JOURNAL of COMMUNICATIONS and NETWORKS (JCN)

JCN invites submission of high-quality papers in the areas of Communication Theory and Systems, Wireless Communications, and Networks and Services.

A prospective author should submit the manuscript for publication consideration in electronic file (pdf) via JCN ScholarOne Manuscripts website (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcommnet) to an appropriate Division Editor (for regular papers) or to any Guest Editor of an appropriate Special Issue. (Special Issues may include regular papers to avoid unnecessary publication delays.)

JCN is available in both paper and electronic formats, with the latter available in the JCN Digital Library in the JCN Web site, http://jcn.or.kr. For further details on paper submission and subscription, please visit the JCN Web site.

Low subscription rates are offered to members of KICS and its Sister Societies, including ComSoc, CIC, and IEICE. Application forms are available in the JCN web site.

Call for Special Issue Proposals

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. Bijan Jabbari and Prof. Inkyu Lee, Editor-in-Chief of JCN, at jcn@kics.or.kr.

Information to be provided in a proposal

The format of a proposal is not important but it should contain the following information:

1. 1. 500 word rational explaining the significance, novelty, technical advancement, and adherence to the scope of the journal of the proposed theme.
2. 2. A brief outline of the topics in the proposed theme.
3. 3. A plan for obtaining quality papers.
4. 4. A brief resume of the proposed Guest Editors. (JCN usually selects four or five Guest Editors based on balanced technical and geographical background.)
5. 5. List of potential reviewers.
6. 6. A proposed call-for-papers.
7. 7. A proposed time schedule including submission deadline and completion of the editorial process.
8. 8. JCN encourages guest editor-authored tutorial and overview papers.

Selection process of the proposals

1. 1. Overall quality of the proposal.
2. 2. Topic is within the scope of the journal.
3. 3. Provides significant novelty and complements previously published issues of the journal.
4. 4. Guest editor's experience in editorial work.
5. 5. Securing high quality reviewers..
6. 6. Delivering the final product within the proposed deadline.

Guest Editor’s Expected Role

1. 1. Once the proposal is accepted, GE will circulate the call for papers for the special issue and invite submissions.
2. 2. GE will manage submissions to the special issue in the ScholoarOne (the web-based journal management system) including assigning reviewers, collating reviews, communicating with authors, making editorial decisions of acceptance, decline and minor revisions.
3. 3. GE will secure at least three subject experts as reviewers per submission and can make a final decision based on two review results.
4. 4. GE will coordinate the editorial process in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief.
5. 5. GE will meet deadlines and deliver the final project as scheduled.
6. 6. GE will conduct all business with reviewers, authors, and editorial staff in ethical and professional manners.

Upcoming Special Issues

JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON

“QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS” PUBLICATION DATE: June/ July 2025

Quantum technologies hold the potential to revolutionize classical technologies and their emerging applications to communication networks and mobility. This potential is expected to grow alongside the development of more advanced quantum computation-capable devices. Currently, quantum devices are at the noise intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) level, supporting up to a few hundred physical qubits. Despite the current limitations, early fault-tolerant quantum hardware in the NISQ phase has already demonstrated the quantum advantages
This capability is essential for coordinating autonomous and distributed systems such as low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, autonomous driving vehicles, and complex infrastructure required by the hyper-connected 6G communication networks. Especially in artificial intelligence (AI) research domains, parameterized quantum circuits used in quantum algorithms, quantum optimization, and quantum machine learning (QML) can implement various functionalities of classical neural network architectures with significantly fewer parameters and computation resources. This can substantially reduce the latency and memory requirements of current large-sized classical neural network frameworks, including diffusion-based generative computer vision algorithms and large language models.
According to the current roadmaps for quantum computer development, the number of qubits is expected to greatly increase, and the beyond-NISQ era is set to emerge by around 2026. This highlights the need for early contributions to explore the potential impact of quantum algorithms and QML on emerging communication system design and future applications. Towards unleashing the full potential of quantum algorithms and QML, this special issue focuses on quantum algorithms and QML principles, algorithms, and use cases and seeks original contributions to various aspects of QML-based system architectures, protocols, resource management, error correction, and other technologies in communication systems. On the other hand, there is also an increasing interest in applying classical AI techniques for solving problems within quantum computing and computation, such as in quantum software engineering, quantum circuit design, and optimizing quantum optimization algorithms. Consequently, we also seek contributions that apply classical communication techniques in various aspects of quantum computing.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Quantum algorithms and technologies for communication systems and communication signal processing
• Quantum algorithms and technologies for network scheduling
• Quantum algorithms and technologies for multimedia streaming
• Quantum algorithms and technologies for autonomous mobility control
• Quantum algorithms and technologies for security and privacy
• Quantum annealing and its applications
• Quantum teleportation, Internet, and networks
• Quantum sensing theory and its applications
• Experimental/simulation designs of quantum algorithms for emerging use cases
• Quantum software engineering to communications and networks

Guidelines according to the IEEE/KICS JCN Guidelines: https://www.jcn.or.kr/html/?pmode=InformationforAuthors

Important Dates：

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 14 December 2024
Initial Decision Notification: 30 January 2025
Revised Manuscript Due: 30 February 2025
Final Decision Notification: 30 March 2025
Final Manuscript Due: 15 April 2025
Publication Date: June/ July 2025

Guest Editors:
Prof. Soo Yong Shin, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea / wdragon@kumoh.ac.kr

Prof. Zhu Han, University of Houston, TX, USA / zhan2@uh.edu

Dr. Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway / shaukat@simula.no

Dr. Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Wells Fargo Bank, New York, USA / yen-chi.chen@wellsfargo.com

Prof. Yuanwei Liu, The University of Hong Kong, China / yuanwei@hku.hk

Prof. Soohyun Park, Sookmyung Women's University, Korea / soohyun.park@sookmyung.ac.kr

Prof. Joongheon Kim, Korea University, Korea / joongheon@korea.ac.kr

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.