Main topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Next generation (5G) mobile communications
• Heterogeneous networks and small cells
• Big data networking
• Protocols, architectures and applications for the Internet of Things
• ICT for smart cities
• Network functions virtualization and software defined networking
• Green communications and energy efficiency
• Self-organizing/self-deploying networks
• Cognitive radio and networks
• Wireless sensor and actuator networks
• D2D and M2M communications
• Ad-hoc communications
• Cooperative communications
• Multi-antenna and beamforming systems
• Game theory for communications
• Signal processing for communications
• Wireless communication testbeds, measurements and modelling
• Advances in 3G and 4G mobile communications
• Smart grid communications
• Powerline communications
• Molecular, biological and multi-scale communications
• Vehicular networking
• Pervasive and mobile computing
• Cloud computing
• Satellite & space communications
• Emerging WLANs, WPANs and WMANs
• Optical communications and technologies
• Wireless optical communications and VLC
• Information theory, channel coding and joint source channel coding
• Network coding techniques
• Image processing, video compression and coding
• QoS provision and management
• Metrics and models for QoE
• Multimedia and virtual reality
• Cryptography and network security
• Standards for communications and networking