Adaptive Cross-Layer Strategies for Fourth Generation Wireless Communications

Call for Papers

Adaptive transmission and resource allocation techniques are widely studied and employed for optimization of wireless networks. Among such strategies, adaptive coding and modulation (AMC) in Physical layer, dynamic scheduling in MAC layer, and variable source rate setting in application layer can be named. More recently, cross-layer methodologies are being considered for the fourth generation wireless systems, as joint optimizing the system parameters and adaptation strategies across the open system interconnection (OSI) layers can provide efficient tradeoffs in service quality and outage, implementation complexity, and spectral efficiency within wireless communication networks.

Authors are invited to present their original research or review articles on various aspects of multilayer adaptive techniques which can potentially enhance quality of service and capacity of future wireless communication networks. Particular interest will be on, but not restricted to, theoretical models for cross-layer design, and QoS-based adaptation techniques, with focus on IP applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Mathematical modeling for cross-layer design
  • Analytical and Simulation results for cross-layer approaches in LTE and WiMAX
  • Adaptive cross-layer methods for IP applications
  • Application-aware and TCP-aware link-layer adaptation
  • Complexity analysis of multilayer adaptive transmission techniques
  • Optimization techniques for cross-layer resource allocation in wireless communication systems

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Manuscript DueFriday, 15 January 2010
First Round of ReviewsThursday, 15 April 2010
Publication DateThursday, 15 July 2010

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