2011 - BOOK 2011: Developments in Wireless Network Prototyping, Design and Deployment: Future Generations

Introduction
The Wireless Communication Network is developing at an accelerated pace enabling real-time multimedia services. The last few years have experienced a rapid growth in research on wireless networks having attractive outcomes. Researchers are currently envisioning different attractive properties of wireless networks. The expectations are increasing about what the current and future generation wireless network can do for a wide range of applications. Successful design and deployment of wireless networks thus call for technology advances and integrations in diverse fields including embedded hardware manufacturing and signal processing as well as wireless communications and networking across all layers.

Objective of the Book
This book will aim to foster latest development in the design, implementation, evaluation, routing of wireless networks including new technologies, theoretical studies, practical applications, and experimental prototypes in the field of wireless networks.

Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of wireless technologies. It will be written for graduate students, researchers, academics, and industry practitioners working in the area of wireless networks who want to improve their understanding of the latest developments of wireless networks. Moreover, the book will include some chapters on the fundamentals of wireless networks so that the general readers can be able to easily grasp some of the ideas in this area.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Broadband wireless access networks
* Wireless Internet
* Software defined & ultra-wide band radio
* Bluetooth technology
* Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
* Wireless mesh setworks
* IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22
* Emerging wireless network security issues
* Fault tolerance, dependability, reliability, and localization of fault
* Wireless network coding
* Wireless telemedicine and e-health
* Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless networks
* Emerging wireless network architecture
* Multimedia over emerging wireless networks
* Underwater sensor networks
* Supplying power to the distributed wireless sensors
* Cognitive radio systems
* Cooperative wireless communications
* Management, monitoring, and diagnosis of wireless networks
* Biologically inspired communication in wireless networks
* Cross-layer optimization and cross-functionality designs
* Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination
* Interdisciplinary approaches

Submission Procedure
Researchers, practitioners and professionals are invited to submit to matin.mnt-AT-gmail.com on or before March 30, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2011 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 30, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.). For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2012.

Important Dates
April 15, 2011: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 30, 2011: Notification of Acceptance
July 30, 2011: Full Chapter Submission
September 30, 2011: Review Results Returned
December 15, 2011: Final Chapter Submission
January 15, 2012: Final Deadline