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Wireless Personal Communications (Springer)
Special Issue on Advances in Trust, Security and Privacy for Wireless Communication Networks


Theme
The advances in wireless communication technologies and mobile devices have provided cotst-effective platforms and environments for people to have better and ubiquitous interpersonal communications. The trust, security and privacy issues in such an environment have drawn significant attention recently from both academia and industry. This special issue is devoted to the most recent developments and research addressing related theoretical and practical aspects on trust, security and privacy for wireless communication networks.


Topics
Topics of interest include but are not limited to
- Trust, security and privacy models for wireless networks
- Trust, security and privacy algorithms for wireless networks
- Trust, security and privacy management for wireless networks
- Cross-layer design for trust, security and privacy in wireless networks
- Trust, security and privacy of mesh networks
- Trust, security and privacy of sensor networks
- Trust, security and privacy of mobile ad hoc networks
- Trust, security and privacy of vehicular ad hoc networks
- Trust, security and privacy of mobile multimedia transmission
- Economics of wireless network security
- Key management in wireless networks
- Threat and vulnerability analysis for mobile communication


Submission Details
All contributions should be original and not published elsewhere or intended to be published during the review period. The authors’ guide is available at http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11277. To ensure high quality, all papers will go through a rigorous peer-review process by at least two international researchers. All papers must be submitted online: http://www.editorialmanager.com/wire/

Authors must select S.I."Trust, Security and Privacy for Wireless Communication Networks"(Y.Wu) when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process.


Important Dates:
Submission Due Date: Janurary 31, 2013 (EXTENDED DEADLINE)
First-Round Review Notification: March 31, 2013
Revision Due Date: April 30, 3013
Final Decision Date: May 31, 2013


Guest Editors:
Yulei Wu, Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (wuyulei@cstnet.cn)
Geyong Min, School of Computing, Informatics and Media, University of Bradford, UK
Ryan Ko, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Ahmed Al-Dubai, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK