[Tccc] Chapter Proposal Call: CRC Press Book - Building Next-Generation Conv. Net.

Sakib Pathan sakib.pathan
Tue Sep 20 11:50:54 EDT 2011


[Apologies for cross-postings]

Dear Colleagues,

Your proposals are most welcome for this planned book by CRC Press, USA.
Please find the theme below along with other information. Wide range of
topics, both technical and theoretical are welcome.

Best Regards,
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
http://staff.iium.edu.my/sakib/

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*Building Next-Generation Converged Networks: Theory and Practice*
To be published by: *CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA*
URL: http://staff.iium.edu.my/sakib/NGN_CRC_Book/ngncrcbook.html

*Overview
*
The success and impact of the Internet and packet-switched networks,
introduction of multiple interfaces of mobile nodes, recent advancements of
various networking technologies, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), etc. have
sparred the dream of providing a seamless architecture for various access
technologies. Alongside the rapid growth of the implementable access
technologies, the easy access to various technologies with relatively lower
price is showing us a cloudy idea about the actual status of the
next-generation networks. Some visionary works have already been done, some
are simply in the status of proposals, and some have found new ways of
solving old problems. Numerous networking areas both from wired and wireless
fields could contribute towards the development in this area. Moreover,
resource constrained devices and their potential mass utilization show us
the picture of a complex blend of different technologies in the future. This
book aims at compiling the recent advancements as well as some basic issues
in these related fields which could contribute together towards the
materialization of future networks.

This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest
research findings in the area. It will be written for graduate students,
researchers, academics, and industry practitioners working in the area of
wired or wireless networking who want to improve their understanding of the
inter-related topics.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advances in Internet architectures and protocols
- Computational economy for distributed systems
- Content delivery networks
- Integration of IMS and SDP
- IPTV architectures and standards
- IPTV/IMS management.
- QoS and QoE provisioning
- 3P and 4P service provisioning
- Streaming services over wired/wireless access networks
- 6LoWPAN architectures and standards
- Mobility issues in 6LoWPAN
- Security issues in 6LoWPAN
- Interconnection networks and collaborative systems
- Internet-based knowledge engineering
- Internet search technologies
- Network-based applications (VoIP, streaming)
- Network management and traffic engineering
- Security in communication networks
- Sensor networks and applications
- Wireless and distributed networks

*Submission Details
*
Each manuscript must be written in a tutorial manner so that it can be
easily accessible for the readers outside the specialty of the area.
Expected manuscript length is between 9,500 to 12,500 words. Manuscripts
submitted for the book must be original, must not be previously published or
currently under review anywhere. Please follow A4 page format with 11 point
Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing while submitting your manuscript
as MS-Office document.

Directly via email to the corresponding Editor (see below). CC to others is
preferred. A proposal for each chapter is needed as soon as possible before
submitting the full chapter.

*Important Dates
*
*Proposal Submission Due:*     October 15, 2011
Full Manuscript Due:     January 30, 2011
Acceptance Notification:     April 30, 2012
Revised Chapter Submission     June 01, 2012
Final Acceptance Notification     June 30, 2012
Submission of Final Chapters     July 30, 2012
Publication Time:     2nd half of 2012 (tentative)

*EDITORS
*
*Dr. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan (Corresponding Editor)*
Department of Computer Science
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
sakib.pathan at gmail.com
*
Dr. Muhammad Mostafa Monowar*
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
hemal.cu at gmail.com

*Dr. Zubair Md. Fadlullah*
Graduate School of Information Sciences
Tohoku University, Japan
zfadlullah at gmail.com



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