PHY – Physical Layer and Fundamentals

    New air interfaces
    New waveforms and full-duplex
    Beyond 5G & 6G and THertz communications
    New modulation and coding techniques
    New antenna arrays and antenna types
    Reconfigurable radios and new radio heads
    Massive and Ultra-Massive MIMO
    AI/ML in the PHY Layer
    Propagation and channels at mmWaves and THertz

WOS – Wireless, Optical and Satellite Networks

    Beyond 5G & 6G access and core networks
    Advances in M2M, WSN, IoT networks
    Next generation passive optical networks
    New optical network architectures
    New optical switching paradigms
    Optical/Wireless convergence
    Satellite and terrestrial networks convergence
    VLEO satellite systems and networks
    Communications for unmanned platforms (UxV)
    Time-sensitive networking for industrial communications
    Communications for navigation and observation
    Green wireless/optical/satellite networks
    AI/ML for wireless/0ptical/satellite networks
    Short-range THz communication networks

RAS – Radio Access and Softwarisation

    Spectrum management and reutilization
    Reconfigurable and energy efficient RRM
    Cognitive and green radio
    Modular and reconfigurable MAC
    Massive random access
    Soft-RAN and fronthauling
    Radio slicing and virtualization
    Wireless edge caching
    Radio access architectures

VAP – Vertical Applications and Internet of Things

    Factory automation and industrial IoT solutions
    Autonomous driving and V2X solutions
    Facilitating AI/ML capabilities for IoT devices, robotics, and sensors
    Critical communications and public safety
    Smart farming and environmental monitoring
    Digital health and wellbeing
    Smart cities, smart grids, and smart homes. Localisation and location-based services
    IoT for Digital Twins
    Tactile IoT and high quality multimedia
    Emerging business models and IoT service management
    Networks and services enabled by integrating IoT, 5G/6G, and AI at the edge
    Energy-efficiency and ubiquitous connectivity for massive IoT

NET – Network Softwarisation

    New network protocols and architectures
    Cognitive network management
    Programmable networks
    Software defined networking
    (Edge) Network virtualisation and slicing
    Smart function and service orchestration
    AI/ML in service provisioning
    Fog and Edge Intelligence
    Data aware networks and overlays
    Network operating system
    Quality (QoE and QoS) aware networking
    Security, trust and privacy
    AI/ML aided network automation

OPE – Operational & Experimental Insights

    Beyond 5G 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
    Advanced wireless platforms and testbeds
    Network applications for test and production deployments
    Network forensics, network instrumentation
    Data driven network design and optimisation
    Next Generation Internet architectures and experimentation

CME – Components and Microelectronics

    Hardware/Software co-design and implementation
    Components for mmWave and beyond
    Secure & energy efficient communications components for Connected & Automated Mobility
    New devices for edge intelligence
    Advanced connectivity for IoT
    Novel MIMO & wideband mmWave devices
    RF front-end and THz techniques
    Hardware & software co-design for network security
    Antenna design and integration
    RIS components and integration
    Sub-6GHz and mmWave power amplifiers
    Low power silicon RF, incl wake up
    Next generation of DSP, including RISC V & ASIP
    Edge AI component technologies
    Digital HW architecture for ultra-high speed and/or ultra-low latency PHY
    Proof of concepts, evaluation and analysis of experimental data

6ET – 6G Enabling Technologies

    Technologies for Tbps transmission
    3D imaging and sensing with localization
    New transceiver architectures and computing paradigms
    New component technologies and materials
    Telepresence and mixed reality
    ML/AI for autonomous systems optimisation
    Massive IoT
    New security paradigms
    Novel network architectures
    Connectivity for remote areas
    6G Spectrum
    Blockchain technology in mobile networks
    Quantum Cryptography
    Edge intelligence
    Semantic communications
    Goal-oriented communications
    Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in wireless systems

6GV – 6G Visions

Leading experts from telecommunications industry, operators, vertical sectors, regulatory bodies, academia, public sector and other key stakeholder groups are invited to give thought-provoking presentations on 6G visions including technical, business, regulation, and standardisation aspects of 6G research and development. For this track, full paper and extended abstract submissions are welcomed, and part of the presentations will be by invitation.