Each issue of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (J-SAC) is devoted to a specific technical area within the scope of the IEEE Communications Society. Papers submitted to the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) must be targeted to a specific J-SAC issue for which a call for papers has been published. These calls for papers are published in J-SAC and in other appropriate publications of the IEEE Communications Society. In general, material which has been previously copyrighted, published, or accepted for publication will not be considered for publication in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. Exceptions to this rule include items that have had limited distribution, have been printed in Abstract form only, or have appeared in Convention Records or Digests. Please refer to the IEEE Policy on Self-Plagiarism. All papers are considered on the basis of their individual merit alone, and the fact that a paper may have been accepted for presentation at a conference does not ensure its acceptance for publication in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. In many cases, a conference paper must be substantially revised to meet the technical standards maintained by the Journal. A manuscript identical to or largely based upon a conference paper must be so identified. All papers are reviewed by competent referees and are considered in the basis of their significance, novelty, and usefulness to the Journal readership.

Journal papers should be concisely written and be no longer than 20 double-spaced pages (12-point font, approximately 26 lines per page with 6.5-inch line length) excluding figures. It is essential that each manuscript be accompanied by index terms and a 75- to 200-word abstract clearly outlining the scope and contributions of the paper.

All submissions that are accepted for publication are subject to mandatory over-length page charges of $220.00 for each journal page exceeding 7 printed pages. This charge is based on the final typeset length and not on manuscript length, and is a prerequisite for publication.

Double-column version of manuscript. *You are required to also submit a roughly formatted version of the manuscript in single-spaced, double-column (2-column), IEEE format (10-point font size), using the IEEE style files: http:/www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/. (Though this application allows you to extend equations beyond the column width in the submitted version of the article, JSAC style does not permit this in the published version. Publications staff will relocate any equations that extend into the margin to the top of the following page and will change your text to accommodate the move. You may prefer to do this yourself so the text will more adequately reflect your intentions and you will be able to determine more accurately the length of your paper.) This version will serve as a confirmation of the approximate publication length of the manuscript at submission, and gives an additional confirmation of your understanding that any manuscript which exceeds 7 journal pages will have mandatory overlength charges of $220 per page applied.

Please note that sometimes Guest Editors will impose a maximum allowable page length to accepted papers for their issue. Maximum allowable page length IS NOT the same as overlength page charges. Authors are still responsible for paying the overlength page charge of $220 per page for any manuscript which exceeds 7 journal pages, even if the maximum allowable page length for their issue is longer than 7 journal pages.

For example, if the editors impose a limit of 11 pages per paper for the issue, then an author who turns in a paper of 10 pages will still have to pay the overlength charges for 3 pages (at $220 per page), but the overall length will be fine. An author who turns in a paper of 12 pages will be told to shorten it by 1 page to meet the limit; once it is shortened to 11 pages, it will still be subject to overlength charges for 4 pages (at $220 per page). Note that the overlength limit is always 7 for all JSAC issues; that is, page charges will always be incurred if the paper is longer than 7 pages. The maximum allowable page length, however, is not the same for all JSAC issues. It depends both on how many papers are accepted for that issue, and how many total pages have been used up by earlier JSAC issues in that year. For example, if an issue has only 10 papers accepted (a very small number) then there might be NO maximum imposed. An author could turn in a final paper of 20 pages, and that would be OK (however, overlength page charges would still be incurred for all pages beyond 7). If however an issue has 25 papers accepted, then a page limit of 10 pages per paper might be imposed (any paper which came in at 8, 9 or 10 pages would still incur overlength page charges). At the time of initial submission, it is not yet known whether or not a maximum allowable page limit will be imposed (since we don't yet know how many papers will be accepted), but the limit for avoiding page charges is known (it equals 7).

All papers must be written in English. Introductory discussion should be kept to a minimum, and material published elsewhere should be referenced rather than reproduced or paraphrased. Authors should strive for maximum clarity of expression, bearing in mind that the purpose of publication is dissemination of technical knowledge and that an excessively complex or poorly written presentation can only obscure the significance of the work described. Care should be taken in the organization of the paper, such that a logical and consistent progression of thought is evident. It is strongly suggested that theorems, derivations, calculations, and other elements of a paper which are not essential to the continuity of the text be placed in Appendices. Authors with language difficulties should, whenever possible, obtain the assistance of a colleague fluent in English before submitting a manuscript for publication. For pre-submission professional editing assistance and services, IEEE has approved SPI Publisher Services. Please go directly to their web site http://www.prof-editing.com/ieee/.

All authors must enclose signed IEEE copyright forms when their paper is submitted for possible publication. All papers must have company clearance before submission and are presumed to contain no proprietary material unprotected by patent or patent application. Responsibility for technical content and for protection of proprietary material rests solely with the author and the author's organization and is in no way the responsibility of the IEEE or its editorial staff. The format of manuscript submitted to the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications must follow IEEE editorial and typographical standards. For more information on preparing a manuscript, please refer to the Information for Authors website. Authors should follow the submission instructions of the specific Call for Papers for each issue of JSAC.

Authors should be aware of the IEEE Policy on Electronic Preprints.

Once a paper is accepted for publication, supplementary materials, such as author biographies and photographs and original illustrations, will be requested. Follow the instructions at http://www.jsac.ucsd.edu/Guidelines/checkauthors.html. Authors of accepted manuscripts must provide the final version of their manuscript in LaTex on a CD or DVD along with a .pdf file of the article and a hard copy of the copyright form. An IEEE LaTeX style file can be obtained by email from help@ep.ieee.org or by visiting the CTAN website: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/. You can also download a pdf of instructions on how to use the IEEEtran class from the same page, as well as the bare_jrnl.tex file that can be used as a template. Figures, tables, and author photographs should be submitted electronically. TIFF, postscript, and encapsulated postscript files (eps) are accepted for graphics. Before submitting graphics, please review the electronic graphics guidelines available on the Web at http://www.jsac.ucsd.edu/Guidelines/elect.html.

After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the author's company or institution will be requested to pay a charge of $110 per printed page for the first 7 pages to cover part of the cost of publication. These page charges (for the first 7 pages) are not obligatory, nor is the payment a prerequisite for publication. The author will receive 100 free reprints if the page charge is honored.