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Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN) invites scholars to submit a special issue proposal. The purpose of the special issue is to provide collection of articles on a specific topic that the journal has not covered substantially and has the potential to be of high interest to the readers. We plan to consider proposals for special issue on Communications and Networks of highest quality throughout the year. JCN is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes bimonthly, published by the Korean Institution of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) and IEEE ComSoc. The JCN is committed to publishing high quality papers that advance the state-of-the-art and practical applications of communications and information networks. For any inquiry, please contact Prof. Anthony Ephremides and Prof. Inkyu Lee, Editor-in-Chief of JCN, at jcn@kics.or.kr.
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INTEGRATED SENSING AND COMMUNICATIONS(ISAC) PUBLICATION DATE: October/ November 2024
To satisfy the versatile business applications and extreme performance requirements of the future sixth-generation (6G), the ITU has identified Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) as a representative application scenario for 6G in its published framework recommendation. ISAC possesses the capability to provide wide-area multi-dimensional sensing to acquire spatial information about unknown objects, connected devices, and the surrounding environment. This scenario will pave the way for pioneering innovative applications such as automation, safe driving, digital twins, and integration with artificial intelligence, enhancing the perception of the physical environment. ISAC fosters a seamless convergence of communication and perception symbiotically manner, exploiting coexistence design and dynamic spectrum allocation/access as well as interference suppression or management strategies to achieve a co-design of the communication and perception systems. Indeed, ISAC, compared to a single perception and communication function, is able to reduce hardware and signaling costs while improving both energy and spectral efficiency. In addition, ISAC pursues a deeper integration paradigm where communication and perception complement each other for mutual benefit.
This roll-out of ISAC paradigm raises numerous new challenges and opportunities. Although it has attracted tremendous attention from both academia and industry, there are still many open questions to be explored. The aim of this special issue is to collect information on the major technical challenges, recent breakthroughs, and novel applications related to ISAC and multifunctional networks.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Guidelines according to the IEEE/KICS JCN Guidelines: https://www.jcn.or.kr/html/?pmode=InformationforAuthors
Guest Editors:
De Mi, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom. Email: de.mi@bcu.ac.uk
Zhengyu Zhu, Zhengzhou University, China. Email: zhuzhengyu6@gmail.com
Fan Liu, Southern University of Science and Technology, China. Email: liuf6@sustech.edu.cn
Zesong Fei, Beijing Institute of Technology, China. Email: feizesong@bit.edu.cn
Bo Ai, Beijing Jiaotong University, China. Email: boai@bjtu.edu.cn
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, University of New South Wales, Australia. Email: w.k.ng@unsw.edu.au
Yajun Zhao, ZTE Corporation, China. Email: zhao.yajun1@zte.com.cn
JCN is a high-quality bimonthly archival journal, published by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences with the technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society, covering the fields of Communication Theory and Systems, Wireless Communications, and Networks and Services. JCN began publication in March 1999.