Original, innovative, and high-quality papers are solicited in the following technical topics of interest, but are not limited to:

TECHNICAL PAPER TRACKS

    Track 1: 5G and Future Networks Technologies [submit]
    Track 2: 5G and Future Networks Application and Services [submit]
    Track 3: 5G and Future Networks Trials, Experimental Results, Deployment Scenarios, Hardware and Test/Measurements [submit]
    Track 4: 5G and Future Networks Special Verticals [submit]
    Track 5: 5G and Future Networks Special Topicals [submit]

Track 1: 5G and Future Networks Technologies

o    5G and beyond New Radio (NR) specification
o    Flexible and programmable RAN
o    Cloud-RAN, functional split
o    5G and beyond Ultra large Cell technologies
o    5G and beyond Small Cell Technologies
o    Network Slicing
o    Multi-service architectures
o    5G and beyond wireless technologies
o    Cloud-based 5G and beyond mobile architectures
o    5G and beyond Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
o    Software Defined Networking (SDN) for 5G and beyond
o    Spectrum utilization and sharing
o    Massive MIMO Communications
o    Dynamic Beamforming techniques
o    Free Space Optical
o    Multicast / Broadcast in 5G and beyond
o    Convergence of RAN and Core Network
o    Novel mobility management
o    Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)
o    Multi-Connectivity/RAT
o    Resource (network, relay, cloud-computing, etc.) management techniques in 5G and beyond Wireless
o    Device-to-Device Communications and networking
o    Cognitive spectrum access
o    X-haul transport network
o    Self-backhaul / integrated access networks
o    Energy efficient network design and protocols for 5G and beyond
o    QoE/QoS management over 5G and beyond
o    Dynamic QoS framework as an enabler for disruptive use cases and services
o    Network and protocol interoperability in 5G and beyond Wireless Networks
o    Heterogeneous cells and communications
o    Millimeter wave communications
o    Coordinated and small-scale cell communications
o    Machine learning and adaptive techniques for 5G and beyond
o    Ultra-reliability and low-latency in 5G and beyond
o    5G and beyond and AI
o    6G technologies
o    LEO and Satellite Technologies

Track 2: 5G and Future Networks Applications and Services

o       Smart Cities, Smart Public Places
o       Smart Home, and 5G and beyond -based Building Automation
o       Smart Agriculture and Water Management
o       Cyber-physical systems, Context Awareness, Situation Awareness, Ambient Intelligence
o       Collaborative Applications and Systems
o       Service Experiences and Analysis
o       Cloud services with 5G & Future Networks
o       Next Generation Consumer Electronics with 5G & Future Networks
o       Consumer Electronics, Assisted Living, Rural Services and Production
o       5G and beyond Wireless Networks for body sensors
o       Crowd-sensing, human centric sensing
o       Big data and 5G and beyond Data Analytics
o       Internet Applications Naming and Identifiers
o       Social-aware 5G and beyond networks
o       Industry of the future, e.g., Industry 4.0
o       Semantic Technologies, Collective Intelligence
o       Cognitive and Reasoning about Things and Smart Objects
o       Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) and 5G and beyond
o       Horizontal application development for 5G and beyond
o       Design principles and best practices for 5G and beyond application development
o       Open Communities, Open API, Open Source
o       Testbeds/ Federated Testbed
o       Test-bed as a Service for Future Networks

Vertical Oriented Applications
o         Healthcare, e-Health, Assisted Living
o         Building Management and Operation Automation
o         Environmental Monitoring
o         Connected Car, Automotive

Intelligent Transport
o         Aerospace and Defense
o         Smart Grid, Energy Management
o         Utilities Management and Operation
o         Consumer Electronics, Assisted Living, Rural Services
o         Mining, Oil & Gas, Digital Oilfield, Electronic Oilfield
o         Agriculture, Industrial IoT, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Retailing
o         Additive Manufacturing
o         Logistics, Entertainment
o         Large Event Management
o         Industrial Service Creation and Management
o         Financial Services
o         Health of Machinery
o         Highway, Rail Systems
o         Industry of the Future, e.g., Industry 4.0
o         Media & Entertainment
o         Digital Twins of Complex systems with 5G & Future networks

Track 3: 5G and Future Networks Trials, Experimental Results, Deployment Scenarios, Hardware and Tests/Measurements
5G Experimental Scenarios

o       Closing the Gap between Research and Implementation
o       Experimental prototypes, Test-Bed and Field Trial Experiences
o       Multi-Objective 5G System Modelling and Analysis—Performance, Energy, Reliability, Robustness
o       5G Interconnections Analysis—QoS, Scalability, Performance, Interference
o       Real case deployment scenarios and results
o       5G deployment at Government and ISPs
o       5G deployment on agriculture, retails, smart cities, etc
o       5G Interconnections among ISPs Analysis—QoS, Scalability, Performance, Interference management
o       Gap Analysis for real deployments
o       5G and Future Internet architectures
o       Standardization and Regulation

Future Networks Experimental Scenarios
o       Infrastrructureless communication
o       AI driven encoding & decoding
o       Future network simulators

5G and Future Network Hardware and Test/Measurements
o       Massive MIMO, MU-MIMO, Multi-RAT system architectures
o       Reconfigurable and switching wireless network topologies
o       RF beamforming, digital beamforming and hybrid beamforming architectures
o       Beam steering and phased arrays
o       Antenna system architectures
o       5G and beyond Radio designs
o       RFIC and CMOS technologies and architectures for 5G and beyond
o       RF, PA, PLL, Source, phase shifting, ADC/DAC/Modem blocks Full-Duplex and STAR architectures and evaluation methods
o       RF blockers and interference cancelers
o       Test and measurement over entire 5G and beyond ecosystem.
o       Multi-standard coverage and measurement approaches
o       Antennas and Massive MIMO OTA tests
o       Array timing and synchronization
o       Channel measurements and modeling
o       Radio measurements at microwave and mm-waves
o       Signal characterization
o       5G and beyond device/component level testing;
o       mmWave Material, transistor and nonlinear device measurements
o       Terahertz for Future Networks (6G)

Track 4: 5G and Future Networks Special Verticals

o   Tactile Internet
o   Smart factories and Industry 4.0
o   Automotive, Intelligent Transport
o   5G and beyond & Autonomous Driving
o    Industrial 5G and beyond Service Creation and Management Aspects
o    Smart Grid, Energy Management
o    5G-based Supply Chains & Logistics
o    5G and beyond Wireless Networks for the Industrial Internet of Things
o    E-Health and mobile health over 5G and beyond networks

Track 5: 5G and Future Networks Special Topicals

Policy & Regulation
o    Policy and Regulations
o    5G and beyond Spectrum
o    Best Practices, Standards, and Open Source
o    Technical enforcement of legal 5G regulations, service level agreements, mutual legal assistance requests, etc.
o    Privacy and security in 5G and beyond Internet of Things: data sharing, threats, liability, audit and compliance concerns for cloud-supported 5G and beyond, fog and edge computing

5G Standardization
o    ITU-T IMT2020 Spectrum standardization
o    IEEE 5G and future networks standardization
o    3GPP 5G and future networks standardization
o    ITU-T 5G and future networks standardization
o    ETSI 5G and future networks standardization