[Tccc] CFP: EURASIP JWCN SI on "Topology Control in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks"
Yan ZHANG
yanzhang
Thu Sep 15 07:55:53 EDT 2011
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Special Issue on
Topology Control in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/sites/10234/pdf/H3863f_DF_CFP_SO_Eurasip_JWC
N_TCWS_A4_final.pdf
Topology control is one of the fundamental research topics in wireless ad
hoc and sensor networks. There are a variety of means to perform topology
control such as turning on/off network nodes, changing transmission power of
network nodes, and building hierarchical network topologies. When designed
properly, topology control can improve the operation of wireless ad hoc and
sensor networks in terms of energy efficiency, mobility resilience, network
capacity increase, interference reduction, etc.
Nevertheless, many aspects need to be addressed when designing suitable
topology control mechanisms for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. For
instance, both the gains by means of topology control and the drawbacks
(e.g., relevant overhead on communication & management) from it need to be
taken into account. In addition, the realistic networking environments (such
as homogeneous & heterogeneous devices, stationary or mobile nodes, QoS
requirements, traffic patterns) pose challenges on topology control to work
together with other networking tasks. Moreover, topology control has
interactions with other layers in the protocol stack such as MAC (Medium
Access Control) and routing mechanisms. Hence, comprehensive research
efforts on topology control techniques are necessary to meet the various
requirements in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks.
We propose this special issue that will solicit state-of-art papers from
researchers and practitioners throughout the world, presenting the novel
research results related to the theory and practice of topology control in
wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. The topics of interest include, but are
not limited to:
* Theoretical modeling and analysis of topology control
* Novel topology control to improve energy efficiency, mobility
resilience, increased network capacity, interference reduction, etc.
* Interaction of topology control with other layers (e.g., MAC,
routing, and traffic patterns)
* Cross-layer design of topology control
* Trade-off evaluation on the efficiency of topology control and the
involved communication overhead/computation complexity
* Simulation tools specifically for topology control research
* Implementation and deployment of topology control in realistic
environments
All submissions must describe original research results and must not be
published or currently under review for another workshop, conference,
magazine, or journal.
Before submission, authors should carefully read over the journal?s Author
Guidelines, located at http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/authors/instructions.
Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete
manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at
http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/manuscript according to the following
timetable:
Manuscript due: October 30, 2011
First round of review: January 31, 2012
Guest Editor
Yong Bai, College of Information Science & Technology, Hainan University,
Haikou, China; bai at hainu.edu.cn; yongbai at yahoo.com
Liang Cheng, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh
University, USA; cheng at cse.lehigh.edu
Jelena Misic, Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University, Canada;
jmisic at scs.ryerson.ca
Yan Zhang?Simula Research Laboratory & University of Oslo, Norway;
yanzhang at ieee.org
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