Special Issue on Advances in Underwater Communications and Networks
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/call-for-papers/advances-underwater-communications-networks/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/call-for-papers/advances-underwater-communications-networks/ Wireless acoustic communication is the typical physical-layer technology underwater because of the high medium absorption of radio frequencies and of the scattering problem affecting optical waves. As of today, however, acoustic communication solutions support only delay-tolerant low-bandwidth monitoring applications. Yet, there is an increasing need to enable near-real-time acquisition and processing of heterogeneous data from mobile and static ocean exploration platforms. Reaching this goal will support a number of applications for scientific, environmental, commercial, and military purposes including, but not limited to, estimating concentration of water pollutants, monitoring dynamic oceanographic phenomena (such as phytoplankton growth and rate of photosynthesis, salinity and temperature gradient), preventing disasters by issuing tsunami warnings, assisting navigation as well as performing offshore exploration and tactical surveillance. Due to the unique characteristics of the underwater environment, however, existing communication and networking solutions developed for terrestrial wireless networks cannot be applied directly to advance underwater communications and networks. This joint Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks and Physical Communication special issue aims at soliciting original manuscripts on recent developments and new solutions considering the unique characteristics of the underwater environment and, in general, on all aspects of underwater communications and networks such as cooperative spectrum sharing and resource allocation techniques, new transport-, network- and link-layer protocols, theoretical and performance bounds on the operation of multihop networks, secure and jamming-free underwater communications, and adaptive sampling schemes using autonomous underwater vehicles. Also, manuscripts with experimental evaluations and implementations on testbeds are sought, reporting findings on the limitations and challenges faced in the actual deployment of underwater communications and networks. The objective of this joint special issue is to bring together stateof-the-art research contributions, tutorials, and position papers that address these key aspects. Original manuscripts describing completed and unpublished work not currently under review by any other journal/magazine/conference are therefore solicited. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Optical, acoustic, and electromagnetic communications for underwater networks MAC-, routing-, and transport-layer protocols for underwater communications Underwater sensor network security Underwater sensor network architecture Network coverage and node placement Energy efficiency and power control Target tracking using underwater sensor networks Modeling and simulation in underwater sensor networks Synchronization and localization for underwater communications Cooperative communications in underwater sensor networks Adaptive sampling using autonomous underwater vehicles Mobility models and mobility control of underwater vehicles Submission Instructions Prospective Authors should follow the Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) journal manuscript format described at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc Please select “Special Issue: Advancesin Underwater Communications and Networks” when you reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. Papers must be in single-column format, double-spaced, use at least 11pt fonts, and should not exceed 25 pages including references. Important Dates Submission deadline: January 31, 2014 First-round notification date: April 1, 2014 First-round revision date: May 1, 2014 Second-round notification date: June 1, 2014 Camera ready due: June 15, 2014 Guest Editors Prof. Dario Pompili Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Email: [email protected] http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~pompili Prof. Tommaso Melodia Dept. of Electrical Engineering, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Email: [email protected] http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/wnesl/tmelodia.php Prof. Liuqing Yang Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Email: [email protected] http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~lqyang Prof. Chiara Petrioli Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita’ “La Sapienza,” ITALY E-mail: [email protected] http://senseslab.di.uniroma1.it _______________________________________________ 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
