PHY - Physical Layer and Fundamentals

• 5G air interfaces
• Advanced modulation schemes, new coding solutions, FEC, HARQ, PAPR optimisation
• Antennas and propagation
• Communications at mm waves and sub-THz
• MIMO advances
• Multi-service (MBB, MCC, MTC, etc.) support
• New air interfaces below 6 GHz
• Technologies for M2M and IoT networks

RAT - Radio Access Technologies towards 5G

• Advanced radio RRM and MAC functions
• Broadband wireless access techniques, systems, and standards
• Cooperative communications
• Dynamic spectrum use
• Energy efficient RATs
• Machine Type Connectivity access technologies for massive communications
• New enablers for new frequency bands
• New enablers for Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications
• Physical-layer security

WON - Wireless and Optical Networks

• 5G access and core networks
• Advances in optical networks
• Components and communications
• Cloud-RAN and fronthauling
• Gigabit home and in-building networks
• M2M, WSN, IoT networks
• Next generation PONs
• Optical signal processing
• Optical/Wireless convergence
• Traffic engineering, QoS and QoE

NET - Networking

• Content delivery, information centric, and data aware networks
• Integrated and hybrid satcom/terrestrial nets
• Navigation and observation integrated archit
• Network mobility management
• Network operating systems & control
• Network overlay, virtualisation, and federation
• Platforms & middleware for seamless services
• Satellite media, broadband, and safety delivery
• Satellite-based services and architectures
• Security, trust, and privacy
• Software defined networking

APS – Applications & Services

• Application and services for mobile environments
• E-Health and emergency management
• Emergency and safety systems
• Emerging business models, monetisation of infrastructures and services
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Multimedia services and applications
• Peer-to-peer, application and service overlays
• Smart cities, smart grids and environments
• Social networks

TER - Testbeds & Experimental Research

• Advanced multimedia testbeds/facilities
• Cloud testbeds/facilities
• Cognitive radio testbeds/facilities
• Experimentally-driven research
• Experimenter/end-user involvement
• Federation of testbeds/facilities
• ICT in verticals
• Real-time system operation visualisation
• Smart cities, IoT and M2M testbeds/facilities
• Tools & techniques for testbeds management