Theoretical and Algorithmic Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Call for Papers

This special issue is devoted to distributed algorithms and theoretical methods in the context of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Recent research in mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks raises a number of interesting, and difficult, theoretical and algorithmic issues. While much work has been done in protocol and system design, simulation, and experimental study for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, the theoretical research, however, falls short of the expectation of the future networking deployment. The needs to push the theoretical research forward for a deeper understanding about wireless ad hoc and sensor networking and to foster cooperation among networking researchers and theoreticians establish the motivation behind this special issue.

The objective of this special issue is to gather recent advances in the areas of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, with a focus on theoretical and algorithmic aspect. In particular, it will concentrate on distributed algorithms, randomized algorithms, analysis and modeling, optimizations, and theoretical methods in design and analysis of networking protocol (at link layer or network layer) for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Specific topics for this special issue dedicated to theoretical and algorithmic foundations include but are not limited to:

• Channel assignment and management
• Distributed and localized algorithms
• Dynamic and random networks
• Dynamic graph algorithms
• Energy conservation methods
• Localization and location tracking
• Mechanism design and game theory
• Modeling and complexity analysis
• Routing, multicast, and broadcast
• Scheduling and synchronization
• Throughput optimization and capacity

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:

Lead Guest Editor

• Yu Wang, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA

Guest Editors

• Xinbing Wang, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
• Ping Ji, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA
• Peter Müller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
• Xiaohua Jia, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
• Athanasios Vasilakos, Department of Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Greece