>>> EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing Special Issue on Wireless Location Technologies and Applications Call for Papers The development of communications systems that include location and tracking capabilities has generated great interest in cellular and wireless local/personal area networks. A host of potential services can be enabled by suitably accurate location and tracking facilities in conjunction with appropriate communications and data transfer platforms. From established radio techniques, such as WLAN (e.g. IEEE 802.11 a/b/g), to emerging WPAN networks (e.g. Bluetooth and IEEE 802.15.4) to newer Ultra-Wideband (UWB) systems (e.g. IEEE 802.15.3a and IEEE 802.15.4a), a common denominator to drive adoption and growth is implementing innovative services in addition to data transfer. Whether the positioning techniques are based on signal strength, time of flight, or on fingerprinting techniques, they offer the potential for new applications which rely on the knowledge of the location of the wireless nodes. A large number of issues must be addressed to move from coarse delay measurement to useful range estimation for tracking purposes. Issues include generation of accurate delay / ranging estimates, proper operation in dense multipath environments, delay / ranging information sharing between nodes, computationally efficient algorithms, algorithms for low infrastructure environments, dealing with NLOS as well as integration with usable applications. This special issue will address the state of the art in wireless location technologies and applications with particular emphasis on accurate results in low infrastructure environments. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): o Delay / ranging estimation techniques for wireless systems o Location techniques for ad hoc networks o Tracking algorithm performance in indoor systems o Estimation of processing power requirements of competing techniques o System architectures o Multiantenna systems for positioning o Fundamental accuracy limits o Delay / ranging estimation techniques for NLOS conditions o Field trials of ranging or positioning devices Authors should follow the EURASIP JASP manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.info/asp/ Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the EURASIP JASP's manuscript tracking system at journal's web site, according to the following timetable. Manuscript Due June 1, 2005 Acceptance Notification October 1, 2005 Final Manuscript Due January 1, 2006 Publication Date 2nd Quarter, 2006 GUEST EDITORS: Ian Oppermann, CWC, University of Oulu, PO Box 45000, 90014 Oulun yliopisto, Finland; ian@ee.oulu.fi Domenico Porcino, Philips Research Laboratories, Wireless Group, Cross Oak Lane, Redhill, Surrey, UK, RH15HA; domenico.porcino@philips.com Thomas Kaiser, Department of Communication Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Bismarckstr. 81, 47057 Duisburg, Germany; thomas.kaiser@uni-duisburg.de <<< Please visit http://www.hindawi.info/asp/ for more information about the journal. Request a free sample copy of the journal at the journal's web site. EURASIP JASP publishes as many issues as required based on the flow of high-quality manuscripts and current scheduled special issues. To submit a proposal of a special issue, please contact the journal's editor-in-chief. In order not to receive any future "EURASIP JASP" alert messages, please click on the following link: http://www.hindawi.info/remove.asp?j=asp&e=dolinsky@gsu.by >>>