Emerging Strategies for 5G-and-beyond Networks: From Communications to Sensing and Intelligence
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 3604
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wireless technologies and networks: UMTS/HSPA, LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR; 5G RAN (radio access network) planning and management; radio network optimization; network slicing; artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for RAN management and SON; reinforcement learning-based algorithms; deep reinforcement learning; multi-agent reinforcement learning; transfer learning; O-RAN architecture
Interests: 5G RAN (radio access network) planning and management; artificial intelligence-based radio resource management; the virtualisation of wireless networks; cognitive management in cognitive radio networks; reconfigurable radio systems; dynamic spectrum access and management and testbeds; measurement campaigns and prototyping
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The standardization of 5G wireless systems is maturing, and researchers around the world have already started to look at beyond 5G systems (B5G), including 5G advanced (Release 18 and beyond) and 6G. B5G will be driven by a brand new set of demanding use cases with more exigent requirements, such as ultra‐low latency requirements for critical vehicle communication, the growing demand for high positioning accuracy for location‐based services, and dense heterogeneous architectures. This will lead to an unprecedented level of network complexity. To address this, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies are envisaged to play a major role within beyond 5G systems to achieve a data-driven and intelligent network, enabling its management at different network levels. Moreover, the provisioning of locating and sensing capabilities in the network is expected to be another key aspect of B5G networks, which will enable futuristic services including immersive augmented reality, robot collaboration, and environment/earth monitoring.
New technologies and strategies and their technical concepts are required to drive B5G. This Special Issue will solicit contributions that cover recent advances on emerging strategies for beyond 5G networks ranging from communications to sensing and intelligence. We invite authors to submit new research and review papers considering (but not limited to) the topics below:
- AI and ML applications for B5G networks.
- Digital twins for B5G networks.
- Meta-surfaces implementation for B5G networks.
- Use cases and applications of sensing in a B5G networks.
- New quality of service (QoS) metrics for B5G networks.
- Network management techniques for B5G networks.
- Radio resource management (RRM) for B5G networks.
- New network architectures for B5G.
- Self-organizing network (SON) functions for B5G.
- B5G testbeds and applications.
- Edge computing evolution in beyond 5G networks.
- Energy efficient beyond 5G networks.
Dr. Irene Vilà
Prof. Dr. Oriol Sallent
Guest Editors
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