Call for
Papers
IEEE Wireless Communications
Magazine
"Multimedia in Wireless/Mobile Ad-hoc
Networks"
The success of cellular services and the
emergence of TV broadcasting and videoconference over 3G networks
have raised high expectations that innovative wireless/ mobile
multimedia services will be widely deployed in the near future. In
parallel, micro-sensors, wireless ad-hoc and peer-to-peer (P2P)
networking, embedded processing and audio-visual technologies have
evolved to support multimedia QoS-aware applications. Examples of
content-rich ad-hoc networks include application, such as industrial
sensing & control (e.g. automatic tracing, industrial robots),
infrastructures diagnostics (e.g., power grids, waste disposal),
human centric (Personal Area Networks, surveillance of intruders,
elderly or physically disabled people at home), military (Unmanned
(Aerial) Vehicles, digital battlefield, deep space communications)
and environmental monitoring (e.g., traffic, security).
Multimedia streaming and content management however, is quite
resource demanding. Thus, designing efficient, decentralized
multimedia processing, management and distribution schemes turns into
a quite challenging issue. The problem becomes more complex due to
the ad-hoc wireless/mobile nature of the peer nodes, which can join
and leave the network at any time. To address capacity and scaling
concerns, researchers are experimenting with systems that use
multiple radios, frequency-agile radios, directional and multiple
input multiple output (MIMO) antennas. Further, there are renewed
interests in carrying out research on MAC protocols, cross-layer and
efficient routing. However, it is clear that break-through techniques
are required to increase system capacity, extend network range,
increase scale and guarantee the quality.
The objective of this
Special Issue is to present state-of-the-art research and developing
activities contributing to all facets of multimedia across
wireless/mobile ad-hoc networks. This Special Issue aims to
disseminate state-of-the-art research, development, and
implementations of wireless/ mobile-networked multimedia ad-hoc
systems and technologies with special emphasis on multimedia
streaming.
We solicit papers covering a variety of topics
including, but not limited to:
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Context-aware multimedia wireless/mobile applications
- Networking protocols for visual ad-hoc/sensor
networks
- Scalability, mobility, coverage and reliability
issues
- New Audio/Visual Coding standards, robust and
resilient video coding and transport
- End-to-end QoS
Issues and scheduling in ad-hoc visual sensor networks
- IP-based wireless/mobile differentiated multimedia
services
- Wearable visual devices/sensors for PANs and
tele-presence applications
- Personalised, synthesized
computer vision for surveillance applications
- Middleware Platforms support for QoS provision
- Multimedia Content Management and Distribution
- Delay and Jitter Management for Multimedia Services
- Security, authentication/authorization and Digital Rights
for visual sensor networks
- Visual ad-hoc/sensor
network testbed research
Submission Guideline
All submissions should adhere to the style of IEEE Wireless
Communications Magazine. Guidelines for prospective authors can be
found on-line at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/sub_guidelines.html.
Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly encouraged.
Prospective authors should submit a complete manuscript to Guest
Editor Dr. Theodore Zahariadis at zahariad@ieee.org
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: February 27,
2006
Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2006
Final
Manuscript Due: June 30, 2006
Expected Publishing Date: October
2006
Guest Editors
Dr. Theodore B.
Zahariadis
Ellemedia Technologies
223 Syggrou Av & Tralaion
2,
GR-17121, Athens,
Greece
Tel:+30 210
9373097
E-mail: zahariad@ieee.org
Prof.
Bharat Doshi
University of Massachusetts
215-G Marcus
Hall
Amherst, MA 01003,
USA
Tel:
+1-413-577-0902
E-mail: doshi@ecs.umass.edu