-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Special Issue on Toward Seamless Internetworking of Wireless LAN and Cellular Networks Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:02:01 -0400 From: Shahrokh Valaee valaee@comm.utoronto.ca To: tccc@cs.columbia.edu CC: a.jamalipour@ieee.org

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IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Special Issue on "Toward Seamless Internetworking of Wireless LAN and Cellular Networks"

Due to many requests, we have extended the deadline from June 15 to July 1st.

Important Dates --------------- Manuscript Due 1 July 2004 Acceptance Notification 15 September 2004 Final Revised Manuscript Due 1 November 2004 Publication 2005 ---------------

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

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

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

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Shahrokh Valaee Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto 10 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G4

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