Personalization of Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting

Special issue of the International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

---- Final Call for Papers ---- Due March 1, 2008

In recent years, the widespread adoption of multimedia computing, the deployment of mobile and broadband networks, and the growing availability of cheap yet powerful mobile have converged to gradually increase the range and complexity of mobile multimedia content delivery services for devices such as PDAs and cell phones. Basic multimedia applications are already available for current generation devices, and more complex broadcasting services are under development or expected to be launched soon, among which mobile and interactive television (ITV). Among the many challenging issues opened by these developments is the problem of personalization of such services: adaptation of the content to the technical environment of the users (device and network type) and to their individual preferences, providing personalized assistance for selecting and locating interesting programes among an overwhelming number of proposed services.

This special issue is intended to foster state-of-the-art research contributions to all research areas either directly applying or contributing to solving the issues related to digital multimedia broadcasting personalization. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Mobile TV * Mobile multimedia broadcasting personalization * Interactive broadcasting services/interactive television * Personalization and multimedia home platform (MHP) * Multimedia content adaptation for personalization * User behavior and usage modelling * Standards for modelling and processing (MPEG-21, CC/PP, etc.) * Personalization issues in DVB-H, DMB, MediaFLO, CMMB, MBMS, and other systems * Mobile web initiative * Personalized multimedia and location-based services * Security and digital rights management * Applications for personalized mobile multimedia broadcasting with cost-effective implementation.

Authors should follow the International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdmb/. 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: Due March 1, 2008 First Round of Reviews: June 1, 2008 Publication Date: September 1, 2008

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Editors: Harald Kosch, University of Passau, 94030 Passau, Germany Jörg Heuer, Siemens AG, 80333 Munich, Germany Günther Hölbling, University of Passau, 94030 Passau, Germany László Böszörményi, University Klagenfurt, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria David Coquil, University of Passau, 94030 Passau, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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