-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: PPNA special issue on Network Coverage Datum: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:31:30 +0800 Von: Xiufang Shi xfshi.zju@GMAIL.COM Antwort an: Xiufang Shi xfshi.zju@GMAIL.COM An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

Call for Papers

PPNA special issue on Network Coverage: From Theory to Practice

Coverage problem has been a hot topic in the last two decades with the rising of wireless sensor networks. It is concerned with the quality of sensing about the targets of interest that the sensor network is deployed for. Extensive previous effort has been devoted to exploring coverage theory, which ranges from point coverage, barrier coverage to area coverage in line with the dimension of concerned targets. Though these theoretical investigations provide insightful understanding about coverage, there are quite limited previous studies reporting coverage application in practical scenarios. How much can we gain by applying theoretical coverage results from the practical point of view? Further, some recent results are provided about coverage problem in other research fields, such as cellular network and social networks. Is it possible to provide a general theoretical framework for network coverage given the understanding gained from sensor networks? The answers to these two fundamental questions would extend the boundaries of traditional sensor coverage and push the coverage research from theory to practice.

The objective of this call is to bring latest thoughts and applications in generic network coverage, that help put together a clear map for this important area. The potential interesting topics of this call include, but are not limited to:

ü Sensor deployment for coverage in sensor networks

ü Sensor scheduling for coverage in randomly deployed sensor networks

ü Coverage modeling in sensor networks

ü Dynamic coverage in mobile sensor networks

ü Joint optimization of coverage and connectivity

ü Practical applications in sensor networks

ü Coverage problem in varying fields

ü Practical implementations in varying fields

ü Studies on the framework of generic network coverage

ü Optimization for generic network coverage

The manuscript to this special issue must be original with significant contributions, and have not been under review in any other journals or conferences. Each submission must include a title, an abstract, a list of key words, and an introduction that summarizes the contributions of the paper, and will be reviewed according to the normal standard and procedure of this journal. When submitting your article, please indicate that you are submitting to the Special Issue on Network Coverage: From Theory to Practice (SI: Network Coverage). The final versions of accepted papers must follow the PPNA guidelines www.Springer.com/12083, with an expected page limit of 20 pages including references and appendices

*Tentative Schedule:*

Manuscript Due: Aug. 30, 2017

First Notification: Nov. 15, 2017

Revised version: Dec. 15, 2017

Final notification: Jan. 15, 2017

Publication Date: Second quarter, 2018

*Guest editors:*

Shibo He, Zhejiang University, s18he@zju.edu.cn

Dong-Hoon Shin, AT&T lab., Donghoon.Shin.2@asu.edu

Yuanchao Shu, Microsoft Research Asia, yuanchao.shu@microsoft.com

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