Areas of interest include and are not limited to the following topics:
Sustainable Communications and Energy Efficiency
- Smart Grid communications
- Architectures and models for the Smart Grid
- Smart Grid network and service management
- Communications networks for the Smart Grid
- Information security in the Smart Grid
- Distributed generation and storage of energy
- Field trials and deployment experiences
- Trials and experiences of operators
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Next-Generation Networking and Internet
- Communications and information security
- Switching and routing
- Optical networking and high-speed networking
- Next-generation access networks
- Future Internet
- Traffic measurements
- Overlay and peer-to-peer networks
- Emerging standards, trials and demonstrations
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Green wireless and fixed-line communications
- energy-efficient protocols and networks
- management of energy efficiency
- measurement of ICT energy consumption
- economy and price models
- Communications technologies for green solutions
- communications for transport optimization
- communications for energy-efficient buildings
- supply chain management
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Mobile and Wireless Networking
- Ad Hoc, sensor and mesh networks
- Cognitive networks
- Wireless services and applications
- Wireless network protocols, design and performance
- Emerging standards, trials and demonstrations
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Communications Systems and Signal Processing
- Communication theory
- Data storage
- Transmission, access and optical systems
- Power-line communications
- Radio communications
- Wireless communications
- Cross-layer design
- Satellite and space communications
- Signal processing and communication electronics
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Communication Software, Services and Multimedia Applications
- Service creation, discovery, delivery, management
- Multimedia communications
- Network operations and management
- Charging, pricing and business models
- E-health
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Communication QoS, Reliability and Performance Modeling
- Communications systems integration and modeling
- Quality and performance evaluation
- Reliability of systems and networks
- Standardization aspects of QoS and reliability
- Network simulation techniques
- Traffic engineering and traffic theory
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