ICM 2013 - IEEE Communications Magazine Web-Based Communications

IEEE Communications Magazine
Web-Based Communications
The original vision for the World Wide Web was to make available staticdocuments stored on some server that was geographically separated fromthe client that accessed these documents. Elements of this earlyweb architecture (i.e., browser, web server) as well as the protocol(HTTP) and document representation (HTML) evolved to work within thisparadigm.
However, the web has shifted away from a document based paradigmto a more distributed and collaborative form of communication.Whereas once the web server was the center of interaction, in today'smodel, the user and the browser have replaced the web server as thenexus of communications.
Web development methods like AJAX and protocol techniques such asHTTP long polling (e.g. COMET, Bosh) or HTTP streaming are the latestattempts to make the web more interactive and reflective of changesoccurring in real time. These technologies allow a web server topush updates to the user as soon as the updates are available; theuser does not have to explicitly poll for the updates.
The single-dimension tags and attributes of HTML that allowed simplerendering of text and graphics have now been augmented by new featuresin HTML5: native support for audio and video, geo-location, persistentlocal storage, offline web applications, and web workers etc. arethe multiple dimensions of HTML5 today. These dimensions are necessaryfor modern web applications and are transforming the browsers tobecome an rich, integrated service environment.
IETF and W3C are working together on improving the Web real-timethrough the introduction of the WebSocket API (in W3C WebApp workinggroup) and protocol (in IETF HyBi working group) that allow a fullbidirectional communication channel between Browsers and Web servers tofacilitate the development of new web based services and form ofcommunications.
Collaboration between the IETF and W3C also proceeds on extending theweb architecture to allow browsers to natively support interactivepeer to peer communications in the form of voice- video- or gaming-sessions, and document collaboration in real time. In sucharchitectures, browsers become the source and sink of both mediapackets that flow directly from a browser to another while webservers are only involved during the "setup" phase of the communication.
The papers in this feature topic will focus on state-of-the-artresearch in various aspects of today's web based communications.We solicit papers covering various topics of interest that include,but not limited to, the following:
Web bidirectional communication (e.g. Comet, Bosh)
New form of services and web based communications based on HTML5/WebSocket
Web Real Time Communication: communication scenarios and business impact
Security in Web Communications
Performance evaluations, analysis and implementation experience for Web Real Time Communications
Application protocol with transport-layer tie in (TCP) for web (e.g. SPDY)
Real-time transport and congestion control
Issues in interworking new web technologies with legacy equipment (e.g. SIP devices)
The new web communication paradigm and zero configuration
Prospective authors should follow the IEEE Communications Magazine manuscript format described in the Authors Guidelines (http://dl.comsoc.org/livepubs/ci1/info/sub_guideli...). All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through the IEEE Manuscript Central (http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com select "April 2013/Web-Based Communications" from the drop down menu), according to the following timetable:
Submission Deadline: October 20, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2013
Final Manuscript Due: January 30, 2013
Publication Date: April 2013
Guest Editors
Salvatore Loreto, Ericsson Research, Finland salvatore.loreto-AT-ericsson.com
Vijay K. Gurbani, Bell Labs/Alcatel Lucent, US vkg-AT-bell-labs.com
Jrg Ott, Aalto University, Finland jo-AT-netlab.tkk.fi