-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Call For Papers - Special Issue on Integration of WLAN and 3G Wireless Technologies Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:04:54 -0500 From: Vijay K. Varma vvarma@telcordia.com To: tccc@cs.columbia.edu

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Call For Papers

IEEE Communications Magazine

Integration of Wireless LAN and 3G Wireless Technologies

Scope

After several years of research and standards activities, third generation (3G) wireless systems are beginning to be deployed. 3G wireless is going through an evolution to all-IP core networks. Meanwhile, wireless LAN (WLAN) technology is becoming increasingly popular for providing IP connectivity in corporate, campus, and other hotspot environments and is seen by some as a potential platform for 4G wireless. WLAN technology is relatively cheap and quick to deploy, and provides high data rates. On the other hand, 3G technology can provide wide-area coverage. Do WLANs and 3G networks have to compete, or can they be complementary?

The complementary characteristics of 3G networks and WLANs has raised much interest in the integration of 3G and WLAN. This topic has attracted much attention in the industry as well as in academia. The integration between 3G wireless and WLAN is highly significant to make wireless multimedia and other high data rate services a reality to a large population. This special issue of IEEE Communications Magazine seeks to provide an opportunity to publish a series of state-of-the-art papers in the area of 3G and WLAN integration.

Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

· Interworking architectures between 3G wireless and WLANs · Services in integrated 3G wireless/WLAN environments · Standardization activities in 3G/WLAN · Mobility management in integrated 3G/WLAN architectures · Authentication and security in integrated 3G/WLAN · Network management and billing issues in integrated 3G/WLAN · Hardware and software issues for mobile stations supporting integrated 3G and WLAN technologies · Quality of service and policy issues · Interworking of radio resource management · Mapping of functions and services between 3G and WLAN

Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines regarding the manuscript and its format. For details, please refer to the "Information for Authors" in the IEEE Communications Magazine website (http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html)

Please submit your electronic manuscript in word or pdf format to one of the guest editors by March 1, 2003. Earlier submissions are encouraged to allow for a better issue planning.

Schedule

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2003 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2003 Final Manuscript Due: August 1, 2003 Publication of Special Issue: November 2003

Guest Editors

Vijay K. Varma Telcordia Technologies 331 Newman Springs Road Red Bank, NJ 07701 ? USA +1 732-758-2811 vvarma@telcordia.com

K. Daniel Wong Telcordia Technologies 331 Newman Springs Road Red Bank, NJ 07701 ? USA +1 732-758-3481 dwong@research.telcordia.com

K-C Chua Siemens Private Limited ICM Mobile Core R&D Department 75 Science Park Dr., #01-02 Cintech II Singapore Science Park I Singapore 118255 +65 6879 9522 keechaing.chua@siemens.com

Frederic Paint Telenor A/S 1331 Fornebu Norway + 47 95810881 frederic.paint@telenor.com

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