IEICE 2013 - Special Section on Quality of Communication Services Improving Quality of Life

Call for Papers
Special Section on Quality of Communication Services Improving Quality of Life

http://www.ieice.org/eng/s_issue/cfp/2013_2EB.pdf
The IEICE Transactions on Communications announces that it will publish a special section entitled "Special Section on Quality of
Communication Services Improving Quality of Life" in February 2013.
As technologies for high quality multimedia communications prevail, everyone has been able to enjoy audiovisual communications and high
definition video contents through communication networks more easily. It has been necessary for users to use wired networks, e.g., ADSL and
optical fiber, when enjoying broadband services such as high quality video delivery. Now, however, users can easily enjoy variety of services
everywhere owing to innovative wireless terminals, e.g., smart-phones, and deployment of broadband wireless access networks. Moreover, the
number of users of new network services, such as Twitter, has increased, and the environment in which users can always communicate with many
other users has been in common. These big changes of communication methods and services have a potential of changing quality of life as well.
Therefore, when investigating the design, control, and operation of the recent network infrastructure, terminals, and services, e.g., wireless
communication technologies and social networks, it is important to analyze their impact on the quality of life and establish the technologies
improving the quality of life. Because of such reasons, a special section is being planned (scheduled to appear in the February 2013 issue) to further
promote research and development on communication networks and quality of services improving the quality of life.
1. Scope
This special section aims at timely dissemination of research in these areas. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- systems of communication services improving quality of life
- quality of communication services improving quality of life
- modeling and simulation for improving quality of service
- service satisfaction including user’s circumstance and psychology
- quality of web service and social service
- subjective and objective quality assessments of voice, video, and multi-sensory media
- network measurement and control methodologies for improving quality of service
- network quality and quality of experience (QoE)
- network reliability and network security
- methodologies of measurement and control for wired and wireless services
2. Submission Instructions
The standard number of pages is 8 for a PAPER and 2 for a LETTER. The maximum number of pages for the initial submission of a LETTER is 4.
The page charges are considerably higher for extra pages. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guideline in the "Information for
Authors". The latest version is available at the web site, http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_cs.html. The term for revising the manuscript after
acknowledgement of conditional acceptance for this special section could be shorter than that for regular issues (60 days) because of the tight
review schedule.
This special section will accept only papers by electronic submission. Prospective authors are requested to follow carefully the submission process
described below.
1. Submit a manuscript and electronic source files (TeX/Word files, figures, authors’ photos and biography) for publishing using the IEICE
Web site https://review.ieice.org/regist_e.aspx by May 31, 2012(Japan Time). Authors should choose the [Special-EB] Quality of
Communication Services Improving Quality of Life as a "Type of Issue (Section)/Category of Transactions" on the online screen. Do not
choose [Regular-EB].
2. Send “Copyright Transfer and Page Charge Agreement” and “Confirmation Sheet of Manuscript Registration” by E-mail, FAX or postal
mail to the following address (guest editor of the special section) by the above due date. There is a possibility that we shall withdraw the
manuscript without receiving them by the due date, even if we have received the manuscript by electronic submission. For additional
guidelines on manuscript preparation, please visit the web-page: http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_cs.html
Submission to: Hiroyuki OHSAKI
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
Address: 1-5, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Tel: +81-6-6879-4551, Fax: +81-6-6879-4554, Email: special-eb-qos-AT-ispl.jp
3. Special Section Editorial Committee
Guest Editor-in-Chief: Tatsuya YAMAZAKI (NICT)
Guest Editor: Hiroyuki OHSAKI (Osaka Univ.)
Guest Associate Editors: Nobuhiko KITAWAKI (Univ. of Tsukuba), Koichi GYODA (Shibaura Inst. of Tech.), Yusheng JI (NII), Hideyuki
SHIMONISHI (NEC), Akira TAKAHASHI (NTT), Takashi TANIGUCHI (Osaka Gakuin Univ.), Masato TSURU (Kyushu Inst. of Tech.),
Kiyohide NAKAUCHI (NICT), Go HASEGAWA (Osaka Univ.), Toru HASEGAWA (KDDI R&D Labs.), Kenji HIKICHI (Fujitsu Labs.), Hiroshi
FUJISAWA (NHK), Hisao YAMAMOTO (Tokyo City Univ.)
* Please note that if accepted, all authors, including authors of invited paper, are requested to pay for the page charges covering partial cost of
publications. Authors will receive 50 copies of reprints.
*At least one of the authors must be an IEICE member when the manuscript is submitted for review. Invited papers are an exception. We
recommend that authors unaffiliated with IEICE apply for membership. For membership applications, please visit the web-page,
http://www.ieice.org/eng/member/OM-appli.html