Recent Advances in Vehicular Networks
special issue of EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
- deadline extended to July 1, 2011 -

Call for Papers

One of the most researched directions in modern automotive industry is the
design, development, and deployment of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs)
that aim to improve road safety (including collision avoidance, traffic
congestion information, and detection of, as well as alerting to, road
conditions) whilst providing ample opportunities for commercial applications
such as communication and mobile infotainment.

Successful and widespread usage of VANETs necessitates the development of
novel technologies that satisfy the requirements for high-performance,
highly reliable, highly scalable, secure, and privacy-preserving
communications, both between vehicles and roadside units and amongst
vehicles themselves, and thus presents an extraordinary challenge for the
wireless research community. This is the main reason why VANETs are a very
active area of research, development, standardization, and field trials
throughout the world, in academia, industry, and government alike. These
efforts include, but are not limited to, the e-Safety framework of the
European Union, the IntelliDrive initiative in the US, Smartway, DSSS
(Driving Safety Support System), and ASV (Advanced Safety Vehicle) in Japan,
and others. Standardization efforts include ISO TC204 and IEEE (802.11p and
1609.x), SAE J2735 in the US, ETSI TC ITS and CEN WG278 in Europe, and ARIB
T-75 in Japan.

We invite high-quality papers from researchers and practitioners throughout
the world, presenting the new and exciting research results related to the
theory or practice of vehicular ad hoc networks and vehicular
internetworking. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Channel modeling
Modulation and coding
Power control and scalability issues
Medium access control protocols
Multiple access techniques for VANETs
Multichannel organization and operation
Communication protocol design
Safety, efficiency, and commercial applications
Vehicle-to-vehicle/roadside/internet communication
Simulation frameworks
Field operational testing
Test methodologies
Impact assessment
Network management
Security issues and countermeasures
Privacy issues

All submissions must describe original research results and must not be
published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or
journal.

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author
Guidelines, which are located at http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/manuscript.
Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete
manuscript through the journal manuscript tracking system, according to the
following timetable:

Manuscript Due July 1, 2011
First Round of Reviews September 1, 2011
Publication Date December 1, 2011

Guest Editors
Vojislav B. Misic, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Hsiao Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Athanasios V. Vasilakos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA),
Greece
Roksana Boreli, NICTA, Australia

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