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Journal of Communications (JCM, ISSN 1796-2021)
Special Issue on Blind Signal Processing for Communications

In wireless communications, blind signal processing plays an important role in combating frequency-selective
fading and inter-symbol interference (ISI). Blind channel estimation, blind equalization and blind detection are
widely used for communication applications. Blind channel estimation can be based on very few or no training
information to acquire the channel state information from the received signal. On the other hand, blind
deconvolution can serve as a means to extract the continuously transmitted signal directly from the received
signal instead. Blind detection can recover the transmitted information symbol without the explicit a priori
knowledge of the received data. While classical estimation/equalization/detection methods for communication
systems require the transmission of known signals (training sequences), untrained or blind approaches reach
beyond this severe limitation and are therefore preferable from an efficiency (throughput) point of view. In
addition, independent component analysis (ICA), blind source separation (BSS), constant modulus algorithm
(CMA) and higher-order statistics (HOS) facilitate the promising tools for the blind signal processing which can
applied for antenna arrays, beamformers and MIMO systems. There still exist several drawbacks which need to
be tackled in this field. For instance, the required data is usually very large for blind signal processing; the
convergence speed is difficult to analyze and the convergence is difficult to maneuver as well. These
disadvantages prevent these blind signal processing methods in communications from the practical use.
Hence, we encourage peer scholars to contribute new concepts, ideas and algorithms to revitalize blind signal
processing for a broader applicability in the next generation communication technology.

The aim of this special issue is to bring together the state-of-the-art research contributions that address the
major opportunities and challenges of blind signal processing enabled wireless communications and
networking, with the emphasis on new analytical techniques, innovative efficient algorithms, and novel
application scenarios. Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):

  • Blind equalization
  • Semi-blind estimation
  • Blind channel shorting
  • Blind detection methods
  • Multirate (or subband) techniques
  • Second-order statistics (SOS)
  • Blind adaptive algorithms
  • Blind signal extraction (BSE)
  • Higher-order statistics (HOS)
  • Source number estimation method
  • Independent component analysis (ICA)
  • Nonlinear blind source separation
  • Second-order cyclo-stationary statistics
  • Blind identification of MIMO channel
  • Blind estimation of transmission power
  • Blind channel estimation for MIMO-OFDM Systems
  • Constant modulus algorithms (CMA) for blind channel equalization
  • Blind decision feedback equalization algorithm for wireless channels
  • Source estimation method based on power spectral density (PSD)


Important Dates

Prospective authors should comply with the submission guidelines (see below) according to the following
timetable:

    Manuscript Submission Due:          September 1th, 2009 (5 pm USA Eastern Standard Time)
    Acceptance Notification:                   January 1th, 2010
    Final Manuscript Due:                       January 31th, 2010
    Tentative Publication Date:              2nd Quarter, 2010


Submission

Submitted papers must be original and not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal
publication elsewhere. Papers, which have appeared previously in proceedings of conferences, could be
submitted to this special issue if they are substantially revised or improved from their earlier versions with at
least 30% of new materials. A submitted paper should be no longer than 14 pages or not exceed 12,000 words,
with main text of 10-point font in single-spaced two-column format. Latex users can use IEEETran class as the
formatting template (from IEEE website). The above-mentioned page limit includes all figures, tables,
references, etc.

Details should refer to the official JCM submission instruction at Academy Publisher site http://www.
academypublisher.com/jcm/forauthors.html. Only electronic submissions in PDF are accepted via EasyChair
system, with a cover page providing:

  1. Title of the paper;
  2. Names, email addresses, contact information, and affiliations of all authors (please identify the
    corresponding author);
  3. Explanation on the differences between the journal submission and previous conference version (if any);
  4. Confirmation that all co-authors have read and agreed with the instructions at http://www.
    academypublisher.com/forauthors.html. In particular, authors of accepted papers need to pay publication
    charges under the Open Access publication model.

Please direct all questions to the Email address: jcm.si.bspc.editors@gmail.com.


Guest Editors

    Hsiao-Chun Wu (wu@ece.lsu.edu)
    Associate Professor
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Louisiana State University
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    Tho Le-Ngoc (tho.le-ngoc@mcgill.ca)
    Professor, Fellow of IEEE
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    McGill University
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Jitendra K. Tugnait (tugnajk@eng.auburn.edu)
    Professor, Fellow of IEEE
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Auburn University
    Auburn, Alabama, USA

    Shih-Yu Chang (shihyuch@cs.nthu.edu.tw)
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Computer Science
    National Tsing Hua University
    HsingChu, Taiwan