Cross-Layer Design for the Physical, MAC, and Link Layer in Wireless Systems
Call for Papers
Cross-layer design is a common theme for emerging wireless networks, such as cellular systems and ad hoc networks, though the objectives and requirements can be very different. A cross-layer approach is particularly important when designing protocols at the physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC)/link layer for several reasons. The past decade gave birth to innovative techniques such as opportunistic communication, rate adaptation, and cooperative coding, which all require close interaction between layers. For example, optimizing the rate-delay tradeoff in a multiuser wireless system requires knowledge of PHY parameters such as channel state information (CSI) as well as delay information from the MAC. As another example, the notion of link in wireless relay systems is generalized towards a collection of several physical channels related to more than two nodes. The potential for novel solutions through cross-layer design is further seen in the fact that it motivates collaboration among researchers of different specialties, such as antennas and propagation, signal processing, error-control coding, scheduling, and networking (MAC) protocols.
This special issue is devoted to research efforts that use cross-layer design to jointly optimize the lowest two layers of the wireless communication systems. Such cross-layer solutions will have decisive impact in future wireless networks.
Contributions on the following and related topics are solicited:
- Random access protocols with multipacket reception (MPR), multiantenna MPR protocols
- MAC/ARQ protocols for multiantenna and wireless relay systems
- MAC-level consideration of time-varying channels: channel estimation, channel state information (CSI), and link adaptation
- MAC-level interference mitigation via management of PHY-level multiuser networks: for example, interfering multipleaccess (MA) channels
- MAC/PHY protocols and analysis of cognitive radio networks
- MAC protocols for PHY-restricted devices/circuitry (e.g., RFID)
- PHY-aware scheduling and resource allocation
- Analysis of fundamental tradeoffs at the PHY/MAC interface: rate-delay, energy-delay
- PHY/MAC/link aspects of network coding in wireless networks
- PHY/MAC issues in wireless sensor networks and distributed source coding
- Cross-layer optimization of current standards (WiMAX, W-CDMA, etc.)
- Interaction of MAC/PHY design with the circuitry and the battery management
Authors should follow the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing manuscript format described at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable:
| Manuscript Due | February 1, 2008 |
| First Round of Reviews | May 1, 2008 |
| Publication Date | August 1, 2008 |
Guest Editors
Petar Popovski, Center for TeleInFrastructure, Aalborg University, Niels Jernes Vej 12, A5-209, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
Mary Ann Ingram, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 777 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250, USA
Christian B. Peel, ArrayComm LLC, San Jose, CA 95131-1014, USA
Shinsuke Hara, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan
Stavros Toumpis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus