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Call for Papers
JOURNAL of COMMUNICATIONS and NETWORKS (JCN)
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A Publication of the Korea Information
and Communications Society (KICS) |
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Technically cosponsored by the
IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) |
JCN invites
submission of high-quality papers in the areas
of Communication Theory and Systems,
Wireless Communications, and Networks
and Services.
A prospective author
should submit the manuscript for publication
consideration in electronic file (pdf) via JCN ScholarOne Manuscripts website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcommnet)
to an appropriate Division Editor
(for
regular papers) or to any Guest Editor
of an appropriate Special Issue. (Special
Issues may include regular papers to avoid unnecessary
publication delays.)
JCN is available
in both paper and electronic formats,
with the latter available in the JCN Digital
Library in the JCN Web site, http://jcn.or.kr.
For further details on paper submission and
subscription, please visit the JCN Web site.
Low subscription
rates are offered to members of KICS and
its Sister Societies, including ComSoc, CIC,
and IEICE. Application forms
are available in the JCN web site.
Upcoming Special Issues
JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON
MASSIVE MIMO
PUBLICATION DATE: August 2013
Demand for wireless communications is projected to grow by as much as a factor of forty over the next five years. A potential technology for meeting this demand is Massive MIMO (also called Large-Scale Antenna Systems), a form of multi-user multiple-antenna wireless which promises orders-of-magnitude improvements in spectral-efficiency over 4G technology, and accompanying improvements in radiated energy-efficiency. The distinguishing feature of Massive MIMO is that a large number of service-antennas ? possibly hundreds or even thousands ? work for a significantly smaller number of active autonomous terminals. Upsetting the traditional parity between service-antennas and terminals in this manner is a game-changer: the simplest multiplexing pre-coding and de-coding algorithms can be nearly optimal, expensive ultra-linear forty-watt power amplifiers are replaced by many low-power low-precision amplifiers, and the favorable action of the law of large numbers can greatly facilitate power-control and resource-allocation.
Massive MIMO is still an emerging field. This Special Issue seeks articles that address fundamental research issues in Massive MIMO as well as articles that tackle engineering problems that need solving for a reduction to practice. Examples of topics of interest:
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Algorithms
Propagation modeling and experiments
Channel estimation
Deployment scenarios and applications
Distributed antennas vs. concentrated antenna arrays
Massive MIMO vs. small-cells
Expandable system architectures
Affordable hardware
Total energy-efficiency
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Continuing JCN's tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:
February 15, 2013, 24:00 GMT Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) submission to JCN website
[An earlier note to editors with intent to submit will be appreciated.]
April 1, 2013 Reviews returned to authors. Papers will be either accepted, rejected,
or returned to the authors with requests for changesk
May 15, 2013, 24:00 GMT Final revised manuscript due
August 5, 2013 Special Issue published
Giuseppe Caire, University of Southern California, USA, giuseppe.caire@gmail.com
Merouane Debbah, SUPELEC, France, merouane.debbah@supelec.fr
Chih-Lin I, China Mobile, China, icl@chinamobile.com
Thomas L. Marzetta, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA, tom.marzetta@alcatel-lucent.com
Saif K. Mohammed, Linkoping University, Sweden, saif@isy.liu.se
Electronic submissions should be made through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:80/jcommnet. Information about submissions is available on the JCN web site, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcommnet. Please direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to the Lead Guest Editor (email: tom.marzetta@alcatel-lucent.com).
JCN is a high-quality bimonthly archival journal, published by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences with the technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society, covering the fields of Communication Theory and Systems, Wireless Communications, and Networks and Services. JCN began publication in March 1999.
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JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON
TERAHERTZ COMMUNICATIONS
PUBLICATION DATE: December 2013
In wireless communication networks a rapid increase in demand for capacity has been observed in conjunction with
the development of applications that require rapidly increasing data rates even on a single link. Within the next
decade applications will be developed that demand data rates of several 10s of Gbit/s. These data rates can be
achieved only by either significantly improving spectral efficiencies or by extending the available spectrum to several
10s of GHz. Such an amount of spectrum is available only beyond 300 GHz, which is called the Terahertz (THz)
frequency range. The development of systems operating beyond 300 GHz at data rates of several 10s of Gbit/s is a
challenging task requiring an interdisciplinary approach incorporating areas such as propagation and channel
modeling, antennas, RF transceiver design, appropriate baseband technologies, MAC protocols, etc. Consequently,
activities in research, standardization and regulation in this regime have emerged in recent years. Applications of THz
communications range from single stand alone and dedicated super high capacity data pipes up to a Ą°THz nano cellĄ±
as a part of an integrated cellular multi-layer system.
