[Tccc] CFP: Recent Advances in Self-Organizing Cellular Networks: Analysis, Deployment, Management, and Optimization
Raymond Kwan
raymond.y.c.kwan
Sun May 13 15:42:32 EDT 2012
Journal of Computer Networks and Communications - Special issue
Recent Advances in Self-Organizing Cellular Networks: Analysis,
Deployment, Management, and Optimization
Call for Papers
In the current 2G and 3G wireless networks, planning, commissioning,
configuration, integration, management, and optimization of network
elements play an important role in their proper operation. These
procedures often involve a large number of parameters, which are
typically tuned manually. This tuning process is costly, as
specialized expertise must be involved, and potentially error-prone.
As a consequence, the ability to detect and localize automaticaly
network failures in future networks as well as to heal itself would be
of enormous value to the cellular community; for example, one of the
goals of 3GPP is to allow LTE networks to self-optimize and
self-organize themselves. By doing so, the operators can reduce the
running costs while improving the network performance. This special
issue attempts to cover recent advances of communications in the
context of self-organizing cellular networks.
We invite authors to submit original researches and review articles
regarding self-organizing networks in the context of LTE, LTE
Advanced, and WiMAX/WiMAX2. Contributions regarding both the radio
access as well as the core aspects of the cellular networks are
welcome. Submissions should make explicit reference to the
self-organizing elements of the contribution. Techniques tailored to
specific 4G systems, such as LTE-A or WiMAX2, will be particularly
appreciated. The editors reserve the right to reject any manuscript
that they believe does not fit the scope of this special issue.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
Modelling, analysis, and deployment of SONs
CAPEX and OPEX savings
Self-configuration, self-optimization, and self-healing protocols
SON architecture: centralized, decentralized, and hybrid SON operations
Cooperation and synchronization
Green approaches and energy efficiency mechanisms
Admission control and scheduling for automatic congestion detection,
avoidance, and mitigation
Radio resource management (power control, channel allocation)
Intercell interference coordination, cancellation, and alignment
Velocity estimation, mobility robust optimization, load balancing
Carrier aggregation
Coordinated multipoint transmissions/receptions
Game theoretic methods and reinforcement learning
Heterogeneous networks (self-organizing picocells, femtocells, and relay nodes)
Coverage and capacity optimiation
Physical Cell ID automatic configuration
Automatic neighbor relation
Random access channel (RACH) optimization
Novel SON techniques to large-scale problems
Radio parameter optimization
Transport parameter optimization
Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's
Author Guidelines, which are located at
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jcnc/guidelines/ and
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jcnc/. Prospective authors should
submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the
journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/
according to the following timetable:
Manuscript Due
Friday, 1 June 2012
First Round of Reviews
Friday, 24 August 2012
Publication Date
Friday, 19 October 2012
Lead Guest Editor
Raymond Kwan, Ubiquisys Ltd., London, UK
Guest Editors
David L?pez-P?rez, Centre for Telecommunications Research, Kings
College London, London, UK
Guillaume de la Roche, Mindspeed Technologies, France
Sayandev Mukherjee, DOCOMO Innovations Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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