-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Physical Communications: Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management (IF: 1.522) Datum: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 01:41:04 -0500 Von: Zeeshan Kaleem zeeshankaleem@GMAIL.COM Antwort an: Zeeshan Kaleem zeeshankaleem@GMAIL.COM An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management Deadline: June 1, 2019 CFP: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/call-for-papers/spe...

In recent years, since 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) is giving high priority to the mission critical communications networks and services to provide communication services in disaster areas. Because, the disaster management organizations such as fire brigades, rescue teams, and emergency medical service providers have high priority and broadband demand to exchange information among team and with the victims by using mission-critical voice and data communication. To fulfill these demands, a standalone architecture is desired that can enable communication during the disaster situations. Moreover, broadband in public safety gives law enforcement the advantage to access information, stream video, and collaborate in real time. Law enforcement and border control remains the largest application of public safety LTE. To develop the standalone architecture and technologies, currently many organizations are developing LTE-based disaster support architecture because of its capability to provide the bandwidth efficient solutions. Technologies used in existing narrowband critical communications networks such as Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and Project25 (P25) have been in use for about 20 years now. These networks are well developed and effective in supporting only voice applications but are not suitable for future higher bandwidth applications with the requirements of high data/video transmissions. Thus, the MC services are expected to evolve into the future by taking inputs from critical communications industries regarding architecture, technologies, and service requirements. Since, in disaster situation there is a possibility of complete architectural disaster, so to enable voice/data communication in this situation, the unmanned air vehicle (UAV)/robots can be used to provide the communication setup by enabling the path towards the core network. Moreover, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications are the key drivers in the emergency situation for exchanging information from the MC site in the absence of network infrastructure to provide MC voice and data services. To provide these services 3GPP included the Mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) functionality into LTE standard which is the first major step in a series of MC Services and functionalities demanded by the market. Recently, 3GPP Release 14 added various enhancements to its repertoire related to MCPTT, MC Data, and MC Video. Hence, the Release 14 MC services not only required new protocols and security enhancements but also enhancements in existing MCPTT services to enable reuse of common functionalities. Similarly, the Release 15, that will be the first phase of 5G, is expecting more enhancements in MC services. The main objective of this special section is to bring most recent advances in physical layer of mission critical communication technologies. Moreover, its goal is to address the challenges related to mission critical services. Authors are required to submit previously unpublished papers in this special issue. Topics of interest include, but not limited to the following:

• Physical layer issues for mission critical communications and network • Radio resource management schemes for mission critical communications and network • Spectrum sharing and future spectrum requirements for mission critical communications and network • UAV/robots detection and localizations protocols for mission critical communications and network • Location-based services: indoor positioning, navigation and mapping for mission critical communications and network • Stochastic geometry models for mission critical communications and network • Disaster resilient 3D location detection protocols suitable for mission critical communications and network • Channel measurements and modeling for mission critical communications and network • Mission critical communications and network optimization by targeting low latency applications • Opportunistic offloading schemes for mission critical communications and network • Device-to-device (D2D) discovery and communications for mission critical communications and network • Full duplex communications for mission critical communications and network • Deep learning algorithms for mission critical communications and network • Real-time video analytics for situation-aware mission critical communications and network • Information-driven video communication for mission critical communications and network • Heterogeneous fog communications and computing for mission critical communications and network • Connected vehicle and computing platform for mission critical communications and network • Wireless power transfer protocols for mission critical communications and network • Software defined radio (SDR) based prototype development for mission critical communications and network

Editor in Chief Tolga M. Duman Bilkent University, Turkey

Lead Guest Editors Zeeshan Kaleem, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan Email: zeeshankaleem@gmail.com Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K Email: trung.q.duong@qub.ac.uk

Guest Editors Mubashir Husain Rehmani Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Ireland Email: mshrehmani@gmail.com

Nguyen-Son Vo Duy Tan University, Vietnam Email: vonguyenson@dtu.edu.vn

Important Dates: Manuscript due: June 01, 2019 Notification of first round review: August 1, 2019 Revised manuscript due: September 1, 2019 Final decision notification: October 1, 2019 Publication date: November 1, 2019

Submission 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.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/ All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through EVISE. The authors must select as “Mission Critical Commun.” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Zeeshan Kaleem Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Pakistan. Associate Editor IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Access https://sites.google.com/view/zeeshankaleem

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