Call for papers Special Issue on
Body Area Networks applications and technologies
Body Area Networks (BAN) technology has gained a strong international interest in recent years from researchers both in academia and industry. With the development of innovative wireless, wearable and/or implantable technologies, the applications for BAN covers from implanted monitoring and actuation to human computer interactions, healthcare, interactive games, fitness, sport and security.
This issue will explore the challenges of designing, building, and deploying BAN, will present some of the enabling technologies for BAN and will more generally address the BAN research and applications field.
Topics
Components of a body area network system
- Wireless technologies, ultra low power RF chipsets and platforms
- Novel MAC and networking protocols
- Innovative security mechanisms
- On body energy harvesting
- Wearable and Implanted system architectures
- Sensors, biocompatibility and system integration
System design issues for body area networks and standardisation
- Sport, leisure, medical, assisted living and novel applications requirements
- Existing and forthcoming wireless standards
- Communication channel characterisation and modelling
- System design tradeoffs, including decentralised data processing, smart fabrics
Guest Editors
- Laurent Ouvry, CEA-Leti Minatec, Grenoble, France
- Bin Zhen, NICT, Japan
- Simon Cotton, The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK
Papers must be written in English and describe original research not published or currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers are expected to be between 30,000 and 50,000 characters, including an abstract, all figures and tables, as well as references. All relevant papers submitted will go through an external review process. Submissions should be sent according to the instructions available at:
http://www.annals-of-telecommunications.com/p_en_publish_6.html
Manuscript submission: December 24th, 2009
Expected publication: 2nd semester 2010
