Special issue on: Ubiquitous Wireless Mesh Networks International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS)

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Special issue on: Ubiquitous Wireless Mesh Networks International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS), Wiley, indexed by SCIE

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117946196/grouphome?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Wireless mesh networks are becoming promising communication technologies for broadband wireless access by providing wireless backbone to mobile devices over multi-hop wireless communication systems. This emerging technology has a great potential for ubiquitous wireless network access anywhere and anytime. A number of wireless networking and communication technologies that support ubiquitous wireless services and applications are currently in wide spread use.
Wi-Fi and WiMax based wireless mesh networks are examples of such technologies currently under deployment, fostering broadband wireless network access and supporting different communication ranges. While these technologies provide flexible communication compared to wired networks and single hop communication models, they are still restricted to the existing wireless backbone coverage. The convergence of ubiquitous computing and networking with wireless and mobile networking technologies opens a path to a prom! ising opportunity for ubiquitous wireless mesh networks and services. Indeed, this provides a great potential for enabling ubiquitous wireless network access in the next generation mobile networks. However, due to the heterogeneous nature of networks, devices, and services, ubiquitous multi-hop wireless access technology introduces new research challenges in all areas of network protocol stack, including security, interoperability and performance challenges. The aim of this special issue is to publish state-of-the-art research results in the area of ubiquitous wireless mesh networks, with focus on innovative architectures, networking protocols, communication models, services and applications.
Manuscripts relating to these issues will be invited from researchers working in these areas worldwide. Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited, to the following:

Ubiquitous and autonomic middleware
Experience with the deployment of wireless
mesh networks for ubiquitous access
Unique challenges and future trends
Ubiquitous wireless Internet access and services
Self-organization and self-management
Wireless mesh network support for ubiquitous computing
Localization, synchronization, and mobility
Routing, multicasting and broadcasting protocols
Cross-layer design and optimization
Experimental testbeds, prototypes, and practical systems
Quality of service provisioning
Methods and tools for visualization and monitoring
Performance modeling and simulations
Mobility support in wireless mesh networks
Architectures, protocols, and algorithms
Security, privacy, and trustworthiness issues.
Scheduling, load balancing and channel models
Technologies and standards for enabling ubiquitous wireless mesh
networks

Guest Editors:

Mieso Denko
Department of Computing and Information Science University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Email: denko@cis.uoguelph.ca

Isaac Woungang
Department of Computer Science
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Email: iwoungan@scs.ryerson.ca

Han-Chieh Chao
Department of Electronic Engineering and Institute of Computer Science & Information Engineering National Ilan University, I-Lan, Taiwan, ROC
Email: hcc@niu.edu.tw

Pedro Cuenca
Departamento de Sistemas Informaticos
Escuela Politecnica Superior
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Email: pedro.cuenca@uclm.es

Submission Details:
Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted directly via the IJCS submission web site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijcs
Once you register, you will be asked to enter the following information:
- Manuscript type- Special Issue Article
- Title:
- Running Head: Denko et al.
etc.

Paper submissions must conform to the layout and format guidelines in International Journal of Communication Systems.
Instructions for Contributors are available at:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5996/home/ForAuthors.html
Each submitted paper will be reviewed by at least three qualified reviewers.

Important Dates:
Manuscript due date: December 1, 2008
First round notification: January 30, 2009 Revised paper due: February 16, 2009 Notification of acceptance: March 9, 2009 Submission of final manuscript: April 28, 2009 Tentative Publication date: 4th quarter of 2009