CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications
Special Issue on
“Key Technologies and Applications of
Wireless Sensor and Body-area Networks”
(http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw/~yctseng/cfp/JPCC-sensor-BAN-CFP.htm)
The rapid progress of wireless communication and embedded micro-sensing MEMS technologies has made wireless sensor and body-area networks possible. Wireless sensor nodes can be deployed in a sensing field to monitor events that we are interested in. In particular, human body could be a potential sensing field. Body-area, wearable sensor networks may greatly improve our daily life. A wide range of applications may be developed in health care, scientific, industrial, and military areas. Current technologies have not fully addressed these emerging ubiquitous/pervasive environments. Moreover, these sensor nodes are typically energy-hungry, energy-constrained, bandwidth-scarce, computation-poor, and storage-limited, and thus the scalability issue needs to be addressed when they form a large wireless network.
Key technologies to realize the applications and to overcome the challenges in the areas of wireless sensor and body-area networks need to be studied. This special issue invites quality papers articulating new perspectives related to these issues. Both original research papers and application papers are welcome. Application papers describing challenging system and development experiences are also welcome. Submissions addressing the integration with other computing and communication technologies are also welcome. Topics that are targeted in this special issue include, but not limited to:
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Localization and location tracking
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Power management and energy-efficient design
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Topology control and time synchronization
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Coverage problems
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Middleware and software tools
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Data gathering, aggregation and dissemination
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Embedded network-oriented operating systems
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Networking architectures and protocols
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Cross-layer architectures
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Mobility management
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Self-organization and governance
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Security and dependability issues
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Integrated system with wireless sensor and body-area
networks and its applications
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Interacting with other wired/wireless/mobile networks
and systems
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Modeling and performance evaluation
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Implementation experience and measurements
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Demos and Prototypes
Prospective
authors should submit manuscripts to one of the guest editors, preferably via
emails, with a cover letter containing a title and an abstract of the paper.
The guest editors will target at providing timely reviews and responses to
authors.
Guest Editors:
Yu-Chee
Tseng
Department
of Computer Science
email: yctseng@csie.nctu.edu.tw
Shih-Lin
Wu
Department
of Computer Science
email: slwu@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Important Dates
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Submissions due:
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Notification of decision:
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Final Manuscript due:
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Publication: early 2006
JPCC Journal Website: http://www.pervasive-computing.org/