Mobile Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Networks: From Theory to Reality
Call for Papers
Ad hoc networking technologies have big potentialities for innovative applications of great impact on our everyday life. To exploit these potentialities, simulation modeling and theoretical analyses have to be complemented by real experiences (e.g., experiences/measurements on real prototypes) which provide both a direct evaluation of ad hoc networks and, at the same time, precious information for a realistic modeling of these systems.
The need for more experimental activities stimulated a new community of researchers combining theoretical research on ad hoc networking with experiences/measurements obtained by implementing ad hoc network prototypes. This community is growing as witnessed by several workshops organized worldwide. In particular, this special issue is tightly coupled with the REALMAN workshop series, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/realman. REALMAN workshops constitute a unique forum for presenting and discussing measurement studies and experiences based on real ad hoc networks testbeds and prototypes. Following the success of the first edition (REALMAN 2005), REALMAN 2006 will be the satellite workshop of the most prestigious symposium for mobile ad hoc networks, ACM MobiHoc 2006.
The aim of this special issue is to present, from an experimental perspective, architectures and protocols for implementing (mobile) ad hoc networks. This special issue constitutes a unique forum to present measurements/experiences/lessons obtained by implementing ad hoc networks testbeds and prototypes. The special issue will investigate the whole protocol stack from enabling technologies to middleware and applications.
Original contributions are solicited, related to system and protocol development, measurement, and testing, in all areas related to ad hoc networking. Specifically, topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Ad hoc networks applications
- System prototypes and experiences
- Mobile ad hoc networks
- Opportunistic and delay tolerant networks
- Sensor networks
- Mesh networks
- Vehicular networks
- Protocol implementation and testing
- Middleware platforms for ad hoc networks
- Ad hoc networking for pervasive environments
- Situated and autonomic communications
- Location services
- Positioning and tracking technologies and services
- Measurement studies
- Mobility models based on real data
- Enabling technologly Measurements (802.11, 802.15, etc.)
- Experiment-based social and/or economic analysis of mobile ad hoc networks
Authors should follow the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking's manuscript tracking system at http://www.hindawi.com/mts/, according to the following timetable:
| Manuscript Due | July 1, 2006 |
| First Round of Reviews | November 1, 2006 |
| Publication Date | March 1, 2007 |
Guest Editor:
- Marco Conti, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Sezione Reti Internet, Instituto di Informatica e Telematica (IJI), Via Giuseppe, Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy