This twenty eighth edition of the ICT event will focus on promoting new ideas, state-of-the-art research and development as well as visionary future directions in telecommunications. ICT 2021 seeks highly innovative and state-of-the-art contributions in the form of original technical papers for presentation at the conference and publication in the conference proceedings on the following topics, plus others that are not explicitly listed but are closely related:

Wireless Communications

5G/6G mobile technologies
mm-Wave and Terahertz communications
Antenna and RF design and development
Single-/multiuser MIMO and massive MIMO
Intelligent reflecting surfaces
Wireless communication testbeds, measurements and modelling
Satellite and space communications
Wireless optical communications

Signal Processing for Communications

Machine learning for PHY/MAC design
Precoding and beamforming designs
Information theory, channel coding and joint source channel coding
Signal processing for software defined and cognitive radio
Signal processing for cooperative communications
Cross-layer design for 5G/6G
QoS/QoE provisioning and management
Spectrum sensing techniques

Next-generation Networking

Novel network architectural design
Network functions virtualization and software defined networking
Self-organizing/self-deploying networks
Emerging WLANs, WPANs, and WMANs
Protocols and architectures for IoT
Network coding techniques
Cloud and edge computing
AI for networking
Network security and privacy

Emerging Architectures and Services

Ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC)
D2D and M2M communications
Heterogeneous networks and small cells
ICT for smart cities
Smart grid communications
Powerline communications
Green communications
Vehicular communications
Multimedia and virtual reality
Tactile Internet