[Tccc] CFP: Computer Networks SI on "Communications and Networking in the Cloud" - Extended Deadline

Stefano Secci stefano.secciatlip6.fr
Wed May 15 11:02:46 EDT 2013



 (apologies for multiple posting)

EXTENDED DEADLINE (FIRM): May 31, 2013
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Special Issue on Communications and Networking in the Cloud
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Elsevier Computer Networks  

Important dates 
Paper submission (Extended Deadline - Firm): May 29, 2013
Acceptance notification: August 15, 2013
Final papers: September 31, 2013
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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
rbout... at uwaterloo.ca

Dr. Stefano Secci
University Pierre and Marie Curie
stefano.se... at upmc.fr

Dr. Tarik Taleb
NEC Europe
tarik.ta... at neclab.eu


http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-communications-and-networking-in-the-cloud/



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