Simulators and Experimental Testbeds Design and Development for Wireless Networks

Call for Papers

In the context of wireless networking, performance evaluation of protocols and distributed applications is generally conducted through simulation or experimentation campaigns. An efficient and accurate simulation of wireless networks raises various issues which generally need to be addressed from several research domains simultaneously. As examples, we can consider the wireless physical layer modeling and simulation, the support of large-scale networks, the simulation of complex RF systems such as MIMO ones, the emulation of wireless nodes or the interconnection of simulators, experimental testbeds, and so forth.

The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together academic and industry researchers and practitioners from both the wireless networking and the simulation communities to discuss current and future trends in simulation or experimentation techniques, models, and practices for the future communication system and to foster interdisciplinary collaborative research in this area. The guest editors seek high-quality papers on aspects of wireless network simulation, and value both theoretical and practical research contributions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Radio medium modeling and cross-layer simulation
  • Scalability, large-scale networks support
  • Validation of simulators and simulation results
  • Simulators benchmarking and comparisons
  • Fluid-flow simulation for assessing QoS in large-scale networks
  • Support of new emerging technologies (WiMax, 3.5G, Wireless Mesh Networks, 802.11x, etc.) in simulators
  • Support of advanced RF systems (Multi-carrier schemes, MIMO, smart-antenna) in simulators
  • Wireless node simulation or emulation
  • Interoperability of simulators, emulators, and experiments
  • Support of distributed physical layer schemes (distributed signal processing; cooperative schemes)
  • Distributed simulation, and scalability of simulators
  • Implementation of simulators
  • Experimental testbeds for wireless networks
  • Methodology for protocol and distributed application performance evaluation
  • SDR techniques, cognitive radio approaches, dynamic spectrum access testbeds, and simulators as well as modeling
  • Simulation and testbeds for cooperative communication protocols

Before submission, authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/guidelines.html. 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 DueJune 1, 2009
First Round of ReviewsSeptember 1, 2009
Publication DateDecember 1, 2009

Lead Guest Editor

  • Faouzi Bader, Centre Tecnológico de Telecomunicaciones de Cataluya (CTTC), PMT, Spain

Guest Editors

  • Guillame Chelius, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRA), France
  • Christian Ibars, Centre Tecnológico de Telecomunicaciones de Cataluya (CTTC), PMT, Spain
  • Mohamed Ibnkahla, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University, Canada
  • Nikos Passas, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Greece
  • Arnd-Ragnar Rhiemeier, Defence Electronics, EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany