IEEECM 2012 - IEEE Communications Magazine Consumer Communications and Networking Series

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Deadline: January 15, 2012 | Date: June 01, 2012

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Call For Papers - CFP

Consumer Communications and Networking Series

Submission Deadline: Jan 15, 2012

Recent trends in consumer networking are that consumers are both

creators and producers of content (albeit of varying quality!) and peer

distribution is the natural model. This is one of the emerging trends

that impact how consumers can use devices to create, manipulate, store,

and access content ? and is surely a much different view compared to

only five years ago where most experts still viewed the world in terms

of servers and clients, producers and consumers as distinct and separate

entities. Indeed, there are still dinosaur organizations out there today

who are fighting a rearguard action to protect their dwindling revenue

streams because they haven’t been brave enough to embrace this new

model. Trends like this are ones that papers for the consumer

communications and networking series should address.

We have also seen the technological reach of existing solutions being

applied in unconventional ways where all aspects of our digital lives

are being consumed to provide novel platforms where interoperation

between disparate technologies is now possible. For example, the

automotive industry is now producing cars that include ad hoc networks

designed to provide multimedia solutions as well as links to wide area

communications via satellite networks. Using these networking

capabilities and interfaces such as USB we see automobile functionality

being extended. In this sense the boundaries between the car and

conventional consumer devices are beginning to blur.

Perhaps the sole technology responsible for the many technological

advances we see today is communications. Example communications

technologies include the emergence of 3G and 4G, LTE and WiMax,

Bluetooth, Zigbee, Ultrawideband, TV-band, and Powerline and Free space

optical. Applications of these technologies include personal and body

area networking, home networking, game networking, ad-hoc networking,

and sensor networking. These networks may be connected through

networking layers that are cognitive, peer-to-peer enabled, and have the

properties of self organisation and management. These networks will

become key enablers where we are already seeing ubiquitous content

distribution models, for example, television can now be viewed wherever

we are and on any devices capable of connecting to one of the many

networking paradigms defined above. With these networks we can expect a

platform for true innovation where content distribution will overlay

these networks using compression, rights management, delivery, and

appropriate quality of service mechanisms that can be seamlessly moved

over these next generation networks. All of this is made possible by

networking, software and middleware that present to the service designer

the tools to provide ease of use, security, and stunning interactivity

to the end consumer.

With this in mind the IEEE Communications Magazine is seeking papers

that emphasize consumer networking in whatever physical environment it

finds itself. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the

following:

Scope of Contributions

? Wireless Multimedia Networks

? Body and Personal Area Networks

? Mobile Networks and Multimedia

? Emerging Wireless Technologies (UWB, OFDM, RFID, Zigbee, etc.)

? Distributed Network Protocols for Multimedia HD Audio/Video Networking

? Networked Appliances

? Entertainment Networks

? P2P Algorithms and Architectures for Consumer Electronics Peer

Streaming, Networking and Applications

? Home Networking and Automation

? Next Generation Networks

? Pervasive Computing and Contextual Systems

? Middleware for Networked Consumer Devices

? Media and Device Adaptation

? Architecture, Platforms and Protocols for Networked Games and Virtual

Worlds.

? Social Networking and Home Entertainment

? Music and Movie Distribution Models

? Augmented Reality

? Task Computing and the Home

? Home Sensor Networks

? Autonomic Home Networking

? Zero Configuration Networking

? Digital Rights Management

? Trust in Social Networks

? Voice/Video of IP

Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the communications technology communities. They should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Articles should not exceed 4500 words. Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at: http://dl.comsoc.org/livepubs/ci1/info/pub_guidelines.html. Please submit a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper by Jan 15, 2012 via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). Register or log in, and go to the Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select the topic "Consumer Communications and Networking Series."

Schedule for Submissions:

Submission Deadline: Jan 15, 2012

Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2012

Final Manuscript Due: April 1, 2012

Publication Date: June 1, 2012

Series Editors:

Ali C. Begen, Cisco, Toronto, ON M5J 2T3 Canada

abegencisco.com

Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK

mkocs.stir.ac.uk

Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK,

M.Merabtiljmu.ac.uk