IEEE ICCE 2016 2016 IEEE Sixth International Conference on Communications and Electronics

Special Session on Advanced Photonic and Wireless Technologies for Future Access Networks

• Special Session on Advanced Photonic and Wireless Technologies for Future Access Networks will be held in conjunction with the 6^th International Conference on Communications and Electronics (ICCE 2016).

  :: Scope

  In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the development of broadband access networks to facilitate the deployment of bandwidth-hungry services and future 5G mobile networks. Advanced wireline and wireless network solutions with ultra-high capacity, low transmission delay, high energy efficiency, and low cost need to be developed to support a wide range of applications and requirements in future networks. In addition, efficient convergence of wireline and wireless networks should be considered to simplify the network configuration, management, and to realize new features and functions. This special session will examine the technical challenges and discuss possible paths and enabling technologies for the next generation access networks. It aims to bring together researchers and scientists from the academia and industry working across a wide range of topics in broadband access networks to present and discuss their latest research results.

  :: Topics of Interest

  The special session will host both invited and contributed papers covering, but not limited to, the following topics: Next-generation broadband optical/wireless access networks Future mobile backhaul/fronthaul systems Fiber-wireless network convergence Radio over free space optic systems Optical wireless communications – Indoor and outdoor New radio access technologies for 5G mobile networks Resilient wired and wireless access networks Security aspects in optical communications networks

  :: Session Organization Committee

  Atsushi Kanno – National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan Gee-Kung Chang – Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Nathan Gomes – University of Kent, UK Zabih Ghassemloy – Northumbria University, UK Pham Tien Dat – National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan Hoa Le Minh – Northumbria University, UK Vo Nguyen Quoc Bao – Posts & Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam Nguyen Tan Hung – National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

  :: Submission

  All authors should prepare full versions of their papers in Microsoft Word (DOC) or Portable Document Format (PDF). Papers must be limited to six pages, including text, references, tables and figures, and it should be submitted online via: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=21277&track=77652. All papers should be prepared according to the IEEE standard template.

  :: Publication

  All accepted papers will be published in the ICCE 2016 Conference Proceedings and only fully accepted papers, which have been presented, will be forwarded for publication in IEEE Xplore®. The proceedings of ICCE series will be submitted for listing in the Conference Proceeding Citation Index (CPCI) of Thomson Reuters.

  :: Important Dates

  Extended hard submission deadline (*):           January 20, 2016 February 29, 2016 Acceptance notification:                                  March 30, 2016 April 30, 2016 Registration and camera-ready version:      April 11, 2016 May 20, 2016 Conference date:                                           July 27 – 29, 2016 (*)Note: Special sessions are still open until February 29th for submission.

  For general information about the ICCE 2016 please visit: http://www.icce-2016.org.

  For further information about this special session please contact: Dr. Atsushi Kanno (kanno@nict.go.jp), Dr. Hoa Le Minh (hoa.le-minh@northumbria.ac.uk), Prof. Vo Nguyen Quoc Bao (baovnq@ptithcm.edu.vn), and Dr. Pham Tien Dat (ptdat@nict.go.jp).