Mobile Networks and Applications - Call for Papers: Towards 6G networks: technologies, services and applications

Overview:

Today, we have witnessed the transformation of 5G networks in every aspect of human life and in all activities of industry and academy sectors. 5G networks have placed a strong foundation for the development of economics and society. However, how can we expect from 5G networks for the year 2030 and beyond when the way we live, work, learn, and stay healthy is far from what provided by wireless communications with enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), massive machine type of communication (mMTC), etc. The next-generation 6G networks will serve by not only redefining the eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC, by eMBB+, URLLC+, and mMTC+, but also being integrated with sensing and AI technologies. This way can flourish in the era of 6G in which the physical, cyber, and biological worlds are fully connected throughout a distributed neural network of sensed and intelligent things.

It is certain that 6G networks will be equipped with various and disruptive capabilities from communication, sensing, computing, to intelligence. However, there will have a set of challenges for 6G networks in many issues including technologies, services, to applications based on eMBB+, URLLC+, mMTC+, sensing and AI, as well as other advanced solutions to new spectrum (THz bands), extreme massive connectivity (Tbit/s peak rate, 10–100 Gbit/s experienced rate, sub-millisecond level latency, and a tenfold density increase compared to 5G, etc.), and new network architecture (low- or very low-earth orbit satellites, pillars of 6G, digital twins). And thus, there is an urgent need for conducting state-of-the-art research towards the technologies, services and applications of 6G networks. To overcome the challenges and requirements of 6G networks, this special issue focuses on (but are not restricted to) the following topics.

Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope:

Full-coverage broadband connectivity in 6G networks Digital Twin for 6G networks Autonomous systems and various interconnected 6G networks Sub-millisecond latency, high reliability and time-sensitive designs in 6G networks Vertical services and applications for digitized society of tomorrow High accuracy localization and high-resolution sensing services in 6G networks Machine learning in 6G networks Trust, security and privacy in 6G networks 6G technologies, services and applications for smart cities

Edge intelligence for 6G networks Terahertz communications and networks Massive connectivity in communication systems UAV-ground and UAV-to-UAV communications 3D beamforming for cellular-connected UAVs UAV-aided eMBB+, mMTC+, URLLC+ UAV swarm in 5G and beyond Massive MIMO/Millimeter wave communications for cellular-connected UAVs Quantum communications for 6G

Important Dates

• Manuscript submission deadline: 1^st Dec. 2022
• Notification of acceptance: 1^st Feb. 2023
• Submission of final revised paper: Apr. 2023
• Publication of special issue (tentative): July 2023

Submission Procedure

This MONET Half Special Issue will publish six selected high-quality extended papers from INISCOM 2022 https://iniscom.eai-conferences.org/2022 (this opens in a new tab) and from the open call-for-papers. Authors should follow the MONET Journal manuscript format described at the journal site. Manuscripts should be submitted on-line through http://www.editorialmanager.com/mone/ (this opens in a new tab).

A copy of the manuscript should also be emailed to the Guest Editors at the following email address(es)

Lead Guest Editor: vonguyenson@gmail.com (this opens in a new tab)

Co-Guest Editors: 

antonino.masaracchia@gmail.com (this opens in a new tab)

zcsheng@shu.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab) 

tuanthng@gmail.com (this opens in a new tab)

Guest Editors:

Nguyen-Son Vo, Duy Tan University, Vietnam

Antonino Masaracchia, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom

Zhichao Sheng, Shanghai University, China

Thanh Tuan Nguyen, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom