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International Journal of Satellite Communications Policy and Management

 

Special Issue on: "Recent Advances in Opportunistic Networking"

Guest Editors:
Kun-chan Lan, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Wei-Jen Hsu, Cisco Systems, USA
Robert C. Hsieh, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

With the booming deployment of mobile wireless devices recently, opportunistic networking is becoming an increasingly popular area in networking research, in which the assumption of having end-to-end paths between source and destination has relaxed. Such networks fall into the fields of mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET) and delay-tolerant networking (DTN).

Opportunistic networks enable user communication in an environment where disconnection and reconnection are common and link performance is extremely dynamic. They are very suitable for supporting situations where network infrastructure has limited coverage and users have “islands of connectivity”. By taking advantage of device mobility, information can be stored and forwarded over a wireless link when connection “opportunities” arise (e.g. when an appropriate network contact is made).

In this view, traditional internet connectivity can be considered as a special case of connection opportunity. With numerous emerging applications, opportunistic networks allow a huge number of devices to communicate end-to-end without requiring any pre-existing infrastructure, and are very suited to supporting pervasive networking scenarios.

The purpose of this special issue is to present and discuss recent advances in the development of opportunistic networking technologies. Original papers addressing applications and architecture, systems and protocols design, and development and analysis in all areas related to opportunistic networking are solicited. Papers that present interesting and novel ideas at an early stage are favoured over highly-polish journal-style results.

Subject Coverage
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Advanced technologies for enabling opportunistic communication
• Architectures for opportunistic networks
• Applications for opportunistic networks
• Biological and social models for opportunistic communication
• Middleware services in opportunistic networks
• Dissemination and replication techniques for opportunistic networks
• Network and resource management techniques for opportunistic networks
• Trust and cooperation in opportunistic networks
• Security issues in opportunistic networks
• Transport and reliability issues in opportunistic networks
• Routing issues in opportunistic networks
• MAC layer issues and physical layers for opportunistic networks
• Simulation and modelling of opportunistic networks
• Tools and techniques for designing, analysing and building opportunistic networks
• Opportunistic network testbeds and measurements

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Manuscript due: 10 September, 2011

First round of review notification: 30 October, 2011

Revised manuscript submission: 15 November, 2011

Final notification: 31 November, 2011