This special issue of JCN will present high quality research articles related to the complete area of Terahertz
Communications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
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Propagation and channel modeling for Terahertz Communications
Antenna concepts for Terahertz Communications
Photonic and/or electronic transceiver technologies
Transmission technologies and demonstrators for x 10 Gbit/s
New concepts for MAC protocols
System simulations and system concepts
Nano communication networks operating in the THz frequency range
Interference with other systems operating in the same frequency band
IO interface and buffer requirements for 10/100Gbps wireless devices
Applications
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Continuing JCNĄŻs tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:
May 31, 2013 Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) submission to JCN website
[An earlier note to editors with intent to submit will be appreciated.]
July 15, 2013 Reviews returned to authors. Papers will be either accepted, rejected,
or returned to the authors with requests for changes
September 1, 2013 Final revised manuscript due
December 5, 2013 Special Issue published
Thomas Kurner, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany, t.kuerner@tu-bs.de
David Britz, AT&T Shannon Labs, USA, dbritz@research.att.com
Tadao Nagatsuma, Osaka University, Japan, nagatuma@ee.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
Electronic submissions should be made through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:80/jcommnet. Information about
submissions is available on the JCN web site, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcommnet. Please direct inquiries and
intent to submit notifications to the Lead Guest Editor (email: t.kuerner@tu-bs.de).
JCN is a high-quality bimonthly archival journal, published by the Korean Institute of Communications and
Information Sciences with the technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society, covering the fields of
Communication Theory and Systems, Wireless Communications, and Networks and Services. JCN began publication
in March 1999.
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JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON
COGNITIVE NETWORKING
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2014
Limited transmission resources such as scarce spectrum and energy are slowing down our response to ever increasing demand for higher data rates and lower latency in communication networks. Cognitive networking is a promising emerging research area that has demonstrated potential to tackle some of these challenges. Recent developments in cognitive radio research at the physical layer have mainly focused thus far on spectrum sensing, multi-user access to spectrum, and interference mitigation. Although cognitive networking at all layers will be considered, the emphasis of this special issue will be on MAC, Network, and higher layers to address network wide problems in the context of spectrum sharing and limited energy scenarios.
This Special Issue seeks articles that address fundamental research issues in Cognitive Networking as well as articles that tackle engineering problems that need solving for a reduction to practice. Examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Heterogeneous cognitive radio networks
Innovative ideas for spectrum sharing
Spectrum management for quality-of-service
Spectrum policy and economics models
Game theoretic formulations
Small cell, relay, and cooperative cellular networks
Cross-layer optimization and resource management
Cognitive techniques and networks for 5G
Energy efficiency
White space networking
Multimedia transmission
Routing and transport layer protocols
Test-beds and experimentations
Applications and services
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Continuing JCNĄŻs tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:
August 31, 2013 Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) submission to JCN website
[An earlier note to editors with intent to submit will be appreciated.]
October 15, 2013 Reviews returned to authors. Papers will be either accepted, rejected,
or returned to the authors with requests for changes
December 1, 2013 Final revised manuscript due
April 5, 2014 Special Issue published
Prof. Ali Abedi, University of Maine, USA, ali.abedi@maine.edu
Prof. Ekram Hossain, University of Manitoba, Canada, ekram@ee.umanitoba.ca
Dr. Maziar Nekovee, Samsung R&D, UK, maziar.nekovee1@gmail.com
Prof. Sumit Roy, University of Washington, roy@ee.washington.edu
Electronic submissions should be made through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:80/jcommnet. Information about submissions is available on the JCN web site, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcommnet. Please direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to the Lead Guest Editor (email: ali.abedi@maine.edu).
JCN is a high-quality bimonthly archival journal, published by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences with the technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society, covering the fields of Communication Theory and Systems, Wireless Communications, and Networks and Services. JCN began publication in March 1999.
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