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Journal of Communications (JCM, ISSN 1796-2021)
Special Issue on Networking Coding and Applications

Network coding has attracted significant interest from the research community in recent years. It advocates a
fundamental shift in the way communication networks are designed since it allows nodes in the network to code
packets besides simply forwarding them. The first theoretical results were followed by a wealth of activities that
exploit the basic idea in practical algorithms and protocols. Network coding was shown to be a versatile
technique that can improve performance in a number of different areas of computer communications and
networking. For example, it has been successfully applied to wireless network protocols to improve throughtput.
In addition, network coding may be used to increase robustness and reduce latency, energy consumption, and
storage requirements.


This special issue seeks high-quality articles that address both theoretical aspects of network coding as well as
practical protocols and algorithms. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Network architectures for network coding
  • Algorithms and protocols for network coding
  • Wireless ad hoc networks
  • Sensor networks
  • Physical layer network coding
  • P2P communication
  • Network coding for storage
  • Network coding for energy efficiency
  • Network coding for network security
  • Joint source coding and network coding


Submission

Submitted papers must be original and not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal
publication elsewhere. Papers, which have appeared previously in proceedings of conferences, could be
submitted to this special issue if they are substantially revised or improved from their earlier versions. The full
paper should ideally not exceed 14 single-space pages of A4, including illustrations and tables. Submissions
must be directly sent via email to GE <anargyr@ieee.org>. Please identify your submission in the email subject
line "Submission - JCM Special Issue". Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at http:
//www.academypublisher.com/jcm/forauthors.html.


Important Dates

    Submission Due Date                                        April 30, 2009
    Notification of Acceptance                                  May 30, 2009
    Submission Due Date of Revised Paper        June 30, 2009
    Tentative Publication Date                                  4th Quarter, 2009


Guest Editors

    Antonios Argyriou, Philips Research, The Netherlands
    Joerg Widmer, DoCoMo Communication Laboratories, Germany
    Bob Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China