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JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT


                                Special Issue on

                 
Managing Mobility and Mobile Computing Systems


Guest Editors:  
          Bernhard Neumair (University of Munich)  
          Rene Wies (TTI TECTRAN GmbH) 

During  the recent years   Mobile  Computing  has become a    very
important trend in the usage of computing systems.  The advantages
of mobility and the  increasing availability of  adequate hardware
and software    have promoted the   development  and deployment of
wireless LANs.  Furthermore,  with greater distances being bridged
by corporate networks,  and with world-wide network access, mobile
computing systems can be increasingly used almost anywhere and any
time without a restriction  on the available services (e.g., mail,
WWW, etc.).

Managing these mobile  systems,  the related services,  data,  and
networks as well as managing the  mobility aspects of users (e.g.,
location of  home  directories, applications, etc.),  however, are
still  unsolved   problems.  This special   issue  is  intended to
address these issues and to provide hints for future directions.

The focus of this special issue will be on, but is not limited to,
the following topics:

   o Applicability of existing management concepts, tools, 
     platforms, architectures, etc. to mobile computing 

   o New concepts, tools, and protocols  needed for the 
     management of mobility and mobile computing systems 
 
   o Aspects of dynamic management domains and management 
     policies incorporating mobile computing systems 
 
   o Management requirements imposed by new services and 
     applications, and new techniques supporting mobility 
     (e.g., replicating file systems, caching strategies) 
 
   o Management requirements imposed by new technologies and 
     standards (Wireless LANs, HIPERLAN, IEEE P802.11, Mobile 
     IP, etc.) 
 
   o Change and configuration management for mobile 
     systems (dynamic configuration, downloading and 
     customizing configurations), and integration aspects 
 
   o Security and accounting aspects for mobile systems 
 
   o Managing and integrating PDAs 

 
Instructions to Authors: 

Please  submit four copies  of  your manuscript,  not exceeding 20
double-spaced  type-written  pages,  to one of   the Guest Editors
(postscript files by   e-mail are also welcome).   Please  prepare
manuscripts according to the   Instructions to Contributors  which
can be found  in any copy of  the Journal.  An  electronic copy of
this can be obtained by visiting JNSM www page at URL
            http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/jnsm/. 

Please  include the  authors' names, addresses,  telephone and fax
numbers, and e-mail addresses on the front page.


Guest Editors:

  Dr. Bernhard Neumair  
  Department of Computer Science  
  University of Munich  
  Oettingenstrasse 67, D-80538 Munich, Germany  
  Phone: +49-89-2178-2171  
  Fax: +49-89-2178-2262 
  E-Mail: neumair@informatik.uni-muenchen.de  
 
  Dr. Rene Wies 
  TTI TECTRAN GmbH 
  P.O. Box 251 
  D-82026 Gruenwald/Munich, Germany 
  Phone: +49-89-641-97040 
  Fax: +49-89-641-4299 
  E-Mail: r.wies@ieee.org  
  

Schedule:   
  
Manuscript due:  February 28, 1997
Notification of Acceptance:  July 30, 1997
Revised Manuscript due: September 30, 1997
Publication Date:  First Quarter 1998