CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Active and Programmable Networks
Scope:
Recent advances in active network technology, open signaling and control,
distributed systems, service creation, resource allocation and
transportable software are driving a reexamination of existing
network software architectures and the evolution of control and
management systems away from traditional constrained solutions.
The ability to dynamically create, deploy and manage new network
architectures, protocols and services in response to user demands
is creating a paradigm shift in telecommunications. Network
researchers are exploring new ways in which network switches,
routers and base stations can be dynamically programmed by
network applications, users, operators and third parties
to accelerate network innovation.
This trend reflects the acceptance of computing paradigms in telecommunication networks. Programmable networks seek to exploit advanced software techniques and technologies in order to make network infrastructure more flexible, thereby allowing users and service providers to customize network elements to meet their own specific needs. Customizing routing, signaling, resource allocation and accelerating information processing in this manner raises a number of significant security, reliability and performance issues that need to be resolved.
Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished papers addressing various aspects of programmable networks.
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Submission Details:
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Electronic submission is preferred; please see
this page
for submission instructions. If electronic submission is
not possible, please send six copies of the manuscript to
Andrew T. Campbell or
Kenneth L. Calvert
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Guest Editors:
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Kenneth L. Calvert
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Andrew T. Campbell
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Aurel A. Lazar
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David Wetherall
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Raj Yavatkar
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