Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Localization, Positioning and Coverage in Wireless Sensor
Networks"
International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC)
ISSN online: 1743- 8233. ISSN print: 1743-8225
Journal Impact Factor: 0.848 (2011).
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1741
In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) deployments, wireless sensor nodes should be
strategically placed in order to maximize the sensed area while minimizing the
number of nodes to be placed in the field. Moreover, wireless radio coverage
distances should be taken into account in order to cover large areas. Wireless
sensors may be located quite far from each other, allowing lower deployment
costs, but it may increase the wireless sensor node power consumption due to
the energy needed to reach large distances. Although many factors may affect
the position of each wireless sensor node inside the WSN, there are two main
ones: the radio coverage area, which allows the sensors to communicate, and,
the sensing coverage area, which gives the sensing region. Both types of
coverage areas could be affected by the field where the WSN is deployed, but
different factors affect each type of coverage. The goal is to maximize the
coverage percentage, while coverage holes should be minimized.
This special issue is focused on sensor node location and positioning
techniques taking into account the aforementioned constraints.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
- WSN radio coverage.
- WSN sensing field.
- WSN deployment zones.
- Isotropic and sectorial sensing nodes.
- Positioning systems.
- Node location techniques.
- Analytical node placement systems.
- 2D and 3D Regions of Interest in WSNs.
- Theoretical systems and analytical methods to maximize the radio and sensing
coverage.
- Sensing gain and power gain systems.
- Sleep scheduling techniques for enhancing WSN coverage.
- Self-organization Strategies.
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only
be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been
completely re-written).
All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors,
sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are
available on the Author Guidelines page
(http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31).
Important Dates
Submission deadline: 30 November, 2012
Notification of acceptance: 28 February, 2013
Camera Ready Papers: 30 April, 2013
Guest Editors:
Prof. Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Dr. Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan
Prof. Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and
Management, Kerala State, India
Dr. Javier M. Aguiar, University of Valladolid, Spain
Editors and Notes
All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online
Submissions of Papers (http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=35&jid=145).
If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact
submissi...@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience.
Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of
the Journal and the name of the Guest Editors.
Please contact Assoc. Prof. Jaime Lloret Mauri (jllo...@dcom.upv.es) with any
queries concerning this special issue.