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CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Communications on "Next Generation Networks Service Management"

http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom

Scope ===== Authors are invited to submit detailed technical manuscripts reporting recent developments in the topics related to the special issue. Note the special emphasis on issues concerning service management in Next Generation Networks (NGN) - this special issue is devoted to exploring the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) service management, the deployment of service enablers and platforms, as well as the possibility of applying personalized services and user-oriented service strategies in NGN.

Some suggested topics include but are not limited to: ======================================================= - End-to-end policy-based QoS management in NGN; - Charging and accounting management issues in NGN; - Service level pricing in NGN; - Handoff and mobility management in NGN; - NGN service enablers and platforms; - Dynamic service provisioning in NGN; - NGN standards and their impact in service management; - User-oriented service strategies in NGN; - IP Multimedia Sub-layer in NGN; - QoS and traffic monitoring in NGN and IMS; - IMS mobility and service management; - Billing and regulatory aspects in IMS; - Regulatory aspects of IP-based telecommunication systems and future evolutions to P2P.

Submission Format: ===================== The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom. For more information, please contact the guest editors or Co-Editor-in-Chief, Mohammed Atiquzzaman (atiq@ou.edu )

Submission Guideline: ======================== All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select "NGN Service Management-Periklis" when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. The EES website is located at http://ees.elsevier.com/comcom/.

Guest Editors: ================ Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Department of Technology Management University of Macedonia, Greece Email: pchatzimisios@ieee.org

Prof. Paolo Bellavista Dept. Electronics, Computer Science and Systems University of Bologna, Italy Email: paolo.bellavista@unibo.it

Prof. Ibrahim Habib Department of Electrical Engineering University of New York, USA Email: habib@ccny.cuny.edu

Dr. Alexey Vinel Saint-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Email: avinel@yandex.ru

Important Dates: ================= Paper submission: 31 August, 2009 Acceptance notification: 15 October, 2009 Final papers: 30 November, 2009 Publication: Fall 2010