IEEE VT Magazine: Call for Papers
IEEE VT Magazine: Call for Papers
Channel Modeling and Propagation for Beyond 5G Mobile Radio
Submission Deadline: 1 November 2024
The global rollout of the fifth-generation (5G) of mobile cellular communications is currently underway, with the promise of revolutionizing the communications landscape by improving user experience with interactive and haptic communications, and enabling machine-oriented services that are fundamental for industry automation, intelligent transportation, e-health, among others. While the future of 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) networks looks bright, the design of such networks continues to be a challenging task due to the stringent performance requirements that these networks should meet to deliver ultra-reliable and low-latency services with enhanced mobility. In particular, the optimization of the radio access network of 5G, as well as its redesign toward the transition to sixth-generation (6G) networks employing emerging technologies – such as reflecting intelligent surfaces, alternative modulation techniques, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), and others – call for the development of novel channel models that serve as benchmarks for system analysis.
This special issue on Channel Modeling and Propagation for B5G Mobile Radio aims to provide a global perspective on open problems, current research trends, new results and ideas that contribute to advancing the state of the art on propagation and channel modeling for B5G wireless communications in terrestrial, aerial, vehicular and underwater environments.
Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished, high-quality research papers focused on (but not limited to) the following topics of interest:
Channel modeling and simulation for mobile and wireless communication systems
Measurement-based channel modeling and novel channel sounding techniques
Channel modeling assisted by artificial intelligence/machine learning
Vehicular communications channels (ground, air, overwater and underwater)
Nonstationary mobile fading channels
Air-to-Air and Ground-to-Air channels
Highly time-varying channels for railroad communications
Optical channels for mobile communications
Software and hardware simulation of highly dispersive channels
Evaluation of new frequency bands for mobile communications (e.g., THz)
Propagation and channel modeling for ISAC
Propagation and channel modeling for RIS-enhanced mobile communications
Mobile channel modeling for the design and analysis of alternative waveforms and modulation techniques in B5G (e.g., orthogonal time-frequency space, OTFS)
Submission Information:
All manuscripts should contain state-of-the-art material that must adhere to IEEE VTM guidelines.
Papers presenting original and state-of-the art research and technical contributions are welcome and will be considered. However, their presentation should be accessible for all readers.
Submit PDF version of the complete manuscripts here.
Important Dates:
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 1 November 2024
First Round Reviews by: 1 February 2025
Second Round Submissions by: 1 April 2025
Second Round Reviews / Editorial Decision: 15 May 2025
Publication: September 2025
Guest Editors:
David W. Matolak (Lead), University of South Carolina, U.S.A.
Daniel B. Da Costa, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
José Rodríguez-Piñeiro, Tongji University, China
Michael Walter, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Ke Guan, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Carlos A. Gutierrez, UASLP, Mexico