[ecoop-info] CFP: Special Issue on "Cognitive Wireless Networks" - Computer Networks (Elsevier) Journal

[Ozgur B. Akan]

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                      CALL FOR PAPERS

        COMPUTER NETWORKS (Elsevier) Special Issue on

                 Cognitive Wireless Networks

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

      Rapid  advances in  key enabling technologies such as high-speed
digital signal  processing,  wideband A/D conversion, smart antennas,
low  power  amplifiers, and  reconfigurable hardware will lead to new
kinds  of  Software  Defined  Radios (SDRs).  These combined with new
ability  to  sense  the  radio   environment  in  real  time and make
intelligent  policy  driven   decisions  will  lead  to a new form of
Cognitive Radio (CR).  Recognizing this evolution the FCC and similar
regulating  bodies  world  over   (e.g., OfCom, UK)  have  envisioned
relaxed  spectrum  access  policies  which will fuel the evolution of
cognitive   radio   (CR)   and    cognitive  wireless  network  (CWN)
technologies.

      Still  nascent  in  its development, CWN technology  promises to
alleviate  the   spectrum  scarcity  problem  resulting from existing
command-and-control  management  of  spectrum.  The  CWNs  will allow
secondary  users to  share primary licensed  spectrum without harming
the  primary  users.  This  requires  efficient  algorithms for rapid
detection  of  primary users and  new Medium Access  (MAC) protocols.
Also, CWNs need to allocate and coordinate spectrum access at various
times  scales.  This  requires  that the  problem of dynamic spectrum
allocation  (DSA) be  addressed  in  a  new  light. Building  a fully
functional  CWN  with  the  aforementioned capabilities is one of the
foremost   challenges facing wireless network designers today. As CWN
technology matures, it can transform home networks,cellular networks,
wireless LANs and many other applications.

      The  present  special  issue  is expected to be published in May
2007.  It  will  concentrate  on  new developments, applications, and
challenges that have appeared in the last several years in connection
with cognitive radio technology. Topics of this open call include but
are not limited to:

•   Dynamic spectrum allocation in heterogeneous networks
•   Novel methods for rapid detection of primary users
•   Routing in CWN networks
•   Fundamental (network) limits of CR technology
•   Impact of MIMO and OFDM techniques on cognitive radio networks
•   Mesh networking for CR technology
•   Cross-layer optimization in CR networks
•   Implementation challenges and limits for CR technology platforms
•   Legal, social, and regulatory issues for CR networks implementation
•   Critical ad hoc heterogeneous-content networks (e.g., public safety)
•   Applications of CR technology: home networks, WLANs, etc.

Submission Guidelines and Important Dates:

      Authors should send a PDF manuscript to liye at ece.gatech.edu with
email entitled  CN-CRN Submission. For details on the journal and the
special issue, please refer to website at
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comnet.  Here are  important dates for
this special issue:

•   Paper submission deadline: December 20, 2006
•   Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2007
•   Final version of accepted manuscripts due: March 31, 2007
•   Planned publication: May 2007

Special Issue Guest Editors:

•   Ye (Geoffrey) Li, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
•   Joseph Mitola III*, The MITRE Corporation, USA
•   Petri Mähönen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
•   Milind Buddhikot, Lucent Bell Laboratories, USA

*Dr. Mitola's  affiliation   with   The   MITRE  Corporation  is  for
identification  purposes  only  and does not imply the endorsement of
MITRE nor any of its sponsors of this publication.

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Dr. Ozgur B. Akan
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey 06531
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E-mail: akan at eee.metu.edu.tr
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