4 July 2011

Call for Papers: Resilient Network Design

A special issue of International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems

Today, many lives, businesses and social activities are dependant on the availability of global internet services. Any failure or drop in quality in the provision of access, availability or delivery of information over the Internet or associated local, national or global networks can lead to extensive loss of resources and opportunities which can ultimately result in a deficiency for users and a significant drop in efficacy at various levels in the economy.

In order to ensure a safe, secure and dependable future, networking infrastructures in all of our systems, gateways and networks should be enhanced to work reliably in the presence of all predictable and unpredictable errors and disturbances, under a common umbrella of ‘network design resilience’, as we pave the road towards high-speed next generation communication networks.

The aim of this special issue is to address network resiliency and analyse associated problems, and to propose new solutions to unresolved problems and improvements to existing solutions. For this we welcome research papers addressing network resilience issues in association with the topics listed below.

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
  • Dependability and fault-tolerance
  • Topology and architecture
  • Optical networks
  • Wireless and radio networks
  • Reliability and integrity
  • Accessibility and availability
  • Performance evaluation
  • Risk assessment
  • Green communications
  • Traffic engineering issues
  • Human errors
  • Quality of service
  • Application scenarios and practical case studies
Important Dates
Paper submission: 1 November, 2011
Review results: 1 January, 2012
Resubmission: 1 March, 2012
Final notification of acceptance: 1 May, 2012
Submission of final manuscript: 1 June, 2012

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