Call for Papers: IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on
INFORMATION-CENTRIC NETWORKING

Information-Centric Networking (ICN) marks a fundamental shift in
communications and networking. ICN focuses on finding and transmitting
information to end users instead of connecting end hosts that exchange
information. The key concepts are expected to have a huge impact on the
familiar textbook protocol stack, in network architecture in general,
and will create new opportunities for all associated stakeholders
including equipment vendors, network operators, service and content
providers, and above all end-users.

Scope and Objectives
Information-centric networking is to succeed only if it can to provide
clearly superior solutions to well-known problems in the current
generation of all-IP networks and can be introduced to general usage
incrementally. We invite authors to consider the following aspects with
respect to information-centric networks:
* Naming & addressing: What breakthroughs in naming and addressing
will make ICN scalable when faced with a global network of billions of
devices and zettabytes of available content?
* Protocol stack: Can ICN deliver a neat and simple protocol stack?
* Network architecture: What does a ICN network architecture look
like?
* Management: What are the essential characteristics of a complete
management framework that is scalable, flexible, and suitable for ICN?
* Caching: New issues to be addressed such as buffer management and
caching policy.
* Energy efficiency: Will ICN pave the way to a holistic energy
efficient operation?
* Internet of Things (IoT): How does ICN scale in the scenarios
envisioned for the IoT and how does it compare with current IP-based IoT
solutions?
* Security: Can ICN foster the development of a more secure and
trusted global communications infrastructure?
* Which business models could foster a fair relationship between
content producers, content providers and service/network providers?

Submitted articles do not need to cover all these aspects but should
strive to clearly contrast the ICN approach with the current
TCP/IP-based state of affairs. Prospective authors should describe the
key concepts, design, implementation, and evaluation of ICN proposals.
Articles that demonstrate the feasibility of groundbreaking approaches
through testbed/experimental results are particularly welcome. We invite
authors to submit articles reporting original, previously unpublished
research work on information-centric networking. Authors can find
article guidelines at
http://dl.comsoc.org/ci1/info/cfp/cfpcommag0712.htm.

Submission Schedule
* Submission Deadline: November 1, 2011
* Notification of Acceptance: February 29, 2012
* Final Manuscript Due: May 1, 2012
* Publication Date: July 2012

Feature Topic Editors
  Dr. Kostas Pentikousis
  Huawei Technologies European Research Centre
  Email: k.pentikousis@huawei.com

  Dr. Prosper Chemouil
  Orange Labs
  Email: prosper.chemouil@orange-ftgroup.com

  Dr. Kathleen Nichols
  Pollere Inc
  Email: nichols@pollere.net

  Prof. George Pavlou
  University College London, Dept. of Electronic & Electrical
Engineering
  Email: g.pavlou@ee.ucl.ac.uk

  Prof. Dan Massey
  Colorado State University
  Email: massey@cs.colostate.edu