Call for Papers
IEEE Communications
Magazine
Consumer
Communications
and
Networking Series
Recent
trends in
consumer networking are that consumers are both creators and producers
of
content (albeit of varying quality!) and peer distribution is the
natural model. This is one of the emerging
trends that
impact how consumers can use devices to create, manipulate, store, and
access
content — and is surely a much different view compared to only five
years ago
where most experts still viewed the world in terms of servers and
clients,
producers and consumers as distinct and separate entities….indeed,
there are
still dinosaur organizations out there today who are fighting a
rearguard
action to protect their dwindling revenue streams because they haven’t
been
brave enough to embrace this new model.
Trends like this are ones that papers for the consumer
communications
and networking series should address.
We have also seen the technological
reach of existing
solutions being applied in unconventional ways where all aspects of our
digital
lives are being consumed to provide novel platforms where
interoperation
between disparate technologies is now possible. For example, the
automotive
industry is now producing cars that include ad hoc networks designed to
provide
multimedia solutions as well as links to wide area communications via
satellite
networks. Using these networking capabilities and interfaces such as
USB we see
automobile functionality being extended. In this sense the boundaries
between
the car and conventional consumer devices are beginning to blur.
Perhaps the sole technology
responsible for the many
technological advances we see today is communications. Example
communications technologies include the emergence of 3G and 4G, LTE and
WiMax,
Bluetooth, Zigbee, Ultrawideband, TV-band, and Powerline and Free space
optical. Applications
of these technologies include
personal and body area networking, home networking, game networking,
ad-hoc
networking, and sensor networking. These networks may be connected
through
networking layers that are cognitive, peer-to-peer enabled, and have
the
properties of self organisation and management. These networks will
become key
enablers where we are already seeing ubiquitous content distribution
models,
for example, television can now be viewed wherever we are and on any
devices
capable of connecting to one of the many networking paradigms defined
above. With
these networks we can expect a platform for true innovation where
content
distribution will overlay these networks using compression, rights
management,
delivery, and appropriate quality of service mechanisms that can be
seamlessly
moved over these next generation networks. All of this is made possible
by
networking, software and middleware that present to the service
designer the
tools to provide ease of use, security, and stunning interactivity to
the end
consumer.
With
this in
mind the IEEE Communications Magazine is
seeking papers that emphasize consumer networking in whatever physical
environment it finds itself. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to
the following:
Scope of Contributions