Call for papers

Communication Systems & Protocols

• Communication Channel and System Modelling
• Signalling, Modulation and Coding Techniques
• Diversity Techniques, CF-MIMO, and Massive MIMO Techniques;
• Specialised hardware & Chip for Communications
• Radio/microwave/millimetre Wave Communications
• ML/AL and Signal Processing for Communications
• Timing and Synchronization
• Integrated Sensing, Positioning & Communications
• Communication Routing, Protocols & Standards
• Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces

Networks & Network Management

• Network Architectures
• Integrated Terrestrial, Non-terrestrial, & Underwater Networks
• Spectrum and Resource Management and Control
• Intelligent Networks and Management
• Software Defined Networking (SDN)
• Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
• QoS; Reliability & Performance Modelling
• Security & Privacy
• Communications for Sustainability & Green Energy
• Smartphones/Home Networks/Residential Gateways
• Internet of Things for Smart Living and E-health
• ML/AL for Network Control
• End-to-end Network Intelligence and Cognitive Networks
• Edge Computing and Network Edge Automation
• Digital Twins for Network Optimization
• Energy-efficient Network Protocols and Hardware
• AI-driven Energy And Network Optimization

Photonics and Optical Communications

• Classical and Quantum Optical Communications
• Optical Fibre Communications
• Terrestrial and Non-terrestrial Optical Wireless Communications;
• Free Space Optics
• LiFi/Visible Light Communications
• Photonics Devices for Communications and Sensing
• Optical Switching, Routing and Networks
• Optical Signal Processing
• Radio over Fiber & FSO
• Optical Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces

Wireless Networks & Devices

• Beyond 5G/6G Network Evolution
• Terrestrial/Non-terrestrial & Underwater Communications
• Wireless Broadband Access (LAN/WAN, Mobile, & Satellite)
• Ad-hoc & Sensor Networks
•  Multimedia Services, Qos & Middleware
• Wearable Sensors; IoT and Health Monitoring
• Location-based Services & Positioning
• Mobility Management and Roaming
• System-level Energy Management
• Interworking Wireless & Wireline Network
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Autonomous Mobility

DSP

• DSP Algorithms, Implementation & Applications
• ML/AI and Adaptive Signal Processing
• Multidimensional Signal Processing
• VLSI For Communications & DSP
• ML/AI For Health
• Smart Urban Environments
• Assistive Technologies.

Optical Fiber Devices and Sensing applications

• Physical, mechanical, acoustic and electro-magnetic sensors
• Chemical, gas, biological, environmental and medical sensor
• Microstructure and nanophotonic sensors
• Gyroscopic, interferometric and polarimetric sensors
• Multiplexing and distributed sensing
• Sensors for smart composite materials
• Sensor interrogation techniques and sensor systems
• Surface plasmon resonance sensors 
• Sensor systems, networks and field tests
• Novel concepts for fiber sensors
• Nonlinear wave mixing and applications 
• Soliton dynamics in optical fibers 
• Second-harmonics generation in optical fibers 
• Nonlinear optical fiber sources 
• Mode-locked, high power and ultrafast fiber lasers 
• Novel fiber laser sources 
• Infrared fibers and their applications 
• Special fibers and their related optoelectronic devices 

• Novel fiber structures, technologies and applications