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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A quick FYI. I'm privelleged enough to have
access to the full text of the journal at work, and I'm happy to report it is a
very good read for the über-geeks that frequent this list ;-). There
is also a call for papers (deadline passed already :-( ) seeking "visionary and
forward looking papers based on sound technical arguments, experimental designs,
measurements, or theoretical analysis, which address QoS in [Generalized Ad Hoc
Networks]".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Considering the quality of work done by some
members of this group (eg: Roger Venning, Andrew Griffiths, Julian Featherston,
etc) I feel that like other CWNs, we deserve some formal recognition for the
things we have achieved. From what I can see, most of the papers in the Ad
hoc network journal are not much more advanced from where we stand
today. A few talented members could band together make the
effort to have a paper accepted for publication in such a
journal. Some food for thought, don't you think?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tyson.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/15708705"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/15708705</FONT></A></DIV>
<P><A class=GreyBoldTextTwo name=aimsc><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#333333>Description</FONT></STRONG></A>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Ad Hoc Networks is an international and archival
journal providing a publication vehicle for complete coverage of all topics of
interest to those involved in ad hoc and sensor networking areas. The Ad Hoc
Networks considers original, high quality and unpublished contributions
addressing all aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. Specific areas of interest
include, but are not limited to: </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mobile and Wireless Ad Hoc Networks </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sensor Networks </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Home Networks </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems
</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Novel Architectures for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Self-organizing Network Architectures and
Protocols </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Transport Layer Protocols </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, geocast,
etc.) </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Media Access Control Techniques </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Error Control Schemes </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Power-Aware, Low-Power and Energy-Efficient
Designs </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Synchronization and Scheduling Issues </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mobility Management </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mobility-Tolerant Communication Protocols </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Location Tracking and Location-based Services
</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Resource and Information Management </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Security and Fault-Tolerance Issues </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hardware and Software Platforms, Systems, and
Testbeds </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Experimental and Prototype Results </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quality-of-Service Issues </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cross-Layer Interactions </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scalability Issues </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Performance Analysis and Simulation of
Protocols</FONT></LI></UL>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/misc/cfp_adhoc.pdf">http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/misc/cfp_adhoc.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>
<P align=center>Call for Papers</P></B></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P align=center>Special Issue on: Generalized Ad Hoc Networks (GAHN) and Quality
of Service (QoS)</P></FONT><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=3>
<P align=center>Ad Hoc Networks Journal</P></B></I></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>
<P align=center>Elsevier</P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
<P align=center>http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc</P></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>
<P align=left>Data networks increasingly offer users a wide variety of
networking modalities, both wired and wireless, allowing user traffic to be
routed over many alternate paths, at different costs, with different levels of
QoS, reliability, robustness and power consumption. We will call such systems
"Generalized Ad Hoc Networks" (GAHN), and the concept includes conventional
wireless ad hoc networks.</P>
<P align=left>By the term "user" we do not "just" mean the end user: we include
a variety of economic agents, such as ISPs, who derive benefit from the data
being carried, and we also include all the other lower level agents including
common carriers. However, the actual paths, costs, and QoS outcomes received by
these users remain generally opaque to the most of them, and appear at a "per
connection" result for the end user, and at aggregate economic levels for many
other actors. QoS itself should be understood broadly, including concerns
about reliability and robustness, power utilization, pricing and economics and
obviously also conventional QoS metrics.</P>
<P align=left>This special issue seeks visionary and forward looking papers
based on sound technical arguments, experimental designs, measurements, or
theoretical analysis, which address QoS in GAHN. Of course, technical
contributions relating QoS to conventional wireless ad hoc networks are also
welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to:</P>
<P align=left>- QoS and routing in AHN and GAHN<BR>- Power aware routing<BR>-
Combining routing and priority schemes in AHN<BR>- Composite and multicriterion
QoS metrics<BR>- Using concepts from eceonomics and game theory in GAHN<BR>-
Mixed wired and wireless AHN design<BR>- Security in GAHN and AHN<BR>-
Experimental systems and test-beds</P>
<P align=left>Papers not to exceed 25 pages should be submitted electronically
in the form of a postscript file, before September 1 2003, to Prof. Erol Gelenbe
at erol@cs.ucf.edu -- The time-table for this special issue will be as
follows:</P></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P align=left>Submission Deadline</B></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>: September
1, 2003<BR></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>Decision
Notification</B></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>: Dec. 15,
2003<BR></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>Publication Date</B></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>: Second Quarter of 2004</P>
<P align=left>Erol Gelenbe</P>
<P align=left><A href="mailto:erol@cs.ucf.edu">erol@cs.ucf.edu</A><BR>Tel: 407
823 0345<BR>Fax: 407 823 5419</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>