-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Special Issue on "Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks" ---ACM/Springer MONET Datum: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:32:03 -0600 Von: Chonggang Wang cgwang@uark.edu An: tccc@cs.columbia.edu, multicomm@comsoc.org, tccn@comsoc.org, itc@comsoc.org, manet@ietf.org CC: bli@cse.ust.hk, qianzh@cse.ust.hk, jcliu@cs.sfu.ca, wxudong@ieee.org, cgwang@ieee.org

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ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET)

Special Issue on "Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks" ============================================

Wireless mesh networks facilitates the extension of local area networks into wide areas and have emerged as a promising approach for future network accesses. Prior efforts on wireless networks, especially multi-hop ad hoc networks, have led to significant research contributions that range from fundamental results on theoretical capacity bounds to numerous practical routing and transport protocols. Unlike ad hoc networks, however, mesh networks can serve as access networks that employ multi-hop wireless forwarding by mesh nodes to relay traffic to and from the wired Internet. The unique features of wireless mesh networks pose challenges in designing affordable, reliable, and sustainable network infrastructures. The critical issues span a rich spectrum of issues from interference-aware channel assignment, multi-hop routing, to reliable transport and infrastructure optimization, many of which have to be revisited in this new context.

The purpose of this special issue is to archive the state-of-the-art achievements in wireless mesh networking. We solicit original and unpublished research papers in both theoretical studies and practical protocol/architecture designs for wireless mesh networks, as well as prototypes. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

- Theoretical performance analysis - Network capacity and network coverage - Scalable power management and topology control - Cognitive radio-enabled wireless mesh networks - Multi-channel and multi-radio MAC protocols - Scalable and robust routing protocols - Reliable and adaptive transport protocols - Cross-layer design and optimization - New applications over wireless mesh networks - Secure communication protocols - Resource management and traffic control - Heterogeneous wireless mesh networks - Cooperative communication for mesh networks - Efficient transport design - Network operation and management - Mobility management - Testbeds and trial systems

Publication Schedules:

- Manuscript Due: June 1, 2007 - Acceptance Notification: Oct 15, 2007 - Final Manuscript Due: Dec 1, 2007 - Publication Date: second quarter in 2008 (expected)

Submission Guidelines:

Only original, unpublished research papers will be considered. Submission should be limited to 25 double space pages.

Prospective authors should submit their manuscript as to http://mone.edmgr.com and select “Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks” as the article type.

The online manuscript submission and review system for Mobile Networks and Applications offers easy and straightforward log-in and submission procedures. This system supports a wide range of submission file formats: for manuscripts - Word, WordPerfect, RTF, TXT and LaTex; for figures - TIFF, GIF, JPEG, EPS, PPT, and Postscript. PDF is not an acceptable file format.

NOTE: In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript online, please get in touch with the proper Springer contact by clicking on “CONTACT US” from the tool bar.

Authors are requested to download the Consent to Publish and Transfer of Copyright form from the journal’s online submission system (see the URL provided above). Please send a completed and duly signed form either by mail or fax to:

Journals Editorial Office Springer Science+Business Media Assinippi Park 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061 Fax: (781) 878-0449

Please visit http://www.springer.com/journal/11036 and click on “Instructions for Authors” for more information about manuscript guidelines and submission.

Selected papers from WICON (http://www.wicon.org/) will also be included.

Guest Editors:

Bo Li Dept. of Computer Sci. and Computer Eng. Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech. Kowloon, Hong Kong bli@cse.ust.hk

Qian Zhang Dept. of Computer Sci. and Computer Eng. Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech. Kowloon, Hong Kong qianzh@cse.ust.hk

Jiangchuan Liu School of Computing Science Simon Fraser University British Columbia Canada jcliu@cs.sfu.ca

Chonggang Wang Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 cgwang@uark.edu

Xudong Wang Kiyon, Inc. San Diego, CA 92121 wxudong@ieee.org