IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, Helsinki, Finnland

Abbrevation

IEEE CSCN

Link

http://www.ieee-cscn.org/

City

Helsinki

Country

Finland

Deadline Paper

2017-04-01

Start Date

2017-09-18

End Date

2017-09-21

Abstract

** Track on 5G Radio and Wireless Communications – Physical layer and MAC layer design for cellular and other wireless networks – Dynamic scheduling, power control, interference management, and QoS management in 5G wireless networks – Resource Management and Control in 5G RAN (e.g. RAN Moderation, Traffic Steering, Mobility Control) – Service–oriented user–plane design concepts (novel functions, functional placements, RAN/CN interface) – Topology, deployment, and optimization of wireless networks, including heterogeneous, ultra dense, and mesh networks, device to device (D2D) communication, relays and wireless backhaul – Dynamic radio access and backhaul topologies based on moving and unplanned small cells – mmWave access, backhaul and self–backhauling – Application of SDN, NFV, and cloud computing to 5G (and legacy) RAN and core network architectures and implementations, such as network slicing – C–RAN and flexible fronthaul / backhaul – R&D and standardization activities towards 5G and IMT–2020 – Green and energy efficient wireless networks – Massive and FD–MIMO communications, hybrid and coordinated beamforming technology – New control signaling for heterogeneous networks – Next–Generation Wi–Fi (IEEE 802.11ax/ay) – LTE/Wi–Fi/Wi–Gig interworking and aggregation – 5G operation and coexistence in unlicensed and shared spectrum bands – Massive MTC (mMTC), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and long distance communications – Automotive/V2X and ultra–reliable communications – Next–generation non–RF communications systems (Visible light, molecular, acoustic systems) – Spectrum regulation above 24GHz – Results from simulation, prototyping, and experiments ** Track on IoT, massive MTC and V2X (3GPP, OneM2M, IETF) – IoT architecture design and optimizations – IoT security and privacy of IoT devices and services – System optimization to support Ultra–Low complexity devices – Standardised semantic data description framework and technologies – IoT communication procedure enhancements – Experience and lessons learnt for standards based IoT large scale pilots – IoT standards platforms interworking – IoT interoperability methodologies – IoT standards gap analysis – 5G Networks and IoT – Software Defined Network (SDN) and IoT – Industrial Internet of Things – Factory of Things – Edge Computing, Fog Computing and IoT – IPv6–based IoT Networks – IoT protocols such as IPv6, 6LoWPAN, RPL, 6TiSCH, WoT – IoT security in the sense of massive IoT deployments, e.g., embedded SIM management – URLLC for mission critical IoT – V2X standards and architectures ** Track on Softwarization and Network slicing – Programmable Architecture for 5G services and verticals. – Cross–slice management – Central Cloud Computing vs Edge–Fog Computing. – 5G Functional Decomposition and Deployment. – Secure Operations in Future Virtualized Networks. – Resource Management for Network Slicing. – Dedicated core network functions and shared network slices. – Network slicing issues with multi–RATs devices. – Cross–slice management for End–to– end QoS. – Elastic Resource sharing in Virtualized Networks. – Joint storage, computational, and communication resource optimization. – Fundamental trade–offs in Network Softwarization. – Experimentation experience in Softwarization and Network Slicing. – SDN and NFV frameworks and architectures – SDN northbound, southbound and east–west interfaces. – SDN programming languages and data models. – Progress and future challenges in ETSI NFV. – Progress and future challenges in IETF/IRTF related WGs/RGs. – SDN and NFV in wireless and mobile networks. – Orchestration and Management in SDN and NFV. – Multi–domain considerations in SDN and NFV. – SDN and NFV in multi–tenancy environment. – Open Source efforts (e.g., ETSI NFV, OPNFV, OpenStack, OpenMANO). – QoS/QoE aspects related to SDN and NFV based network services. – Inter/Intra Data Center considerations for hosting SDN and NFV based network services. – Performance, Fault and Lifecycle management of virtualized network functions and network services. – Infrastructure resource/capacity management. – Carrier–grade performance considerations in SDN and NFV based infrastructures. ** Track on 5G Fixed Carrier and Converged Networks – Architectural approaches addressing convergence of fixed and mobile heterogeneous network solution – Analysis and considerations for common VNFs across fixed and mobile networks – SDN solutions and control/data plane separation in converged fixed–mobile networks – Network slicing for converged fixed–mobile networks – Multi–tenancy and control of heterogeneous infrastructures – Transporting 5G mobile services over optical access networks – SDN solutions for mobile networks and fixed IP cross layer transport and routing – Convergence of access and metro networks for cost effective support of 5G services – Convergence of multiple and diverse services over a shared, multi–tenant network architecture – 5G architectures supporting Cloud–RAN and functional split options – 5G architectures supporting fronthaul/backhaul integration – End–to– end resource optimization for 5G mobile services: from radio head to data centre – Backhauk/fronthaul considerations for dynamic capacity and mobility management – Delivering services over ICN in 5G within a framework enabling network slicing – Enhancing 5G backhauk/fronthaul with ICN – Mechanisms and protocol enhancements for Hybrid Access networks ** Track on Verticals, Services and Applications – Specific applications/services for automotive and cooperative vehicles – Specific applications/services for robotics and factories of the future – Specific applications/services for eHealth and mHealth – Specific applications/services for media and entertainment vertical – Specific applications/services for the energy industry – Introduction of ETSI MEC technology and applications on vertical market segments – New introduction of end–user applications at the edge of the communication network – Standardization under W3C and standards for future web interoperability – Web standardization for interactivity and human interactions with web platforms – Specific applications/services for eEducation – Interoperability for end–to– end mobile services – Standard architectures for service enablers including integrated networks such as mobile, fixed, satellite and optical – Open interfaces and open source platforms – IETF standardization for CPS – Development of mobile service enablers specifications & Standards – Standard architectures for delivery of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and/or Object–Based–Broadcasting by next generation communication systems