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Computer Communications Special Issue on Mobility Protocols for ITS/VANET

Information technologies and mobile communications have penetrated various intelligent transportation system (ITS) services on-the-road such as dedicated short range communications (DSRC) for electronic toll collection, WiFi hotspots for traveler and traffic information services, and GSM/GPRS/WCDMA cellular networks and GPS for advanced navigation, route guidance and vehicular positioning systems. Each system or technology has its own pros and cons. There are significant challenges that need to be addressed on how to integrate these heterogeneous access networks effectively to deliver ubiquitous connectivity, i.e., to achieve seamless handoff and device mobility among different networks, for ITS services. Many technological breakthroughs are required for each layer and mobility protocol technology shows great promise to enable ubiquitous service access and connectivity for ITS. Mobility protocols maintain end-to-end connections between mobile nodes and their corresponding nodes even when mobile nodes change their point of attachment of the access network. This special issue focuses on protocols for mobility, i.e., protocols that support mobile links and possible handoffs for intelligent transportation systems and vehicular ad hoc networking (VANET). It will cover the following topical areas but are not limited to:

* Communication and service architecture of mobility supported ITS * Algorithms and protocols for ITS and VANET * Handoff mechanisms for mobility supported ITS * Mobile routing and network mobility protocols for ITS?and VANET * Mobile IPv4/IPv6 for ITS * QoS issues for ITS and VANET * Security protocols for ITS * Media access control and ad hoc routing protocols for inter-vehicular networks * Mobile sensor networks for traffic and incident management * Performance modeling and evaluation of mobility protocols for ITS * Field trials and performance measurement of ITS or VANET systems, characterization of wireless performance on ITS/VANETs * Implementation of mobility support ITS subsystems and services * Roadside-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communication

Guest Editors

Han-Chieh Chao (Corresponding Editor) College of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science National Ilan University I-Lan, Taiwan, ROC hcc@niu.edu.tw

Sherali Zeadally Department of Computer Science and Information Technology University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC 20008, USA szeadally@udc.edu

Submission Details

We seek original contributions not currently under review by other journals. All papers for this section must be submitted in PDF format through Computer Communications web site at http://www.ees.elsevier.com/comcom. Submissions will each receive a minimum of three reviews. Details about preparing your submission can be obtained through the following link: http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/130606Comcom.pdf.

Paper Submission Deadline:

July 1, 2007 First Reviews: September 1, 2007 Revised Paper Deadline: October 1, 2007 Final Reviews: November 15, 2007 Final Manuscripts: December 15, 2007 Publication: First Quarter of 2008 ---------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues@grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc