-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Extension: Ad Hoc Networks Special Issue on Routing in Smart Grid Communication Networks Datum: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:49:10 -0500 Von: Kemal Akkaya kemal@CS.SIU.EDU Antwort an: Kemal Akkaya kemal@CS.SIU.EDU An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

Deadline Extended to November 22, 2013. ------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal "Routing in Smart Grid Communication Networks"

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks ------------------------------------------------------------

With the recent initiatives to upgrade the existing power grid to a Smart Grid, there has been a significant interest in the design and development of an efficient communication infrastructure for connecting different components of the Smart Grid. In addition to currently used underlying networks and protocols, new wired/wireless networks and protocols are planned to be deployed for different components/applications of the Smart Grid. Based on the data requirements of the applications, new challenges have arisen at the network layer of the protocol stack with respect to routing and data forwarding.

Smart Grid is expected to be a multi-tier network supported by a hybrid mesh of different communications technologies to provide efficient and reliable access to grid components in diverse environments. Mainly, there will be three components of this multi-tier network which can be deploying a variety of communications networks. These networks are known as Home Area Network (HAN)/ Field Area Networks (FAN), Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN). Recent research on Smart Grid mostly focused on the security and privacy aspects of its applications. While some of the current routing protocols designed for wireless networks can be partially used in some of the Smart Grid networks, unique characteristics of Smart Grid applications as well as the large-scale size of the infrastructure necessitates new research at the network layer.

In particular, there are several key issues need to be addressed in order to support network interconnectivity across the Smart Grid communication infrastructure that consists of HANs, NANs and WANs. For instance, scalability is an issue if a wireless infrastructure is to be used given that current wireless networking protocols are geared for small-size networks. In this respect, employment of power-line communications requires careful adaptation of the current routing protocols to address interference issues on power-lines. Another important issue is security since Smart Grid will consist of multiple-interconnected networks with diverse underlying communication technology, ownership and management. The availability and reliability of the Smart Grid as well as certain privacy information such as power usage data from each household need to be protected en route to the destination. Furthermore, the communication infrastructure will require status monitoring, fault detection, isolation, and recovery that pertain to rerouting. Finally, the ability to uniquely identify elements in the network and routing capabilities to all network end points for a wide range of applications with different quality of service (QoS) requirements will need to be addressed.

The goal of this special issue is to collect papers in the area of routing in several networks of Smart Grid with different goals, characteristics and limitations. We solicit papers which will address routing challenges that are unique to Smart Grid and address major issues such as security, privacy, reliability, QoS, interference and scalability which pertain to Smart Grid applications.

In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to

- Scalable routing protocols for NANs and FANs - Efficient routing protocols in HANs - Novel routing protocols in powerline communications - Adaptation of existing routing protocols for powerline communications - QoS routing on NANs for Demand Response and WASA (Wide Area Situational Awareness) applications - Secure routing protocols in HANs and NANs - Reliable routing in lossy environments - User privacy and routing trade-offs in HANs and NANs - QoS and security tradeoffs in routing HANs and NANs - Interoperability, standardization and node heterogeinty in routing across HANs, NANs and WANs - Node placement and routing performance issues - Routing protocols for fault-detection and recovery - Data aggregation and routing - Cross-layer routing via multiple channels and MIMO - Routing experiences in testbeds and real-life applications - Support for aggregation and disaggregation of Smart Grid data in support for temporal and spatial visibility - In-network processing and sharing of distributed generation and renewable energy source and its communications infrastructure - Routing support for bad data detection - Interference and routing interrelations and techniques to mitigate the performance Degradations - Routing techniques to deal with massive data from Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) and smart meters

Submission Format and Guideline

All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers must not exceed 25 pages (one-column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at http://www.elsevier.com/journals/ad-hoc-networks/1570-8705/guide-for-authors

All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as “SI – SG Routing” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc

All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors.

Important Dates

Manuscript submission: November 22, 2013 Acceptance notification: March 7, 2014 Final manuscript due: April 4, 2014

Editor in Chief

Ian Akyildiz Georgia Institute of Technology

Guest Editors

Kemal Akkaya Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL, USA

Suleyman Uludag TOBB University of Economics and Technology Ankara, Turkey

Xiuzhen Cheng The George Washington University Washington, DC, USA

King-Shan Lui The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong