Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Call for Papers: 
Special Issue on Mobile IP
Mobile Computing that allows networked communication even while a user is on the move is revolutionizing the way we use computers. New protocols have been developed in order to meet the multifunction requirements of both telecommunication and data communications. Protocols such as W-CDMA, CDMA-2000, 802.11a, 802.11b or 802.11g, were designed to meet different needs in mobile networks. While Internet technologies have succeeded in overcoming the barriers of time and distance, they have yet to fully accommodate the increasing mobile computer usage. This is particularly true of the emerging 3 G mobile networks. The use of 3G networks is not based on only one standard, but several such as CDMA 2000, EDGE and WCDMA. There is a need for a common mobility solution to be adopted that would include independence of access network technologies and common solutions for fixed and wireless networks. Mobile IP is a promising technology to serve this purpose. It provides seamless mobility solution among the diversity of access. Lately, both RFC3775 (Mobility Support in IPv6) and RFC 3776 (Using IPsec to Protect Mobile IPv6 Signaling between Mobile Nodes and Home Agents) were released in June 2004. Mobile IP has been perceived as the potential future mobility standard. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to): 
  • Mobile IP-based communications network architecture
  • Mobility management for wireless network
  • Mobile IP applications
  • Performance modeling of Mobile IP-based mobile computing systems
  • Design and analysis for Mobile IP-based mobile computing algorithms
  • Fault tolerance for Mobile IP-based mobile computing
  • Distributed databases for Mobile IP-based mobile computing
  • Ad hoc wireless networks using IP mobility
  • Mobile IP-based Personal or Cellular communications services
  • Mobile IP security issues
  • Mobile IP QoS protocol
  • Mobility support for the next generation internet (IPv6)
  • Successful mobile IP deployment
  • Mobile IP for business
  • Implementing mobile IP enterprise management solution
  • Integrating mobile data services into enterprise infrastructure
Guest Editors:
Han-Chieh Chao Frank Shih Lorna Uden
Dept. of EE
National Dong Hwa University
Hualien, Taiwan, ROC
hcc@mail.ndhu.edu.tw		 Dept. of CS
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ 07102-1982, USA
frank.y.shih@njit.edu		 Dept. of Computing, Engineering and Technology 
Staffordshire University
The Octagon, Beaconside,
Stafford, ST 18 OAD, UK
L.Uden@staffs.ac.uk
Schedule:

Manuscript submission deadline: June 1, 2005
Notification of acceptance: January 1, 2006
Publication of special issue: Second half of 2006
Submission Procedure:

This issue expects to contain 2-3 Research/Technical and 2-3 Industrial/Application papers. Papers may be submitted electronically (Postscript or PDF files only) to Prof. Han-Chieh Chao (hcc@mail.ndhu.edu.tw). Authors are also requested to submit a separate cover letter via email, which contains the paper title, the authors' names and affiliations, and a 200 word abstract with totally up to 10 printed pages. Detailed instructions to authors can be found in: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/76507157/ForAuthors.html