VANET 2013 - Special Issue on Network Protocols and Algorithms for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Call for Papers
International Journal of Mobile Networks and Applications
Special issue on Network Protocols and Algorithms for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) is an emerging area of wireless ad hoc networks that facilitates ubiquitous connectivity between smart vehicles through Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) or Vehicle-to-Roadside (V2R) and Roadside-to-Vehicle (R2V) communications. This emerging field of technology aims to improve safety of passengers and traffic flow, reduces pollution to the environment and enables in-vehicle entertainment applications. The safety-related applications could reduce accidents by providing drivers with traffic information such as collision avoidances, traffic flow alarms and road surface conditions. Moreover, the passengers could exploit an available infrastructure in order to connect to the internet for infomobility and entertainment applications.
The increasing necessity of this network is an impetus for leading car manufacturers, research communities and governments to increase their efforts toward creating a standardized platform for vehicular communications. However, VANET’s unique characteristics and special requirements excite new challenges to the research community. To address these challenges in both safety- and comfort-oriented applications, there is a pressing need to develop new protocols and algorithms for channel characterization and modeling, Medium Access Control (MAC), obstacle modeling, adaptive geographical routing to sparse and dense traffic conditions. This special issue aims to theme innovative research achievements in the field of vehicular networks and communications. We are seeking original and unpublished papers. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
? Radio obstacle modeling in urban vehicular environments
? Channel characterization, modeling and simulation
? Efficient packet forwarding optimization
? Congestion control and resource management
? Medium access protocols and channel assignments
? Adaptive beaconing protocols
? Mobility management
? Mobility models
? Efficient geographical routing adapted to bipolar traffic conditions
? Delay tolerant routing protocols
? Message dissemination for safety-related applications
? Cooperative vehicular communications
? Test-beds, case studies, experimental systems and evaluations
? Security and privacy issues
Submission
Prospective authors should follow guidelines of the International Journal of Mobile Networks and Applications and the instruction for authors can be found at the journal site: http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journa.... Manuscripts should be submitted on line through http://www.editorialmanager.com/mone/ using the Special Issue: SM 130 -Network Protocols and Algorithms for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. A copy of the manuscript should also be emailed to the guest editors (jlloret-AT-dcom.upv.es, db.rawat-AT-ieee.org, kayhan-AT-ieee.org, f.xia-AT-ieee.org) as pdf files.
Important Dates
Paper Submission Due: January 30, 2013
Notification Deadline: April 30, 2013
Revised paper Submission: June 30, 2013
Final Paper Submission: August 30, 2013
Publication Date: End of 2013
Guest Editors
Dr. Jaime Lloret
Department of Communications
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
Email: jlloret-AT-dcom.upv.es
Dr. Danda B. Rawat
Department of Applied Engineering and
Technology
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY, USA
Email: db.rawat-AT-ieee.org
Dr. Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor
Faculty of Engineering,
University of Koya,
Daniel Miterrand Boulevard, Koya, KOY45,
Kurdistan Region-IRAQ
Email: kayhan-AT-ieee.org
Dr. Feng XIA
School of Software,
Dalian University of Technology (DUT),
Development Zone, Dalian 116620, China
Email: f.xia-AT-ieee.org
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