Call for papers: 6G: From Theory to Practice

 Mobile communication is one of the most vibrant fields of global technological innovation. With the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) releasing the “Framework and Overall Objectives Recommendation for IMT towards 2030 and Future Development” in June 2023, the development vision, typical scenarios, and capability indicators of the sixth generation mobile networks (6G) have been defined. In December 2023, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) identified the first batch of 16 radio access network (RAN) field projects for Rel-19, marking a new stage in the development of international standards. It is foreseeable that 6G has entered the period of its key technology research, standard setting, and engineering practice. This special issue aims to gather the global cutting-edge 6G research achievements, focusing on the latest key technology achievements, standardization process, and engineering practice. Also, we hope to establish a global communication platform for 6G, vigorously promote the 6G collaboration between industry and academia, and consolidate the foundation for the 6G industrialization. Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished, high-quality research papers focused on (but not limited to) the following topics of interest:

  • Novel transmission techniques for 6G, including semantic communications, advanced MIMO techniques, novel coding and modulation methods, multiple access schemes etc.,
  • Integrated communication and sensing for 6G,
  • Integrated artificial intelligence (AI) with 6G,
  • Space-air-ground network for 6G,
  • Digital twin (DT) and autonomous network for 6G,
  • Energy-efficiency and sustainability techniques for 6G,
  • Intelligent security strategies for 6G,
  • Fundamental electromagnetic and information theory for 6G,
  • Novel antenna theory and system design for 6G,
  • New channel properties and modeling methodologies for 6G,
  • Emerging new services and applications for 6G,
  • ITU/3GPP standardization recent progress and evaluation methodology for 6G,
  • Experimental testbeds, case studies, and performance evaluations of 6G.

Guest editors:

Editorial Board of the Special Issue

Editors-in-Chief:

Ping Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Sherman Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada

Editorial Board (Sort alphabetically by last names):

Tiejun Cui, Southeast University, China

Shuguang Cui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Qingyang Hu, Utah State University, USA

Jianhua Lu, Tsinghua University, China

Sumei Sun, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore

Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey, UK

Jiangzhou Wang, University of Kent, UK

Xiaoyun Wang, China Mobile, China

Peiying Zhu, Huawei Technologies, China

Executive Editor-in-Chief:

Jianhua Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Email: jhzhang@bupt.edu.cn

Manuscript submission information:

Only original manuscripts can be submitted, according to the “Guide for Authors” published on Engineering website https://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering. 

In regards to the online submission system of Engineering, the authors are invited to follow the link “Submit your Paper”, located in the main page of the Journal website, and submit manuscript to Article Type “VSI: 6G From Theory to Practice” in Engineering.

Please mention the name of the Special Issue in your cover letter. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed in accordance with the established policies and procedures of the journal. The final papers will be selected for publication depending on the results of the peer review process and the reviews of the Guest Editors.

Submission Portal open date: August 12, 2024

Deadline for Paper Submission: October 31, 2024

First Round of Review Results Notification: December 31, 2024

Revised Papers Due: Mar 1, 2025

Final Acceptance Notification: May 1, 2025

Keywords:

6G, novel transmission techniques, communication and sensing, integrated AI, Digital twin, Fundamental electromagnetic and information theory, channel properties and modeling methodologies, industry practice

Why publish in this Special Issue?

  • Special Issue articles are published together on ScienceDirect, making it incredibly easy for other researchers to discover your work.
  • Special content articles are downloaded on ScienceDirect twice as often within the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
  • Special content articles attract 20% more citations in the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
  • All articles in this special issue will be reviewed by no fewer than two independent experts to ensure the quality, originality and novelty of the work published.

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