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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
RECENT ADVANCES IN SATELLITE AND SPACE COMMUNICATIONS
PUBLICATION DATE: December 2010
Many of the wireless technologies used today are based on the efforts initiated by satellite communications researchers four decades ago. Thus the main technology behind the different applications is very similar in both terrestrial and space systems. This is very supportive today, with the ever growing demand for multimedia services, high mobility and global connectivity leading us to a truly transparent interoperability of our flourishing communications infrastructure. Satellite systems have always a key role to play covering this demand for ordinary as well as for emergency situations. This Special Issue of JCN will put together high-quality research articles on recent advances in satellite and space communications for next generation wireless communication networks. The focus is targeted on exploring and discussing new technical breakthrough and applications focusing on all aspects related to satellite and space communications. Articles for this special issue will be solicited through an open call-for-papers to experts in the field from industry and academia. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
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" Air Interface over satellite networks
· Adaptive coding modulation for satellite communication networks
· Fading countermeasures over satellite networks
· Power and bandwidth allocation solutions over satellite networks
· Emerging standards: DVB-S2, DVB-RCS NG, DVB-SH, 3G and beyond, IP over satellite
· Multicarrier techniques for satellite communications
· Applications of multi-user detection techniques to satellite network
· Advanced MAC protocols
· Software radio for satellite communications
· RF design and phase array for satellite communications
" Payload architectures and techniques
· System and payload co-design paradigms
· Flexible payloads architectures
· Enabling payload technologies
· Advances in active antennas for satellite communications
" Internetworking, architecture, protocols, applications, and standards in satellite network
· S-WIMAX: Adaptation of 802.16e for mobile satellite services
· Performance enhancement proxy (PEP) architectures and solutions
· Spectrum allocation & standards
· QoS-oriented solutions for DVB-S2, DVB-RCS, IP over satellite
· Security in satellite and hybrid networks
· New protocols for delay tolerant networks
· Deep-space communications
· Towards the gigabit/s satellite
· Convergence and integration among satellite networks, terrestrial networks and space platforms
· Satellite technology for mobile services
· Satellite communications and "digital divide" issues
" Control and algorithms for satellite networks
· Satellite network control and management
· Control architectures and algorithms for satellite and heterogeneous internetworking
· Control schemes for resource allocation over satellite channels
" New paradigm in satellite and space communications
· Quantum communication in space
· Satellite communication using laser
· Satellite/terrestrial frequency sharing
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Continuing JCNĄŻs tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:
April 30, 2010 Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) submission to JCN website
September 15, 2010 Reviews returned to authors with request for changes
October 15, 2010 Final revised manuscript due
December 15, 2010 Special Issue published
Dr. Igor Bisio, University of Genoa, Italy, igor@dist.unige.it
Dr. Riccardo De Gaudenzi, European Space Agency, Netherlands, Riccardo.de.Gaudenzi@esa.int
Dr. Hung Henry Nguyen, The Aerospace Corporation, USA, hung.h.nguyen@aero.org
Prof. Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou, Aristotle University, Greece, niovi@auth.gr
Dr. Takaya Yamazato, Nagoya University, Japan, yamazato@ieee.org
Electronic submissions will be made to JCN website. Information about submissions is available on the JCN web site,
http://jcn.or.kr. Please direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to any one of the Guest Editors.
JCN is a high-quality quarterly archival journal, published by the Korea Information and Communications Society 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
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2011
With the emerging technologies of wireless communication, Healthcare systems can be significantly improved with
lower cost and higher quality healthcare services, and more safety for patients. These benefits and impacts to the
facilities of human society have fuelled increasing interests in the public and have attracted large support and
investment from government, industrial and academic researchers. For wireless healthcare system assisted with
Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), the medical sensors implanted on/in body gather patientsĄŻ health information
and transmit the private health information through heterogeneous wireless networks such as Wireless Personal Area
Network (WPAN) and Wireless Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET), in order for the patients to receive high quality
healthcare services remotely on time regardless of patientsĄŻ physical location. However, this new form of healthcare
system also poses critical requirements to traditional wireless networks and has promoted a promising research area
recently. Challenges facing the wireless communications in healthcare systems include: definition of healthcare
policy and legal issues towards potential new applications; the design of architectures among wireless
communications for supporting safe and reliable signal propagation with low network latency; emergency response
and detection; the need for privacy preservation of patients.
