The International Journal of Communication Systems provides a forum for R&D, open to researchers from all types of institutions and organisations worldwide, aimed at the increasingly important area of communication technology. The Journal's emphasis is particularly on the issues impacting behaviour at the system, service and management levels. Published twelve times a year, it provides coverage of advances that have a significant potential to impact the immense technical and commercial opportunities in the communications sector. The International Journal of Communication Systems strives to select a balance of contributions that promotes technical innovation allied to practical relevance across the range of system types and issues.
The Journal addresses both public communication systems (Telecommunication, mobile, Internet, and Cable TV) and private systems (Intranets, enterprise networks, LANs, MANs, WANs). The following key areas and issues are regularly covered:
Transmission/Switching/Distribution technologies (ATM, SDH, TCP/IP, routers, DSL, cable modems, VoD, VoIP, WDM, etc.)
System control, network/service management
Network and Internet protocols and standards
Client-server, distributed and Web-based communication systems
Broadband and multimedia systems and applications, with a focus on increased service variety and interactivity
Trials of advanced systems and services; their implementation and evaluation
Novel concepts and improvements in technique; their theoretical basis and performance analysis using measurement/testing, modelling and simulation
Performance evaluation issues and methods.
The Journal has a prime remit to publish first-class original papers providing in-depth analysis of R&D work, and Special Issues are produced that comprise many papers focusing on a particular theme. A further crucial role for the Journal is to enable the reader to identify emerging principles and trends in the communications arena. Papers that will aid cross-fertilisation between disciplines are encouraged. Case studies that describe practical applications of communication technologies are welcomed. Tutorial and review articles will also be featured on a regular basis.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
EDITOR, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat
Department of Computer and Information Science
Fordham University
441 East Fordham Road, JMH 340
Bronx, New York 10458,USA
E-mail: msobaidat@gmail.com
Tel: +1 (0)718-817-5281
Professor Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Department of Engineering Science
National Cheng Kung University
1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan, ROC
E-mail: hshwchen@ieee.org
Tel: +886 6 2757575
EDITORIAL OFFICE
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University of Bristol
UK
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University of Georgia
USA
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Shandong University
China
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University of Florence
Italy
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Altinbas University
Turkey
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Belghith University of Sfax
Tunisia
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University of Versailles
France
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Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Portugal
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Istanbul Technical University
Turkey
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National Ilan University
Taiwan
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Dalian University of Technology
China
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Zhejiang University
China
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La Trobe University Bundoora
Melbourne, Australia
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Chinese University of Hong Kong
China
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Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT)
National Research Council (CNR)
Italy
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DIST - University of Genoa
Italy
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National Changhua University of Education
Taiwan
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
India
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Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
India
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ISTI, Italian National Research Council
Pisa, Italy
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University of Beira Interior
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University of North Texas
USA
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Shanghai University
China
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École de technologie Supérieure, Université du Québec, Montreal,
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Huazhong University of Science and Technology
China
Professor Stefano Giordano
University of Pisa
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
India
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Fudan University
China
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Ming Chuan University
Taiwan
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Chung Hua University
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Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
China
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Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
China
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National Cheng-Kung University
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Indian Institute of Information
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University of Sydney
Australia
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Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
China
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Landshut University of Applied Sciences
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KAIST
Korea
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Comnet Helsinki University of Technology
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Thapar University
India
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Chaudhary Charan Singh University
India
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Dalian University of Technology
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National Chiao Tung University
Taiwan
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Polytechnic University of Valencia
Spain
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University of West London
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University of Malaga
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University of Haute Alsace
France
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University of Western Macedonia
Greece
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Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
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Harbin Institute of Technology
China
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Florida Atlantic University
USA
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CNIT, University of Genoa
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University of Murcia
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University of Nicosia
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University Paris 12
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University of Science and Technology Beijing
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Indian Institute of Technology
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University of Ottawa
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University of Paris Descartes
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Alfaisal University
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece
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Dalian University of Technology
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SeoulTech
Korea
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Kore University of Enn
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Beijing University of Posts and
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University of Technology Sydney
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Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
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Eastern Mediterranean University
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Greece
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Universidad de Sevilla
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Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Japan
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COMSATS University Islamabad
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Xidian University
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Nirma University
India
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Indian Institute of Technology
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University of Girona
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Changsha University of Science & Technology
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Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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University of Hamburg
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Comcast Cable
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National Ilan University
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BUPT
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Shenzhen University
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