-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP Special Issue on "Opportunistic and Delay Tolerant Networks", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Datum: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:24:06 +0100 Von: Marcelo Dias de Amorim marcelo.amorim@lip6.fr An: tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu

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CALL FOR PAPERS

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Special Issue on "Opportunistic and Delay Tolerant Networks"

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/si/odtn.html

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Wireless and mobile computing advanced significantly in the last decade. This opens new ways for mobile users to get connected to each other. In particular, users have more and more the possibility to spontaneously establish direct links between them without the support of a preexisting infrastructure. Due to the natural mobility of the users, it is likely that the resulting topology be intermittently connected. This leads to two main issues. First, nodes must find a way to benefit from contact opportunities whenever possible. Second, given that inter-contact times are unpredictable, applications must better \textit{tolerate delays.

In practice, opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks are much closer to real situations than the legacy mobile ad hoc networks. But this comes at the cost of more challenging problems, as traditional communication architectures, commonly based on the end-to-end principle, are not adapted to intermittently connected scenarios. Although the research community has provided major contributions in this area, there are still a lot of questions that remain unanswered. These questions are both related to the understanding of the fundamental aspects of such networks and how to make them become a reality and coexist with other networks.

The goal of the proposed special issue is to help filling this gap by presenting contributions ranging from theoretical foundations to practical experiences in opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks. As we intend to focus on both theoretical and practical aspects of these networks, papers presenting insights covering all levels of the communication architecture will be welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Architectural principles of opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks.

- Mathematical foundations of challenged networks.

- Participatory and opportunistic sensor networks.

- Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing, and building opportunistic networks.

- Experimental deployments and measurement campaigns.

- Investigation of new interaction patterns among users.

SUBMISSION AND TIMETABLE:

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 Submission Due: May 1, 2010 Acceptance Notification: August 1, 2010 Publication: November 1, 2010

GUEST EDITORS:

Sergio Palazzo, Universita di Catania, Italy. Andrew T. Campbell, Dartmouth College, USA. Marcelo Dias de Amorim, UPMC Univ Paris 06, France.

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