This special issue aims at reporting the state-of-the-art research on emerging wireless technologies and applications
in healthcare, highlighting research challenges and open issues and bringing together researchers and medical
professionals from the academia, industry and government with the goal of fostering collaboration among them.
Original, unpublished contributions and invited articles, reflecting those aspects of wireless communication research
in healthcare distinctly different from wireless communication research in general are encouraged. The topics of
interest for the special issue include, but are not limited to:
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" Multiple access control protocol design
" QoS provisioning
" Energy-efficient algorithms
" Unique middleware for enabling medical applications
" Emergency response applications
" Remote tactile sensors for remote diagnosis
" Mobile patient monitoring devices and systems
" Interactive and real-time WBANs systems
" Security, privacy and legal issues
" Policy and standardization
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Continuing JCNĄŻs tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:
September 30, 2010 Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) submission to JCN website
December 10, 2010 Reviews returned to authors.
January 30, 2011 Final revised manuscript due
April 15, 2011Special Issue published
Prof. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada, xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Prof. Jelena Misic, Ryerson University, Canada, jmisic@scs.ryerson.ca
Prof. Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Japan, kato@it.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp
Dr. Peter Langendorfer, IHP, Germany, langendoerfer@ihp-microelectronics.com
Prof. Xiaodong Lin, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada, xiaodong.lin@uoit.ca
Electronic submissions will be made to JCN website. Information about submissions is available on the JCN web site,
http://jcn.or.kr. Please direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to any one of the Guest Editors.
JCN is a high-quality bimonthly archival journal, published by the Korea Information and Communications Society 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
HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS
PUBLICATION DATE: August 2011
Existing cellular architectures are designed to cater to large coverage areas, which do not achieve the expected
throughput to ensure seamless mobile broadband in the uplink as users move far from the base station. This is due to
the increase in the inter-cell interference, as well as constraints on the transmit power of the mobile devices. Another
limitation of the conventional macrocell (or homogeneous network) approach is the poor indoor penetration and the
presence of dead-spots, which results in drastically reduced indoor coverage. To address these issues, there has been an
increasing interest to deploy relays, distributed antennas and femtocells in residential homes and offices. These net
work architectures, which may be either operator deployed or consumer deployed involving relays, picocells
and femtocells underlaying the macrocell network are commonly referred as heterogeneous networks. With
these multi-tier networks, we can potentially improve spatial reuse and coverage by allowing future cellular
systems to achieve higher data-rates, while retaining the seamless connectivity and mobility of cellular
networks. However, heterogeneous networks also come with their own challenges and there are significant technical
problems that still need to be addressed for successful deployment and operation of these networks.
This Special Issue of JCN workshop will put together high quality research articles related to heterogeneous networks.
Articles for this special issue will be solicited through an open call-for-papers to experts in the field from industry and
academia. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
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" Downlink and uplink PHY/MAC design for heterogeneous networks
" Interference analysis, avoidance, and mitigation
" Resource allocation techniques
" Restricted access versus open-access femtocells/picocells
" Power control and power saving mechanisms
" Mobility support and handover
" Time synchronization for heterogeneous networks
" Relay selection and cooperative transmission methods for next generation wireless networks
" Cognitive radio techniques for heterogeneous networks
" Trade-offs between femtocells, picocells, relay networks, and distributed antenna systems
" Self organizing networks and issues in self maintenance and self install
" Relaying, feedback, and bidirectional communications
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Continuing JCNĄŻs tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:
November 30, 2010 Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) submission to JCN website
[An earlier note to editors with intent to submit will be appreciated.]
April 30, 2011 Reviews returned to author. Papers will be either accepted, rejected, or returned to the authors with requests for changes
May 30, 2011 Final Revised Manuscript Due
August 15, 2011 Special Issue published
Prof. Giuseppe Caire, University of Southern California, USA, caire@usc.edu
Prof. Holger Boche, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany, boche@hhi.fhg.de
Prof. Jeffrey G. Andrews, The University of Texas, Austin, USA, jandrews@ece.utexas.edu
Dr. Tony Q.S. Quek, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore, qsquek@i2r.a-star.edu.sg
Electronic submissions will be made to JCN website. Information about submissions is available on the JCN web site,
http://jcn.or.kr. Please direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to any one of the Guest Editors.
JCN is a high-quality quarterly archival journal, published by the Korea Information and Communications Society 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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