Next Generation Wired/Wireless Advanced Networks and Systems

Future mobile networks will evolve out of existing wired and wireless networks of different nature by means of convergence, fusion and mutual penetration; next-generation multimedia services in turn pose new requirements and challenges on treatment of traffic within communication systems - a certain degree of multilayer co-operation has to be achieved. This forms a framework on harmonization of results obtained separately in different areas of network research like network performance evaluation, architecture and protocol design, and low layer network design. The goal is in the identification, investigation and integration of new algorithms, approaches, architectures, methods and mechanisms to enable proper and efficient operation of a next-generation IP-based wireless network. Therefore, wireless networks and systems and their interaction with wired networks and systems shall be widely examined and addressed through this research journal.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Fundamentals and PHY

• Channel capacity estimation and equalization

• Channel measurement and modeling

• Cognitive and green radio

• Cooperative communications

• Interference mitigation

• Multi-antenna signal processing

• Physical layer design

• Power efficient communications

• Advanced modulation schemes

• Antennas and beamforming

• Single and multi-user MIMO

• Source and channel coding

• Vehicular communications

MAC design and Cross-Layering

• Adaptive and cognitive MACs

• Cross-layer designs involving MAC

• Implementation of testbeds and prototypes

• Information-theoretical approaches to MAC designs

• Radio resource management, allocation, and scheduling

• Reconfigurable MACs

• Routing and QoS scheduling

• Scheduling algorithms for various systems

• Security issues in MAC designs

Fixed, Mobile and Wireless Networks

• Beyond 4G and 5G

• Next-Generation access networking

• Ad hoc networks

• Body area networks

• Cognitive radio networks

• Congestion, load and admission control

• Future wireless Internet

• Internet of things

• Mobile computing

• Multi-hop and relay networks

• Future Internet and Next-Generation Networking Architectures

• Satellite communications

• Smart cities and smart grids

• Vehicular networks

• Wireless sensor networks

• Network virtualization, virtual private networks (VPN), and services

• Network management methodologies and control plane design for Future Internet

• Next generation network provisioning, monitoring, and management of IP services: traffic engineering, and

mobility support

Services and Applications

• Emerging Internet applications

• Authentication, authorization and accounting

• Context and location-awareness in pervasive systems

• Cyber-physical systems and applications

• Emerging wireless and mobile applications

• P2P services for multimedia

• Secure network and service access

• Self-adaptation on the service layer

• Service discovery and portability

• Service oriented architectures and cloud computing

• User interfaces, user-machine interactions

• Project management in communications industry

Nano Communications

• Nano-Electromagnetic communications

• Graphene-based nano-antennas

• Terahertz Band communication

• Nanomaterials for applications in communications

• Molecular communications

• Protocols and architectures for nano communications

• Information theoretical approaches to nanoscale communications

• Internet of Nano Things (IoNT)

• Privacy, Security and Trust in nanonetworks

• Future emerging applications of nano/molecular communications

Paper submission

The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of computer networking and data communications.

Journal is open access and will publish articles under the Creative Commons Attribution license. This makes it easy for authors to fully comply with open access mandates and retain copyright. We combine open access and expertise in delivering high-quality and rapid publications, from online indexing and in-depth peer review to an efficient, author-friendly production process.

ISSN 1947-5500 IJCSIS, USA.