An all-IP core network has been recently considered as the promising solution for the so-called beyond 3G systems for providing ultimate user and terminal mobility. Is it because of the fact that the majority of traffic to be transmitted over the next generation wireless networks will be generated from Internet-based applications or because IP might be able to provide easier control on quality-of-service metrics provisioned by mobile users and simpler and more cost-efficient routing that IP could provide in a mobile environment? Is it because IP has a better convergence nature with the wireless environment? If circuit-switched networks are no longer suitable for handling Internet-based traffic, why IP and not other packet-switched solutions should be in forefront of technologies for next generation mobile networks?

This type of questions arise the idea of merging IP and wireless in an efficient way so that the wireless link restrictions at the physical layer of the network stack can be compensated by higher performance of the higher layers and in particular the network layer. This produces the idea of having a layered architecture with the main tasks to be done at the network layer.

The papers to be presented in this special issue will explore the all-IP solution for next generation mobile networks to answer these questions and discuss its advantages and drawbacks compared with other more traditional solutions. Compared with the previous special issues on all-IP networks, this issue will focus on a tutorial-based approach on the evolution of the IP as the network layer protocol toward a protocol which is mainly designed to work within the wireless and mobile environment.

The articles for this Special Issue will be solicited through an open call-for-papers and invitation to the experts in the field from industry and academia. Suggested topics for this Special Issue include but not limited to:
 

A tutorial on the main differences between the Internet protocol for wired and wireless networks Layered architecture of the future wireless networks Achievement of nominal capacity in wireless LAN  Network layer protocol design for efficient working on wireless link Ad hoc networking solutions for wireless IP networks Wireless broadband access through IP backbone network

Mobile IP achievement and drawback to migrate IP to mobile environment Techniques to converge IP and wireless networks Future generation wireless networks and their relation with Internet protocol Comparison of IP with MPLS and other protocols in mobile networks Cellular network solutions for IP traffic transportation Quality of service provisioning in IP networks The role of Internet in future generation of wireless networks

 

Submission
 

Manuscript Due  31 January 2003 Acceptance Notification  30 April 2003 Final Manuscript Due 30 June 2003 Publication Date October 2003

Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Articles may be edited for clarity and grammatical accuracy, and will be copyedited according to the Magazine’s style. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations could be allowed, provided the consent of the Guest Editor; more than three equations require permission from the Editor-in-Chief). Articles should have no more than 4,500 words, no more than 6 tables + figures, and no more than 15 references. Guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/pub_guidelines.html. Please send PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word, or PostScript formatted papers to Abbas Jamalipour (a.jamalipour@ieee.org) no later than 31 January 2003. Accepted papers will also be included in Wireless Communications Interactive (WCI), the online version of Wireless Communications Magazine.

Guest Editors
 

Abbas Jamalipour School of Electrical & Information Engineering University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 2 9351 2843 Fax: +61 2 9351 3847 Email: a.jamalipour@ieee.org

Pascal Lorenz Universite de Haute Alsace IUT de Colmar 34 rue du Grillenbreit - 68008 Colmar  FRANCE Phone: +33 3 89 20 23 66 Fax: +33 3 89 20 23 59  Email: lorenz@ieee.org

 

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