PHY – Physical Layer and Fundamentals
- Beyond 5G & 6G and THz communications
- Reconfigurable radios and new radio heads
- Massive and Ultra-Massive MIMO
- AI/ML in the PHY Layer
- Propagation & channels at mm Waves & THz
- New air interfaces, waveforms, modulation & coding techniques
- Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
- Semantic communications
- Radio based localization, sensing and mapping
- Physical layer security
- 6G Spectrum
WOS – Wireless, Optical and Satellite Networks
- Beyond 5G & 6G access and core networks
- Advances in M2M, WSN, IoT networks
- Next generation passive optical networks
- Satellite and terrestrial networks convergence
- VLEO satellite systems and networks
- Communications for unmanned platforms (UxV)
- TSN for industrial communications
- Communications for navigation and observation
- Green wireless/optical/satellite networks
- AI/ML for wireless/optical/satellite networks
- Novel network architectures
RAS – Radio Access and Softwarisation
- Spectrum management and reutilisation
- Cognitive/ intelligent and green radio
- Configurable radio, resources & SDR
- Energy efficient RRM, radio slicing and virtualisation
- Wireless edge caching
- Radio access architectures
AIU – Applications, IoT, Use cases
- Factory automation and industrial IoT solutions
- Autonomous driving and V2X solutions
- Critical communications and public safety
- Smart farming and environmental monitoring
- Digital health and wellbeing
- Emerging business models
- IoT service management
- Telepresence and mixed reality
NET – Network Softwarisation
- Cognitive network management
- Programmable networks
- Software defined networking
- AI/ML in service provisioning
- Data aware networks and overlays
- Network operating system
- Quality (QoE and QoS) aware networking
- Security, trust and privacy
- Quantum Cryptography
- Blockchain technology in mobile networks
- Mobile edge computing
- ML/AI for autonomous systems optimisation
OPE – Operational & Experimental Insights
- Beyond 5G and 6G trials and experiments
- Large-scale open testbeds and experiments
- Evaluation and analysis of experimental data
- Deployment insights from verticals
- Plug-and-play deployments and experiments
- Network forensics & network instrumentation
- Next Generation Internet architectures and experimentation
CMA – Components, Microelectronics & Antennas
- Novel MIMO & wideband mm Wave devices
- Components for mm Wave and beyond
- Antenna design & integration
- Antenna systems and architectures
- Design and technologies for array antennas
- RIS components & integration
- RF front-end and THz techniques
- Low power silicon RF, including wake up
- Next generations DSP, incl. RISC V & ASIP
- Edge AI component technologies
- Digital HW architecture for ultra-high speed and/or ultra-low latency PHY
- New component technologies and materials
6VS – 6G Visions and Sustainability
- Key performance and key value indicators
- Life cycle assessment techniques for 6G techniques and use cases
- Stakeholder groups are invited to submit thought-provoking 6G visions. Both extended abstracts (not included in IEEE Xplore) and full papers are welcome
