Call for Papers
Editors in Chief
A Special Issue of Physical Communication
on “Wireless Networks Planning and
Optimization”
Ian Akyildiz
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Guest Editors
Prof. Lingyang Song,
Peking University, China
lingyang.song@pku.edu.cn;
Prof. Jie Zhang,
University of Sheffield, UK
jie.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk;
Prof. Yan Zhang,
Simula Research Lab, Norway
yanzhang@ieee.org;
Prof. Nirwan Ansari,
New Jersey Institute of
Technology, USA
Nirwan.Ansari@njit.edu;
Prof. Shaohui Sun,
China Academy of
Telecommunication
Technology (CATT)
sunshaohui@catt.cn;
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Important dates
Submission due date: 31
December 2011
Notification of first round
review: 31 March 2012
Submission of revised paper:
30 April 2012
Notification of final
acceptance: 31 June 2012
Final manuscript due date: 30
July 2012
Publication date: 4th quarter,
2012 (Tentative)
SCOPE of The Special Issue
The goal of future wireless networks is to provide ubiquitous
connections and to support high data rates. Recent standardizations
of WiMAX, WMAN, LTE, and LTE-Advanced technologies have
been charging toward this direction, but significant breakthroughs
are still required to meet the goal. Network planning and
optimization faces many challenges arising from the use of new air
interfaces and new technologies (e.g., MIMO, smart antennas,
cooperative relay), the mix of voice, video and data traffic, the coexistence of different RATs (Radio Access Technologies), and the
growing importance of indoor coverage and paradigm shifts (e.g.,
femtocells). Unless these challenges are properly addressed, future
wireless networks cannot operate efficiently. This special issue
attempts to cover advances of wireless communications that tackle
the above challenges in network planning and optimization
particularly arised from the adoption of new technologies.
The aim of this special issue is to collect high-quality research
papers from both the mobile communications industry (operators,
telecom vendors, radio network planning and optimization
consulting firms and tool producers) and academia to present
various aspects of the state of the artof wireless networks planning
and optimization.
About the Topics of Interest
Topics of interest relating to network planning and optimization of future wireless communications are
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Automatic UMTS/HSPA/LTE/WiFi/WiMAX radio network planning and optimization
methods
New system simulation and performance evaluation methods
Indoor/outdoor radio propagation models
Indoor/outdoor radio propagation scenarios
The use of measurements in radio network planning and optimisation
MIMO measurements scenarios
Network performance study using MIMO and smart antennas
Automatic radio network planning and optimisation tools
Femtocell deployment tools
Automatic configuration algorithms/methods of femtocells
Mobility management in femto/macrocell scenarios
Interference analysis in femto/macrocell scenarios
Indoor radio network planning and optimization (repeaters, DAS, picocells and femtocells)
methods and tools
Heterogeneous wireless networks (UMTS/HSPA/LTE/WiFi/WiMAX/DVB) planning and
optimization
CRRM/JRRM in heterogeneous wireless networks
Radio resource management (RRM)
Dynamic frequency allocation and spectrum sharing techniques
Radio network planning and optimization reference scenarios
UMTS/HSPA/WiMAX pre-launch and post-launch optimization
Self-optimization and self-healing techniques in LTE networks
Cooperative relay in UMTS/HSPA/LTE and WiMAX networks
Wireless mesh network planning and optimization methods and tools
Transmission and core network dimensioning to account for HSPA and femtocell traffic
Traffic modeling and real network traffic scenarios
High performance computing in network planning and optimization
Testbed experiment, prototype, practical examples, and new advances
Submission Format and Guideline
All submitted papers must be clearly written in English and contain only original works, which have not
been published by or are currently under review for any other journals or conferences. Papers must not
exceed 25 pages (one-column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed
submission guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at www.elsevier.com/locate/phycom.
All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System
(EES). The authors must select “SI – PlanNet” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the
submission process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/phycom/
All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information
should be addressed to the guest editors.