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              Call For Papers

              Special Issue on
           "Cognitive Wireless Networks"
   http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1235


     International Journal of Communication Networks and
           Distributed Systems (IJCNDS)
  http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcnds

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Aims and Scope:
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Fixed spectrum allocation schemes for wireless communications
proved to be rigid, inefficient and may even lead to spectrum scarcity.
Cognitive radio technologies promise to solve these issues. The
cognitive or dynamic spectrum access schemes enable smart, adaptive
wireless communications that could seamlessly co-exist with existing
wireless networks and provide truly anytime, anywhere access. Cognitive
radio devices constantly sense the operating environment and access
the spectrum/channels in a non intrusive, decentralized manner. These
networks avoid harmful interference with primary users using advanced
techniques such as collaborative sensing and distributed intelligence.
Recent developments in various frontiers such as, software defined radio,
adaptive RF circuits, reconfigurable processing devices, real time
adaptive signal processing, as well as sophisticated spectrum monitoring
and predicting technologies promise to make cognitive radio a reality.

This Special Issue solicits original and unpublished work not currently
under review by any other conference or journal in cognitive and smart
radio technologies. The topic areas cover all aspects of networks,
systems and devices that participate in spectrum sensing/accessing in a
cooperative/non-cooperative manner. This includes algorithmic and
architectural support for cognitive networks, efficient usage of
licensed/unlicensed bands, interference avoidance with primary incumbents, policy and regulatory issues, application platforms, experimental test beds, mathematical models for distributed decision making, and emerging standards.


 Topics of Interest:
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Dynamic spectrum sensing technologies, centralized or cooperative
Co-existence of diverse wireless networks
Cognitive MAC, routing and application layer protocols
Security issues in secondary spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks
Novel applications of cognitive networks (e.g. emergency networks)
Dynamic radio resource management, opportunistic scheduling
Dynamic network architecture, seamless roaming, protocols
Broadband, multi-band, adaptive analog RF circuits and devices
Reconfigurable signal processing devices
Ultra-Wideband cognitive radio systems
Self-organizing mesh networks and autonomic communications
New architectures and platforms for cognitive radio & software defined radio Cross-layer cognitive algorithms and optimization
Spectrum etiquettes for dynamic spectrum
Spectrum policy reforms and regulatory issues
Standardization efforts (e.g., IEEE 802.22, IEEE SCC 41)


Editor: Xavier Fernando, Ryerson University, Canada
(http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~fernando),

Guest Editors: Patrick Mitran, University of Waterloo, Canada and Lian
Zhao, Ryerson University, Canada

Please e-mail the draft copy of your article in one column, double spaced
format to [email protected] by December 01, 2009. The journal issue will be
published by late 2010.