WiMAX is an emerging radio access technology aimed at providing broadband and long-distance wireless data delivery. WiMAX may replace DSL or cable as a last-mile solution. Also, WiMAX is used in mobile environments to provide high-bandwidth services such as IPTV and video games. Thus, WiMAX is an important access technology in Next Generation Network. This special issue focuses on research-orientated results, trials and pilot studies to solve various problems and challenges foreseen in future for WiMAX.

Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to:

• Channel Measurement and Modeling
• Smart Antennas & Base Stations for WiMAX
• Radio Resource Allocation
• ARQ and HARQ Enhancement
• Power Saving and Management
• Handover and Mobility Management
• Security and Privacy Issues
• Network/Radio Planning and Regulations
• Relay and Femtocell
• Downlink or Uplink Scheduling
• WiMAX Overlay & Mesh Networking
• Wireless MAN Technology
• Multicast and Broadcast Services (MBS)
• Location-based Services (LBS)
• Wireless Broadband Applications & Services

Important Dates:
Submission: March 1, 2009
First Acceptance: May 31, 2009
Amended versions: August 31, 2009
Publication date: 1st Quarter 2010 (Tentative)

Guest Editors:

Prof. Ren-Hung Hwang
Department of Computer Science
and Information Engineering
National Chung Cheng University
rhhwang@cs.ccu.edu.tw

Prof. Wu-Hsiao Hsu
Department of Computer Science
and Information Engineering
Ming-Chuan University
wuhsiao@mail.mcu.edu.tw

Prof. Whai-En Chen
(Corresponding Editor)
Institute of Computer Science and
Information Engineering
National Ilan University
wechen@niu.edu.tw

Series Editor:
Professor Habib F. Rashvand
IET Communications
E-mail: h.rashvand@warwick.ac.uk

Submission Details: Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should not exceed 6000 words (excluding references, tables and figures). Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iet-com. A guide for authors for preparing papers is available online at
http://www.ietdl.org/journals/doc/IEEDRLhome/info/journals/proceedings/submissions.jsp.
Contributing authors might be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue.