[clean-list] CFP: Special Issue on Multimedia P2P Networking: Protocols, Solutions and Future Directions

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CFP: Special Issue on Multimedia P2P Networking: Protocols, Solutions and 
Future Directions

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Special issue on "Multimedia P2P Networking: Protocols, Solutions and
Future Directions"

Peer-to-Peer: Networking and Applications
http://www.Springer.com/12083

Call for Papers:

Computers creating a peer-to-peer (P2P) network act as both client and
server,
relaying messages to neighboring computers. This removes the need for
centralized
servers and creates a self-contained overlay network on top of networked
infrastructures. The concept of P2P computing was developed to enable content
distribution which is beyond the means of traditional client-server
systems. Since
then a number of P2P applications have been evolved.

Due to the latest developments in electronics industry, multimedia
communications
is one of the key enabling technologies in the current and future
networks. With
the emerging multimedia techniques which can be used for various pervasive
applications such as file sharing, voice communication, audio, and video
streaming
are the popular P2P applications, the need for multimedia services over
P2P networks
is dramatically increased. Furthermore, the dynamically-varying conditions
of P2P
network pose further challenges in providing Quality of Service (QoS)
support over
P2P networks.

The goal of this special issue is to publish both state-of-the-art and
prospective
papers that present advances towards the performance enhancement of
multimedia P2P
networking. In this context, papers will discuss all aspects that have an
impact on
the performance as depicted in research activities from professionals,
academics and
researchers. This Special Issue will serve as a venue for both academia
and industry
individuals working in this fast-growing research area to share their
experiences and
state-of-the-art work with the readers.

Topics appropriate for this special issue include, but are not limited to:

- Multimedia P2P applications and services
- Energy efficiency
- Quality of Service and Quality of Experience
- Medium access and end-to-end flow/error/congestion control for
multimedia P2P networking
- Recent standardization activities for multimedia P2P networking
- Context awareness model for multimedia P2P networking
- Location discovery and location management
- Trade-offs between replication, bandwidth, storage, and search costs
- New and emerging technologies, service, and applications
- Case studies and Testbeds

Important Dates:

Paper submission deadline: November 30, 2011

Notifications from 1st phase: March 31, 2012

Notifications from 2nd phase: May 31, 2012

Camera ready submission: July 31, 2012

Paper Submission:

Authors are encouraged to submit high-quality, original work that has
neither appeared
in, nor is under consideration by, other journals.

Springer offers authors, editors and reviewers of Peer-to-Peer Networking and
Applications a web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system.
Our online
system offers authors the ability to track the review process of their
manuscript.

Manuscripts should be submitted to: http://PPNA.edmgr.com under the
article type
"Multimedia P2P Networking." This online system offers easy and
straightforward
log-in and submission procedures, and supports a wide range of submission
file formats.

Journal Web Site:

Peer-to-Peer: Networking and Applications

http://www.Springer.com/12083

Guest Editors:

Yueh-Min Huang, National Cheng Kung University, huang at mail.ncku.edu.tw

Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, obaidat at monmouth.edu

Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Kato at it.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp

Der-Jiunn Deng, National Changhua University of Education,
djdeng at cc.ncue.edu.tw