-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CfP: Special Issue on Localization in Mobile Wireless and Sensor Networks Datum: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:07:25 +0100 Von: Henk Wymeersch henkw@chalmers.se An: tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu

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Call for Papers

Special Issue on Localization in Mobile Wireless and Sensor Networks

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/si/lmsn.html http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/si/lmsn.pdf

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Scope: Accurate localization and tracking of wireless devices is a crucial requirement for many emerging location-aware systems and services. Fields of applications include emergency/medical care, intelligent transportation, location-based billing, environmental monitoring, energy efficient buildings, location-assisted gaming, and social networking. During the last few years, there have been intensive research activities on this topic, and several solutions have been investigated. The main trend today is towards the integration of heterogeneous technologies to ensure global coverage and high accuracy in all possible scenarios, leading to a seamless localization system available anywhere anytime.

While satellite-based navigation is well consolidated for open sky scenarios, localization in harsh environments (indoor or urban canyon) is still an open issue that requires complementary wireless networks such as cellular systems, local/personal area networks, ad-hoc or wireless-sensor networks (UWB, ZigBee, RFID, etc.). Indoor positioning is particularly challenging due to severe multipath and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation. In this context, advanced signal processing algorithms must be employed to guarantee positioning robustness, such as NLOS identification and mitigation, fusion of data from different sources, and Bayesian methods to enclose any a priori information (e.g., dynamic models for mobile positioning). An important area of research is that of cooperative localization which is expected to highly improve accuracy and coverage by exploiting all the available measurements exchanged on a peer-to-peer basis; efficient protocols/procedures have to be designed to minimize communication overheads and energy consumption. Measurement campaigns are fundamental for calibrating signal models, either analytical ones or digital maps for fingerprinting. Analysis of fundamental performance bounds is a valuable tool for benchmarking algorithms and providing guidelines for the design of efficient positioning systems.

The objective of this special issue (whose preparation is carried out under the auspices of the EC Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications NEWCOM++) is to gather recent advances, in both signal processing and communications areas, for localization in wireless networks. Papers are solicited on all related aspects, ranging from new algorithms/methodologies, system design and configuration, performance analysis and experimental studies. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Static and dynamic positioning algorithms based on multilateration/angulation, fingerprinting, and range-free solutions - Cooperative localization and distributed systems - MAC protocols for efficient localization - Bayesian location estimation and tracking - Optimization-based localization and tracking - Hybrid techniques (e.g., combining satellite navigation and wireless communication networks) and data fusion (delays, angles, signal strength, ...) - Fundamental limits analysis - Measurement campaigns, experiments, and statistical channel modelling

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/guidelines.html. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due January 1, 2011 First Round of Reviews March 1, 2011 Publication Date June 1, 2011

Guest Editors: - Monica Nicoli, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy - Sinan Gezici, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey - Zafer Sahinoglu, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA, USA - Henk Wymeersch, Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc