European Wireless (EW) is a key venue for European and worldwide researchers to be acquainted with the latest trends in wireless communications and networking. The main theme of EW 2024 is “Shaping the Future of Connectivity”. This 29th edition of EW (EW 2024) will be held in Brno, Czech Republic, on Sep 9-11, 2024. Currently, the conference is planned to be in presence, hosting authors’ presentations, and allowing for interactions and networking among the participants. Nevertheless, if health and travelling rules and restrictions arise, the hybrid mode will also be considered and set up.

The conference will consist of one main track and four special sessions, as follows:

Main track: 5G/6G communication networks

Radio Access Network and Backhaul/Fronthaul

• • • Design of mmWave radio access for 5G and beyond

    • Low-cost radio, full-duplex, scalable, sustainable, low-complexity access systems

    • Mobile base stations based on UAVs and drones for 5G

    • Optimization and resource allocation

    • Channel modeling and propagation

    • Modulation & coding

    • Interference management, localization and positioning

    • Error-correcting codes for 6G

    • Internet of Things

    • Virtualization of radio access network

    • Slicing of wireless virtual resources

    • Fundamental limits, information theory for wireless

    • Wired-wireless integration

    • Ultra-Wideband Communications

    • Optical wireless and visible light communications

    • Energy efficient, green communications and sustainable networks 

    • Testbeds for future generation radio access networks

    • Mobility management and billing technologies

    • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Edge and Core Network

• • • Protocols, architectures, and resource allocation

    • Metrics for quality-of-service (QoS) and quality-of-experience (QoE)

    • Network coding

    • Mobile Edge Cloud

    • Distributed computing and distributed storage

    • SDN-NFV and virtual network resource slicing

    • Distributed caching, multi-tenancy, cloud computing and edge computing

    • AI and machine learning for edge and core future generations networks

    • Federated learning

    • Autonomic networks

    • Application layer: mobile apps and platforms, emerging applications in wireless network

Three-dimensional networking

• • • Satellite-aerial-terrestrial integration

    • AI and Machine Learning for three-dimensional networks

    • Coding, modulation, and synchronization

    • Multiple Access techniques

    • MIMO, multi-user detection & diversity techniques

    • Fading and interference mitigation techniques

    • Network slicing

    • Radio Resource Management

    • Smart on-board processing techniques

    • MEC schemes for integrated satellite-aerial-terrestrial networks

    • SDN/NFV for integrated satellite-aerial-terrestrial networks

    • Very/Ultra High Throughput Satellites

    • Optical feeder links

    • Massive M2M/IoT over satellite

    • Swarm of nano and pico satellites technologies

    • Mega Constellations

    • NTN Standardisation within 3GPP

    • Satellite demonstrations and trials

    • Big Data analytics over satellite and aerial platforms

6G Verticals and Services

• • • Internet of Things

    • Smart cities

    • Vehicular communications

    • Industry views on future communication networks

    • Regional visions and requirements for future communication networks

    • Augmented and virtual reality, and digital twins

    • eHealth, eFinance, and remote surgery

    • Models of use cases, key performance indicators, and tradeoffs

Security

• • • Security and Privacy

    • Physical-Layer Security

    • Cyber-Physical Systems

    • Secure solutions for SDN and NFV

    • Homomorphic encryption

Special Session 1: Tactile Internet

• Ultra-reliable low-latency communications for the Tactile Internet with human-in-the-loop (TaHiL)

• Human-machine-type communications, interaction, and augmentation

• Human–robot cohabitation in industry

• Human-machine learning

• New frontiers and visions for the Tactile Internet

• Latest advancements in studying human perception and action

• Models of use cases, key performance indicators, and tradeoffs

• Internet of Skills

• Haptic codecs

• AI and softwarization for the Tactile Internet

• Augmented perception and interaction

• Human-inspired models for tactile computing

• Sensors and actuators for the Tactile Internet

• Tactile electronics

Special Session 2: Post-Shannon and Semantic Communications

• Post-Shannon communication

• Message Identification

• Physical layer integration

• Common randomness generation

• Semantic communications

• Semantic compression

• Goal-oriented communications

• Joint communication and control

• Functional compression

Special Session 3: Quantum Communication Networks

• Quantum programming and software for quantum networks

• Simulation of quantum communications and computing

• Quantum repeaters

• Quantum information theory

• Quantum algorithms

• Quantum machine learning

• Algorithms, protocols, and technologies for the Quantum Internet

• Quantum local area networks and metropolitan networks

• Quantum physical-layer service integration

• Quantum aerial communications

• Quantum space communications

Special Session 4: Molecular Communications

• Molecular communications in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things

• Integration of molecular communications into future networks

• Molecular communications in the context of network functions virtualization (NFV)

• Molecular local area networks

• Molecular computing, storage and communication

• Protocols, algorithms, models and technologies for molecular communications

• Modulation techniques and channel capacity for molecular communications

• Molecular space communications

Special Session 5 – In-Network Computing: Network softwarization

• • • Multi-agent systems and chain set up and management

    • Microservice based communication systems

    • Microservice and agent placement in cloud/edge data centres

    • Energy efficiency and sustainability of in-network computing

    • Latency concerns in softwarized networks

    • Computing resource management and orchestration for communication networks

    • Functional split and placement of RAN functionalities in cloud/edge data centres

Special Session 6 –Joint Communications and Sensing in Wireless Systems

• JCAS Fundamental Theoretical Limits 

• Performance metrics, communications/sensing trade-offs

• JCAS enabling Technologies

• Waveform Design for Joint Communications and Radar Sensing Coding Design for JCAS

• Channel Characteristics, Models, and Measurements Beamforming in JCAS

• Communications Centric JCAS

• Security Aspects in JCAS Systems

• RF and Electronics Aspects and Perspective of JCAS

• Receiver Design and MIMO/Massive MIMO for JCAS

• Localization based on JCAS JCAS Signal Processing

• JCAS System Design, network architectures/transmission protocols/frame designs

• Machine Learning for JCAS.

Special Session 7 - Technological Advancements in 6G mmwaves/THz communication and sensing systems

• Advanced components/devices at mmWaves/THz. THz/mmWaves Channel Characterization

• Graphene-based devices at mmWaves/THz

• RIS for mmWaves/THz communication and sensing systems

• THz-enabled UAV use cases. mmWaves/THz intersatellite links.

Important dates:
Tutorial proposal deadline: 20th June 2024
Tutorial notification: 31st July 2024
Paper submission: 1st July 2024  (Extended)
Special Session 7 paper submission: 31st July 2024 

Notification of acceptance: 31st July 2024
Camera ready due: 8th August 2024