Special issue on security challenges in emerging and next-generation wireless communication networks (Security and Communication Networks Journal)

Wireless network technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. Researchers are currently envisioning different attractive properties of wireless systems such as the ability to self-organize, self-configure, self-heal, self-manage and self-maintain. Different wireless networks having the potential to offer cost-effective home and enterprise access networking solutions are being researched. Concepts such as dynamic spectrum access, convergence, unified network architectures and seamless service access in heterogeneous networks are gaining widespread popularity. Technologies such as Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, ZigBee, RFID, IEEE 802.20, IEEE 802.22 and software defined radio are becoming increasingly popular. Even though these technologies hold great promises for our future, there are several research challenges that need to be addressed. A significant portion of these research challenges are attributed to security and privacy issues in these kinds of networks. This Special Issue aims to publish high quality research papers related to the recent advances in the security and privacy of different emerging and next-generation network technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the security and privacy issues and challenges in the following:

Emerging Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Wireless Mesh Networks
Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET)
Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTN)
Underwater Sensor Networks
Underground Sensor Networks
Cooperative wireless communications
Next Generation Wireless Network Services
Wireless Telemedicine and e-health
Next Generation Wireless Access Networks
IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22
Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless
Next Generation Cellular wireless networks
Wireless Internet
Software defined radio
Ultra-wide band radio
Emerging wireless network security issues
Emerging wireless network architecture
Multimedia over emerging wireless networks
Inter-working of new and existing networks

Guest Editors

Dr. Sudip Misra (Corresponding Editor)
Assistant Professor
School of Information Technology
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
E-mail: smisra.editor at gmail.com

Dr. Mieso Denko
Associate Professor
Department of Computing & Info. Sc.
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: denko at cis.uoguelph.ca

Prof. Hussien Mouftah
Canada Research Chair and Distinguished Professor
School of Information Tech. & Engg.
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
E-mail: mouftah at uottawa.ca

Submission Details:
Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or
that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed
conferences are sought. For manuscript submission, authors should
follow the guidelines described in the http://www.interscience.wiley.com/security. Prospective authors should submit their paper online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors should choose the “Manuscript Type” as “Special Issue”, enter the “Running Head” as “SCN-SI-020” and the “Special Issue Title” as “Security in emerging networks”, respectively. Contributing authors might also be asked to review some
of the papers submitted to this special issue.

Important Dates:

Manuscript Due: November 1, 2009.
First Acceptance Notification: February 1, 2010.
Final Acceptance Notification: April 1, 2010.
Camera-Ready Final Manuscript Due: May 1, 2010.
Publication Date: 3rd quarter of 2010 (tentative).