-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: P2PNA SI on "Protocols and Algorithms for Mobile and Wireless Peer-to-peer Networks" (Submission Deadline: 01 November, 2010) Datum: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 22:16:20 -0400 Von: Mursalin Akon mursalin@ieee.org An: tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu

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Call for Paper

Journal of Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (Springer) URL: http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/12083

Special Issue on

Protocols and Algorithms for Mobile and Wireless Peer-to-peer Networks URL: http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/CFP-12083-...

In recent years, we have witnessed a paradigm shift in the design of internet scale distributed systems, with widespread proliferation of peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies. Peer-to-peer computing is an encroaching domain of very large scale distributed computing.

The concept of P2P computing was developed to enable content distribution which is beyond the means of traditional client-server systems. Since then a number of P2P applications have been evolved. File sharing, voice communication, audio, and video streaming are the popular P2P applications. As a P2P system is a large scale, extremely dynamic, and decentralized system, besides the core logic, a wide range of research issues have to be addressed for deployment.

Due to advances in wireless communication technologies, campus and enterprise-wide availability of wireless networks is already a reality. In some cases, an entire metropolitan area is covered by a single wireless network. Smartphones and handheld devices, equipped with modern communication interfaces, allow wireless data access from anywhere and at any time. Those devices and the associated data access services are attracting more consumers due to their decreasing prices. As a result, the demand to port network applications for mobile handheld devices is increasing. However, in spite of many interesting technological developments, wireless networks are still constrained by several factors, such as limited and expensive bandwidth and variable wireless channel conditions. Additionally, capability of mobile devices is restricted by their limited computing power, smaller memory and permanent storage, and extremely small power source. Dynamics of P2P networks simply worsen the scenario and make the deployment of P2P applications in wireless networks challenging.

This special issue aims to portrait a picture of the recent studies in the realm of theories, systems and, solutions for P2P networks and applications in wireless and mobile environment. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- P2P architectures in wireless and mobile networks - Efficient searches in wireless and mobile P2P networks - Trade-offs between replication, bandwidth, storage, and search costs - Energy aware P2P networks in wireless and mobile networks - Channel/bandwidth awareness in wireless and mobile P2P networks - Business logic in wireless and mobile P2P networks - P2P content distribution in wireless and mobile networks - Caching in wireless and mobile P2P networks

The review process is divided into two phases. Only most relevant contributions will be considered for the second phase, where rigorous technical reviews will be requested.

Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: 01 November, 2010 Notifications from 1st Phase: 01 December, 2010 Notifications from 2nd Phase: 01 March, 2011 Camera Ready Submission: 15 April, 2011 Date of Publication: Late 2011

Sincerely, Guest Editors, Sagar Naik, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo (snaik@uwaterloo.ca) Mursalin Akon, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo (mmakon@uwaterloo.ca)