-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Special Issue on Toward Seamless Internetworking of Wireless LAN and Cellular Networks Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:59:58 -0400 From: valaee valaee@comm.utoronto.ca To: tccc@cs.columbia.edu CC: valaee@comm.toronto.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

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*** Deadline Approaching ***

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IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Special Issue on

Toward Seamless Internetworking of Wireless LAN and Cellular Networks

Important Dates

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*Manuscript** Due 15 June 2004*

Acceptance Notification 15 September 2004

Final Revised Manuscript Due 1 November 2004

Publication 2005

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This special issue of the Magazine is devoted to the research activities within the industry and academia toward the integration of

the Wireless LAN and cellular 3G systems. Articles for this special issue will be solicited through an open call-for-papers and invitation

to the experts in the field from industry and academia. Topics of interest include but not limited to:

Architecture design alternatives for an integrated Wireless LAN-Cellular system

Design of internetworking function units and their performance analysis

Smooth handoff techniques between Wireless LAN and cellular systems

Quality of service establishment in heterogeneous networks

Network selection criteria and selection techniques in heterogeneous networks

Traffic control techniques and traffic monitoring in heterogeneous networks

IP address selection techniques in LAN/Cellular integrated environment

Macro-mobility techniques for seamless internetworking

Pricing and subscription database techniques in integrated Wireless LAN-Cellular systems

Security techniques in heterogeneous networks

Location management techniques

Convergence of link layer functionality in Wireless LAN and Cellular systems

Standardization activities as well as proprietary solutions for the Wireless LAN-Cellular integration

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*Submission*

Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. All

submissions will be reviewed based on technical merit and relevance. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up

to three simple equations could be allowed, provided the consent of the Guest Editor). Articles should have no more than 4,500 words,

6 tables/figures, or 15 references. Guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at

http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/pub_guidelines.html. Please send PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word, or PostScript formatted papers to

Abbas Jamalipour (a.jamalipour@ieee.org) no later than 15 June 2004. Accepted papers will also be included in Wireless

Communications Interactive (WCI), the online version of Wireless Communications Magazine.

*Guest Editor *

*Professor Abbas Jamalipour*

School of Electrical and Information Engineering

University of Sydney

Sydney NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61 2 9351 2843

Fax: +61 2 9351 3847

Email: a.jamalipour@ieee.org

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*Associate Guest Editor*

*Professor Shahrokh Valaee*

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Toronto

10 King's College Road

Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G4

Phone: +1 416 946 8032

Fax: +1 416 978 4425

Email: valaee@comm.utoronto.ca

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Prof. Shahrokh Valaee

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Toronto

10 King's College Road

Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G4

Phone: (416) 946-8032

Fax: (416) 978-4425

Email: valaee@comm.utoronto.ca mailto:valaee@comm.utoronto.ca

Web: http://www.comm.utoronto.ca/~valaee

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