propositions. The goal is to offer stronger interworking and interoperability between system and network elements. With the proliferation of cloud offerings, new networking and communication challenges have also emerged. For instance, data-centers are becoming containers of virtual provider networks, whose embedding can be optimized as a function of cost, customer demands, energy savings (“Follow-the-Sun” concept), dynamic scaling, Quality-of-Service (QoS) and Quality-of-Experience (QoE). Users access to Clouds can be subjected to provider-level filtering and shaping, functions implementable in novel network middle-boxes based on Cloud Service Level Agreements (C-SLA). Cloud computing has an increasing impact on mobile access networks as well. In particular, network offloading protocols and advanced service migration and caching techniques are being leveraged to offload cellular provider networks and improve user QoE (“Follow-Me Cloud” concept). Efficient resource management in data center and cloud networks is an open research challenge that needs to be addressed in order to provide bandwidth guarantees and performance isolation. This is particularly important with the increasing reliance on bandwidth-demanding Virtual Machine (VM) migrations for resource consolidation and energy management within data centers and across geographically distributed data centers. In general, Cloud applications and their requirements are evolving so fast that new problems are faced by the telecommunication and cloud providers everyday calling for novel networking and communication architectures, protocols and resource management mechanisms. We invite authors to submit original research articles that go beyond computing aspects in the Cloud and address arising Cloud communications and networking needs. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Intra/Inter-Cloud Network architectures and protocols Data Center Network Architectures Data Center Network Virtualization Addressing and Routing in Cloud-based Networks Virtual Ethernet and Data Center Bridging Cloud-based Virtualization of Wireless Access Networks Data Transport protocols for Cloud Networks Cloud Traffic Monitoring and Characterization Cloud traffic modeling and Engineering Cloud service and network brokering Energy-efficient and Green Cloud Networking Unified User and Machine Mobility Management Mobile cloud networking and mobile network offloading Mobile cloud resource and QoS management Cloud Network Consolidation and Optimization Cloud network elasticity and dynamic scaling Cloud resource and network management Algorithms and protocols for Virtual Machine placement and migration Fault tolerance and cloud network service resiliency Billing in mobile cloud networks Security, Privacy, Confidentiality in cloud networking Design of cloud network interfaces and libraries Software Defined Networking in the Cloud OpenFlow routing and scalability in cloud networking Networking with OpenStack and CloudStack Testing and evaluation tools Prototype systems and real life deployments Relevant standardization activities. Submissions, within the scope of the call, will be judged based on their originality, novelty, and quality. Submissions must not substantially overlap with papers that have been previously published or are currently submitted for publication. Submission format The submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and describe original research which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet/ Submission Guideline All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through the Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as relevant Si Article type: “Cloud Networking” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet Guide for Authors This site will guide you stepwise through the creation and uploading of you article. Again, the guide for Authors can be found on the journal homepage http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet). Guest Editors Prof. Raouf Boutaba University of Waterloo [email protected] Dr. Stefano Secci University Pierre and Marie Curie [email protected] Dr. Tarik Taleb NEC Europe [email protected] http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-communications-and-networking-in-the-cloud/ -- Stefano Secci Associate Professor PHARE - LIP6 - Univ. Pierre and Marie Curie Bureau 25-26/318, Boite Courrier 169 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France Tel: +33 (0) 1 4427 3678 Fax: +33 (0) 1 4427 8783 http://www-phare.lip6.fr/~secci/ _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. 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