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Springer Telecommunication Systems is a sci-indexed journal. Its impact factor is 0.67. The call for paper of this special issue call is available in http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/Special+Issue+-+RFID+Technology+and+Applications.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-1326137-0/ . RFID is an exciting, rapidly growing, multidisciplinary technology, which is capable of automatically and uniquely identifying objects or persons by radio frequency within certain proximity. It is emerging as one of most fundamental technologies to ubiquitous computing, Internet of Things, intelligent transport systems, and web of things owing its low cost, automatic identification and broad applicability. RFID has achieved widespread success in various domains, ranging from animal identification, asset tracking, highway toll collection, smart home appliances, supply chain management, to surveillance systems. Moreover, a wide spectrum of RFID standards, protocols, and middlewares has been innovated to further advance the RFID field. For example, EPC Gen 2 devices at ultra-high frequency (900 MHz) with passive tags are regulated for supply chain applications, while those devices also at ultra-high frequency (433MHz) are recommended for health-care systems. With massive RFID adoption, RFID presents a series of challenging issues that are significant and should be overcome before enjoying the benefits from RFID. These new challenges consist of energy-efficient data gathering and process in large-scale environments, software infrastructures for supporting Internet of Things, the interaction model for hand-held devices, the leading-edge innovations RFID applications, the business value and performance measurement, and security and privacy attacks. This special issue aims to bring together the research community with the engineering and business community to form a picture of the state-of-the-art progress relating to RFID technology and applications. This special issue will also provide an opportunity for researchers, developers and practitioners to timely exchange new ideas, developments, and experience across the emerging field. Scopes To be specific, the special issue will focus on the research and technical innovations in RFID readers, tags, middleware, software, applications, systems and business logics. This special issue also provides an opportunity for researchers and developers to share their individual insights into RFID. Topics include, but not limited to: Reader/Tag technology: ◆ Hardware design ◆ Antenna systems ◆ System on a chip ◆ Intelligent tags ◆ Mobile and handheld readers ◆ Tag storage and communication ◆ RFID implants ◆ RFID interference and collision Middleware technology: ◆ Service-oriented architecture ◆ Middleware for Internet of Things ◆ Database integration ◆ Integration with ERP systems Applications: ◆ Supply chain management ◆ Healthcare services ◆ Mobile payments ◆ Inventory management ◆ RFID Revenue models ◆ Consumer applications ========================================= Submissions Manuscripts should be written in English and strictly follow the guideline of Journal of Telecommunication Systems at http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/business+information+systems/journal/11235. The covering letter should indicate the names of the authors and their affiliations, addresses, faxes, and e-mails. Prospective authors should submit full manuscripts with PDF, electronically by e-mail to Guest Editors using the subject ”SI Submission – RFID”. All manuscripts should include a cover letter containing the title of the paper, full name of authors, email address, and clear indication that the submission is for the Special Issue on RFID Technology and Applications. Important Dates Submission deadline: July 31, 2012 1st acceptance notification: Sep. 20, 2012 2nd acceptance notification: Oct. 20, 2012 Cameral Final notification: Nov. 10, 2012 Online publication: 2012/2013 ================================================ Guest Editors Dr. Daqiang Zhang* Nanjing Normal University, China Institute Telecom SudParis, France [email protected] Prof. Hongyu Huang* Chongqing University, China [email protected] Prof. Minho Jo Korea University, Korea [email protected] _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
