Call for Papers

IEEE Internet Computing

 

IEEE Internet Computing magazine dingbat logoFuture Internet Protocols

Final submissions due: 1 March 2012
Publication date: November/December 2012

Please email the guest editors a brief description of the article you plan to submit by 15 February 2012.

The Internet is based upon a set of layered protocols, their servers, and architectures that support them. The Internet has now evolved far beyond the original TCP/IP protocol and architecture. Application protocols have similarly evolved, as evidenced by HTML 5.0. Future applications and basic usage will require significant changes; however, a clean slate approach is not likely to be adopted, making a feasible migration path a must for any new proposal.

This special issue of IC explores the current and near-future evolution of the Internet in terms of its supporting protocols and policies. Topics include new Internet and application protocols, and application requirements. Examples of topics include

  • high-latency tolerant TCP (also for mobile environments);
  • TCP replacement protocols;
  • beyond HTML 5.0;
  • virtualization of networks;
  • requirements for app management;
  • smart routers;
  • policies and protocols for cloud computing and enterprise management;
  • new technologies for policy and protocol enforcement; and 
  • new protocol support requirements for likely future applications.

Editors’ note: Submissions should report results with strong technical content that make novel contributions to Internet engineering or science and show an evaluation of the results. Proposals for new systems must at least be prototyped and evaluated, and be so promising that the relatively early work warrants publication. Speculative proposals will be rejected by the editors and not be reviewed.

Questions?

Contact Guest Editors: Charles Petrie and Oliver Spatscheck (ic6-2012@computer.org)

All submissions must be original manuscripts of fewer than 5,000 words, with each figure counting as 250 words, focused on Internet technologies and implementations. All manuscripts are subject to peer review on both technical merit and relevance to IC’s international readership—primarily system and software design engineers. We do not accept white papers, and we discourage strictly theoretical or mathematical papers. To submit a manuscript, please log on to ScholarOne (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:443/ic-cs) to create or access an account, which you can use to log on to IC’s Author Center and upload your submission.