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.

Upcoming Special Issues

JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON

IOT (INTERNET OF THINGS) SECURITY AND PRIVACY PUBLICATION DATE: October 2019

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm aims to connect all kinds of different physical objects together and make them accessible from the Internet, with advanced sensing, actuation, communications, and networking technologies. IoT systems vary in type, scale, and function. They range from Internet of Vehicles, to Industrial Internet of Things, to Internet of Battlefield Things and Internet of Medical Things. Gartner predicts that tens of billions of IoT devices will be in use in the near future. Many low-cost IoT devices have little processing power or storage capacity, resulting in poor built-in security capabilities. This allows these devices to be used as ingress points to access the broader IT or critical infrastructure. Because of the expanded attack surface, IoT security and privacy has become a pressing issue. Every threat against the IoT may constitute a more severe threat to the IT or critical infrastructure behind the IoT. Thus, it is imperative to study and understand the security and privacy risks related to IoT and to propose innovative solutions to deal with these risks.

The purpose of this special issue is to solicit original contributions and publish recent advances in security and privacy for any type of emerging IoT systems and devices, with emphasis on, but certainly not limited to, the following topics:

• Trust management
• Access control and authentication
• Secure and privacy preserving data management
• Innovative intrusion detection solutions
• Secure application layer protocols
• Secure transport layer protocols
• Secure networking layer protocols
• Secure MAC layer protocols

Continuing JCN’s tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:

March 5, 2019

Extended paper submission deadline [An earlier note to editors with intent to submit will be appreciated.]

May 5, 2019

Reviews returned to authors. Papers will be either accepted, rejected, or returned to the authors with requests for changes

July 5, 2019

Final revised manuscript due

October 5, 2019

Special Issue published

Prof. Daji Qiao, Iowa State University, USA, daji@iastate.edu

Prof. Farid Naït-Abdesselam, Paris Descartes University, France, naf@parisdescartes.fr

Prof. Ryan Gerdes, Virginia Tech University, USA, rgerdes@vt.edu

Prof. Tie Qiu, Tianjin University, China, qiutie@tju.edu.cn

Electronic submissions should be made through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcommnet. Information about submissions is available on the JCN web site, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcommnet. Please direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to the Lead Guest Editor (email: daji@iastate.edu).

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.

JCN SPECIAL ISSUE ON

Advances and Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Wireless Communications PUBLICATION DATE: June 2020

With recent advances, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) approaches have emerged to show great promise in the wireless communications. Although some researchers are skeptical due to issues concerning complexity and reliability, benefits include the near-optimal performance or the improvement over current state-of-the-art techniques. The big data technology delivers an excellent advantage for studying the essential characteristics of wireless networks that can be integrated with AI and ML approaches. Moreover, the recent advances in deep learning, convolutional neural networks, and reinforcement learning hold significant promise. Indeed, they offer new design approaches for solving some challenging problems that, until recently, were considered intractable.
This IEEE/KICS Journal of Communication Networks special issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art development in wireless communications technology that can be integrated with AI and ML approaches (e.g., supervised learning, unsupervised learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and learning with generative adversarial networks). Prospective authors are invited to submit original manuscripts on topics including, but not limited to:

• Deep learning/machine learning on information and signal processing
• Deep learning/machine learning approaches to wireless networks
• Deep learning/machine learning approaches to mobility and resource management
• Deep learning/machine learning approaches to wireless system applications and services.
• Big data and AI approaches to wireless networks
• Applications of AI/ML for optimizing wireless communication systems (including channel models, channel state estimation, beamforming, code book design and signal processing).
• Applications of AI/ML for 5G/6G wireless transmission technologies
• Applications of AI/ML for 5G/6G mobility/resource management

Continuing JCN’s tradition of fast turnaround together with full peer reviews, a tentative schedule is set as follows:

December 5, 2019

Paper submission deadline [An earlier note to editors with an intent to submit papers will be appreciated.]

March 5, 2020

Reviews returned to authors. Papers will be either accepted, rejected, or returned to the authors with requests for changes

May 5, 2020

Final revised manuscript due

June 30, 2020

Special issue published

H. Birkan Yilmaz, Assistant Professor, Bogazici University, Turkey

Chan-Byoung Chae, Underwood Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University, South Korea

Yansha Deng, Lecturer, King’s College London, UK

Tim O'Shea, Chief Technology Officer, DeepSig Inc., USA

Linglong Dai, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China

Namyoon Lee, Assistant Professor, POSTECH, South Korea

Jakob Hoydis, Member of Technical Staff, Nokia Bell Labs, France

Electronic submissions should be made through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:/jcommnet. Information for authors is available on the JCN web site, http:/www.jcn.or.kr. The manuscript should be formatted in LaTex file and uploaded in PDF version, and its length should be greater than 8 pages in double column. Please direct inquiries and intent to submit notifications to the Lead Guest Editor. 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.