[Tccc] CFP - Special Issue "Secure...

Fernando Pereñíguez García pereniguezatum.es
Fri Oct 5 14:23:41 EDT 2012



 Computer Standards & Interfaces
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-standards-and-interfaces/   

Special Issue on Secure Mobility in Future Communication Systems under 
Standardization

In the last decade, wireless communications and electronic devices have 
experienced an impressive growth. The use of the air as propagation medium has 
greatly attracted both users and industry due to the numerous advantages 
offered by this kind of communication. Nowadays, the use of our smart phone, 
tablet or netbook is becoming a core part of our daily lives. Nevertheless, 
wireless communications capabilities are expected to be integrated in multiple 
types of products such as vehicles, electrical appliances, hospital devices, 
etc. Thus, in the days to come, we expect that wireless communications will 
become ubiquitous for the future computer systems. The feasibility of this 
scenario strongly relies on the existence of technologies enabling both 
mobility and security. Mobility is the cornerstone of wireless communications 
and an essential feature to enable the communication between devices anywhere, 
anytime. However, these communications need to be secured since, due to the !
wireless networks nature, eavesdroppers are able to capture any communication 
happening near to its coverage area.
Standardization organizations, aware of this challenging issue in future 
communication systems, are producing a set of specifications to enable secure 
mobility in different scenarios. For example, the IEEE 802.21 group is 
developing standards to assist a secure handoff in future Next Generation 
Networks (NGNs). This work is complemented by the IETF where it can be found a 
wide number of working groups dealing with mobility management and security in 
future heterogeneous networks, an issue that is also being tackled by the ITU-T 
Y-Series recommendations. The ISO and ETSI organizations are also dealing with 
mobility and security in other communication scenarios. For instance, the 
technical committee ISO TC 204 is addressing the specific needs that appear in 
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). This topic is also addressed by ETSI, 
where different work programs are also producing standards for 
Machine-to-Machine communications and Smart Grids, paying special attention to 
the sp!
ecific security requirements of these scenarios. These are just a few examples 
of the great effort being devoted by the standardization activity, which 
demonstrates the importance of the subject.
The objective of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive guide on 
solutions reached by the standardization organizations in the mobility and 
security fields. In particular, it will focus on either recently standardized 
solutions or proposals under discussion. We expect that the special issue will 
stimulate further related research and technology improvements in this 
significant subject. 
All received submissions will be sent out for peer review by at least two 
experts in the field and evaluated with respect to relevance to the special 
issue, level of innovation, depth of contributions, and quality of 
presentation. Guest editors will make an initial assessment of the suitability 
and scope of all submissions. Contributions that either lack originality, 
clarity in presentation or fall outside the scope of the special issue will not 
be sent for review and the authors will be promptly informed in such cases. 
Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or 
publication.

SCOPE
This special issue is intended to collect existing standardization efforts on 
achieving secure mobility in future communication systems: Next Generation 
Networks (NGNs), Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2M), Intelligent Transport 
Systems (ITS), Smart Grid, Mesh Networks, etc.  Suggested topics include but 
are not restricted to:

- Technologies enabling secure mobility 
- Service access control solutions
- Key distribution and management schemes
- Privacy preserving mechanisms and anonymity 
- Trust establishment, negotiation, and management
- Secure AAA infrastructures
- Secure and privacy preserving handover mechanisms
- Cryptographic protocols and lightweight cryptography
- Secure and privacy preserving mobile location services
- Cross Layer approach to security in respect to mobility
- Secure and privacy preserving mobile applications and services

SCHEDULE

Manuscript submission deadline: Oct. 31, 2012
Authors to receive a 1st decision by: Jan. 31, 2013
Final notification of acceptance: Mar. 31, 2013
Publication of special issue: (Subject to CS&I schedule)

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Authors should follow the Instructions to Authors available at the journals 
homepage http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-standards-and-interfaces/. A 
copy of the manuscript should also be emailed to the corresponding guest editor 
(gk... at aegean.gr) as pdf files. The submission must include the title, abstract 
of your paper, and the corresponding authors name(s) and affiliation. Please 
mention SMFCS special issue submission in the subject line of your email.

GUEST EDITORS

Georgios Kambourakis
University of the Aegean, Greece
Email: gk... at aegean.gr

Fernando Pereniguez Garcia
University of Murcia, Spain
Email: perenig... at um.es

Peter Mueller
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
E-mail: p... at zurich.ibm.com

Tom Karygiannis
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
Email: tom.karygian... at nist.gov


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Fernando Pereguez Garca, PhD 
Dept. Information and Communications Engineering (DIIC)
Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia
E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia (Spain)
Phone: +34 868 887882 Fax: +34 868884151 
E-mail: perenig... at um.es 
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