Software-Defined Control for Next Generation Wireless Systems

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an advanced form of network virtualization. SDN helps control service providers to host millions of virtual networks without using common separation methods like VLAN. It eliminates the physical infrastructure limitations of networks. SDN is becoming an important building block for public and private clouds, providing several benefits for businesses trying to move into a virtual environment, and enabling to associate multiple network devices into a single hardware.

The latest advancements in network control methods allow technology revolutionsm, such as network virtualization and data center consolidation, which increase network complexity, network automation demands, and network transfer rate issues with control data and High-Performance Computing (HPC). SDN controlling offers benefits including on-demand provisioning, automated load balancing, streamlined physical infrastructure, and the ability to scale network resources in lock-step with application and data needs.

This special issue focuses on SDN, addressing its challenges by offering solutions that enable dynamic networking, real-time and application-centric resource allocation. It also intends to present efficient methods to manage networks as well as address network issues faced commonly in running critical business applications and providing internet-based control in Industrial applications and networks.

This spacial issue will consider revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers presented at the “10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO 2016)”. We also strongly encourage researchers who were unable to attend the conference to submit their outstanding papers to this special issue.

Subject Coverage

• Adaptive Wireless System Control
• Control Approaches for Big Data
• Control of Manufacturing Systems
• Control of Process Systems
• Control in IOT
• Cyber-Physical-Systems and Control
• Data Processing Systems
• Delay Systems
• Design of Control Systems
• Hybrid Systems
• Cloud Control
• Identification Security System and Control
• Information-Based Control
• Intelligent Systems
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Networked Control
• Robust Control
• Social Systems

Submission

Manuscripts must not have been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Guidelines for authors and submission details are available at http://ees.elsevier.com/compeleceng/. All papers will be peer reviewed, and acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Authors must select the Article Type SI-sdc at the time of submission.

Important Dates
Paper submission deadline 25 February, 2016
Review decisions 25 April, 2016
Revisions due 25 June , 2016
Notification of acceptance 25 August, 2016
Final manuscript due 25 September, 2016
Publication date January 2017

Guest Editors

Dr. S. Smys, Professor, Department of Information Technology, Karpagam College of Engineering, India. {smys@kce.ac.in}
Dr. Joy Iong-Zong Chen, Professor, Electrical Engineering, Dayeh University, Taiwan. {jchen@mail.dyu.edu.tw}
Dr. Robert Bestak, Assistant Professor, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic. {robert.bestak@fel.cvut.cz}