Introduction

China Communications (ISSN 1673-5447) is an English-language monthly journal cosponsored by the China Institute of Communications (CIC) and IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) towards readers in industry, universities, research and development organizations and government agencies in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) all over the world.

Aiming at promoting worldwide academic exchange in the ICTs sector, CIC and the IEEE ComSoc are committed to publishing high-quality papers in China Communications to contribute to the global ICTs industry. The publication provides instant access to the latest articles and papers presenting leading-edge research achievement, tutorial overviews, and descriptions of significant practical applications of technology.

China Communications has been indexed in SCIE (Science Citation Index-Expanded) since January, 2007. In addition, all articles have been available in the IEEE Xplore digital library since January, 2013.

Mission

To be committed to publishing high-quality papers to promote worldwide academic exchange in Information and Communications Technology as an enduring world-class journal.

The means by which we will achieve our mission are:

· Attracting and retaining the best experts in the Editorial Board;
· Focusing our efforts toward recruiting authors to the highest standards of excellence;
· Being recognized among the world's top ICT journals;
· Building partnerships with worldwide businesses, societies, research institutions, and universities.

Scope

China Communications, published in English and in conformance with IEEE editorial standards, covers leading-edge research achievement, tutorial overviews, and descriptions of significant practical applications of technology in the broad field of information and communications technology (ICT).

This scope includes communication theory and techniques, systems and networks, applications, security, development and regulatory policies, standards, and management techniques. It also reports experiences and experiments, best practices and solutions, lessons learned, and case studies.