IEEE INFOCOM 2026 is scheduled to take place at the Hilton Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan during May 18-21, 2026. This event will be conducted in person, allowing attendees to fully immerse themselves in the conference experience. 

IEEE INFOCOM is a top-ranked conference on networking by the IEEE Communications Society. IEEE INFOCOM 2026 solicits research papers describing significant and innovative research contributions to the field of networking technologies and systems. Following INFOCOM’s tradition, we welcome submissions from a wide range of research topics, spanning both theoretical and systems research. Topics include but are not limited to:

    Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning for networking
    Cellular wireless broadband systems, including 6G and beyond
    Censorship circumvention and net neutrality
    Challenging Network Environments (underwater, underground)
    Cloud computing/mobile cloud computing
    Cross-layer designs
    Cyber-physical network systems
    Datacenter networking
    Dynamic spectrum sharing
    Edge and fog computing/networking
    Extremely high-frequency communications (mmWave, THz)
    Fault tolerance, reliability, and survivability
    Full duplex communication networks
    Green networks
    Information-centric networking
    Interference management and mitigation
    Internet architectures
    Internet of Things
    Large-scale MIMO-based networking
    Localization and location-based services
    Medium access control
    Mobile sensing and applications
    Mobility management and models
    Multimedia networking
    Network economics and pricing
    Network management
    Network measurement and analysis
    Network security and privacy
    Network support for VR/AR
    Network virtualization
    Networked autonomous aerial/terrestrial/underwater systems
    Non-terrestrial networks
    Online social networks
    Optical networks
    Quality-of-service and resource management
    Quantum networking
    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near-Field Communication (NFC)
    Router and switch design
    Routing and multicast
    Scaling laws and fundamental limits
    Software-defined networking (SDN)
    Tactile Internet
    Testbeds, experimentations, and networked experimental platforms
    Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC)
    Vehicular networks
    Visible light communications (VLC)
    Web applications and content distribution
    Wireless networks
    Foundation models for communication and networks
    AI/ML Ethics for networking
    Industry 4.0 communication and networking
    Human-machine interactions in future networks
    Block-chain and payment channel networks
    Digital twin and world models for communication and networks 

To enhance the reproducibility and replicability of scientific findings authors are encouraged to make their data and code open-source via anonymous online repository (e.g., anonymous GitHub). Reviewers are not required to review the data or code.

IEEE INFOCOM incorporates a rigorous double-blind review process. The review assignment will be based on the review assignment system described in the following paper, which analyzes the submitted manuscripts and the representative publications of TPC members and matches the submissions to TPC members’ expertise and interests.