[Tccc] CFP: Ad Hoc Networks Special Issue on Routing in Smart Grid Communication Networks

Kemal Akkaya kemalatcs.siu.edu
Mon May 6 10:54:42 EDT 2013



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CALL FOR PAPERS  

Special Issue of Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal
"Routing in Smart Grid Communication Networks"

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks
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With the recent initiatives to upgrade the existing power grid to a Smart
Grid, there has been a significant interest in the design and development
of an efficient communication infrastructure for connecting different
components of the Smart Grid. In addition to currently used underlying
networks and protocols, new wired/wireless networks and protocols are
planned to be deployed for different components/applications of the Smart
Grid. Based on the data requirements of the applications, new challenges
have arisen at the network layer of the protocol stack with respect to
routing and data forwarding.

Smart Grid is expected to be a multi-tier network supported by a hybrid
mesh of different communications technologies to provide efficient and
reliable access to grid components in diverse environments. Mainly, there
will be three components of this multi-tier network which can be deploying
a variety of communications networks. These networks are known as Home
Area Network (HAN)/ Field Area Networks (FAN), Neighborhood Area Network
(NAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN). Recent research on Smart Grid mostly
focused on the security and privacy aspects of its applications. While
some of the current routing protocols designed for wireless networks can
be partially used in some of the Smart Grid networks, unique
characteristics of Smart Grid applications as well as the large-scale size
of the infrastructure necessitates new research at the network layer.

In particular, there are several key issues need to be addressed in order
to support network interconnectivity across the Smart Grid communication
infrastructure that consists of HANs, NANs and WANs. For instance,
scalability is an issue if a wireless infrastructure is to be used given
that current wireless networking protocols are geared for small-size
networks. In this respect, employment of power-line communications
requires careful adaptation of the current routing protocols to address
interference issues on power-lines. Another important issue is security
since Smart Grid will consist of multiple-interconnected networks with
diverse underlying communication technology, ownership and management. The
availability and reliability of the Smart Grid as well as certain privacy
information such as power usage data from each household need to be
protected en route to the destination. Furthermore, the communication
infrastructure will require status monitoring, fault detection, isolation,
and recovery that pertain to rerouting. Finally, the ability to uniquely
identify elements in the network and routing capabilities to all network
end points for a wide range of applications with different quality of
service (QoS) requirements will need to be addressed.

The goal of this special issue is to collect papers in the area of routing
in several networks of Smart Grid with different goals, characteristics
and limitations. We solicit papers which will address routing challenges
that are unique to Smart Grid and address major issues such as security,
privacy, reliability, QoS, interference and scalability which pertain to
Smart Grid applications.

In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to

- Scalable routing protocols for NANs and FANs
- Efficient routing protocols in HANs
- Novel routing protocols in powerline communications
- Adaptation of existing routing protocols for powerline communications
- QoS routing on NANs for Demand Response and WASA (Wide Area Situational
Awareness) applications
- Secure routing protocols in HANs and NANs
- Reliable routing in lossy environments
- User privacy and routing trade-offs in HANs and NANs
- QoS and security tradeoffs in routing HANs and NANs
- Interoperability, standardization and node heterogeinty in routing
across HANs, NANs and WANs
- Node placement and routing performance issues
- Routing protocols for fault-detection and recovery
- Data aggregation and routing
- Cross-layer routing via multiple channels and MIMO
- Routing experiences in testbeds and real-life applications
- Support for aggregation and disaggregation of Smart Grid data in support
for temporal and spatial visibility
- In-network processing and sharing of distributed generation and
renewable energy source and its communications infrastructure
- Routing support for bad data detection
- Interference and routing interrelations and techniques to mitigate the
performance Degradations
- Routing techniques to deal with massive data from Intelligent Electronic
Devices (IEDs) and smart meters

Submission Format and Guideline

All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and
contain only original work, which has not been published by or is
currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers must
not exceed 25 pages (one-column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures,
tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as
Guide to Authors at
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/ad-hoc-networks/1570-8705/guide-for-authors

All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through
Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as SI  SG
Routing when they reach the Article Type step in the submission
process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc

All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests
for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors.


Important Dates

Manuscript submission: October 18, 2013
Acceptance notification: February 14, 2014
Final manuscript due: March 14, 2014


Editor in Chief

Ian Akyildiz
Georgia Institute of Technology


Guest Editors

Kemal Akkaya
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL, USA

Suleyman Uludag
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Ankara, Turkey

Xiuzhen Cheng
The George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

King-Shan Lui
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

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Kemal Akkaya
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
Tel: 618-453 60 54
Fax: 618-453 60 44
URL: http://www.cs.siu.edu/~kemal
ADWISE Lab URL: http://www.cs.siu.edu/~adwise









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