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 cm, mm Waves & THz
- New air interfaces, waveforms, modulation&coding techniques
- Non-Terrestrial Networks
- Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
- Semantic communications
- Radio based localization, sensing and mapping
- Integrated sensing and communication
- Physical layer security
- 6G Spectrum
WOS – Wireless, Optical and Satellite Networks
- Beyond 5G & 6G access and core networks
- Advances in M2M, WSN, IoT networks
- Novel architectures and protocols for passive optical networks
- Control planes for access/metro/wireless (converged) networks
- Inter-satellite 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
- Quantum communications networks
- Optical wireless communications
- Integrated Sensing and Communication
- Sensing and optical performance monitoring techniques
- Radio over fibre
- DSP Algorithms in optical and wireless transmission systems
RAS – Radio Access and Softwarisation
- Spectrum management and reutilisation
- RAN intelligence and data-driven networking
- 3D RAN and non-Terrestrial Networking
- RAN Slicing & QoS, Reconfigurable RAN & RADIO
- Observability and Business intelligence in RAN
- Cloud-Native RAN, OAMs and Edge Computing
- CI/CD/DevOps methodology for RAN
- Open RAN and Realtime RAN Control
- Open Radio Access
AIU – Applications, IoT, Use cases
- Environmental sensing in rural and extreme environments
- IoT architectures and management techniques
- Critical communications and public safety
- Digital health and wellbeing
- Emerging Trends in IoT Applications
- Augmented and mixed reality
- Autonomous driving and V2X solutions
- Factory automation and industrial IoT solutions
NET – Network Softwarisation
- Full-stack automation and orchestration
- Programmable networking
- Network and Connectivity as a Service
- Network digital twin
- AI/ML-driven communications
- Event-driven network programming
- Dynamic network slice management
- Quality and energy-aware networking
- Zero-touch management of Beyond 5G/6G services
- Cloud networking and infrastructure
- User-edge-cloud computing continuum in Beyond 5G/6G era
- Open-source virtualized service platforms
- Quantum networking
- Blockchain in networking
- Network security and cybersecurity trends
- Network troubleshooting and diagnostic tools
- Monitoring and analytics in softwarized networks
OPE – Operational & Experimental Insights
- Beyond 5G and 6G trials and experiments
- Open implementations, testbeds and experiments
- Evaluation and analysis of experimental data
- Deployment and integration insights from verticals
- Plug-and-play deployments and experiments
- Network forensics & network instrumentation
- Next Generation Internet architectures and experimentation
CMA – Components, Microelectronics & Antennas
- Antenna system, design, packaging & integration
- RIS components & integration
- RF front-end and mmwave/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
- MIMO, OTA and 6G antenna testing
- Circuits, techniques and architectures for full-duplex
- Transceivers and architectures for ICAS
- CMOS and III-V co-integration
- Hardware design for sustainability and energy-efficiency
NVS – Next-Generation Visions & Sustainability
- Key performance indicators and key value indicators for 6G
- Visions, requirements and/or emerging technology trends for 6G
- Use cases, business studies and/or regulatory perspectives for 6G
- Environmental, social and/or economic sustainability aspects of 6G
- Techniques for reducing 6G’s environmental impact (e.g., energy, green-house gases, water)
- Life cycle assessment techniques for 6G
