International Conference on 5G Communications, Applications & Technologies (IC5GCAT18)

Track 1 : 5G Technologies

• 5G New Radio (NR) specification

• Cloud-RAN, functional split

• 5G Ultra large Cell technologies

• 5G Small Cell Technologies

• Network Slicing

• 5G wireless technologies

• Cloud-based 5G mobile architectures

• 5G Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

• Software Defined Networking (SDN) for 5G

• Spectrum utilization and sharing

• Massive MIMO Communications

• Dynamic Beamforming techniques

• Multicast / Broadcast in 5G

• Resource (network, relay, cloudcomputing, etc.) management techniques in 5G Wireless

• Device-to-Device Communications and networking

• Cognitive spectrum access

• Energy efficient network design and protocols for 5G

• QoE/QoS management over 5G

• Dynamic QoS framework as an enabler for disruptive use cases and services

• Millimeter wave communications

• Machine learning and adaptive techniques for 5G

• Ultra-reliability and low-latency in 5G

Track 2 : 5G Applications, IOT and Services

• Smart Cities, Smart Public Places

• Smart Home, and 5G-based Building Automation

• Smart Agriculture and Water Management

• Cyber-physical systems, Context Awareness, Situation Awareness, Ambient Intelligence

• Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) and 5G

• Consumer Electronics, Assisted Living, Rural Services and Production

• 5G Wireless Networks for body sensors

• Crowd-sensing, human centric sensing

• Big data and 5G Data Analytics

• Social-aware 5G networks

• Software defined solutions for IoT Cooperative and smart sensing techniques

• Healthcare, e-Health, Assisted Living Building Management and Operation Automation

• Environmental Monitoring

• Connected Car, Automotive

• Intelligent Transport

• Smart Grid, Energy Management

• Utilities Management and Operation

• Agriculture, Industrial IoT,

• Manufacturing, Hospitality, Retailing

• Logistics, Entertainment

• Highway, Rail Systems

• Industry of the future, e.g., Industry 4.0

• Architecture of IoT in 5G networks

• Energy efficiency and energy harvesting in IoT

• Efficient resource allocation schemes, QoS, and QoE in IoT

• Data collection, processing, aggregation, and communication

• Co-existence and device interoperability of sensors with 5G networks

• Integrated D2D communication techniques for 5G networks

• Self-organization and self-healing of IoT networks

• Relay, multi-hop, and cooperative communication in IoT

• Ubiquitous communication, routing protocols, and network selection in IoT

• Machine-type communications in 5G systems

• Emerging IoT applications in 5G networks

• Security issues and solutions for IoT in 5G networks

Track 3 : 5G Security and Privacy 

• 5G Privacy and Security Concerns

• Identification and Authentication Issues

• Intrusion Detection in 5G

• Cryptography, Key Management, Authentication and Authorization for 5G

• Security with QoS Optimization in 5G

• 5G and Future Internet architectures

• Big Data and Information Integrity in 5G Communication Security in 5G

Track 4 : 5G Hardware and Test / Measurements

• Massive MIMO, MU-MIMO, Multi-RAT system architectures

• RF beamforming, digital beamforming and hybrid beamforming architectures

• Beam steering and phased arrays

• Antenna system architectures

• 5G Radio designs

• RFIC and CMOS technologies and architectures for 5G

• RF, PA, PLL, Source, phase shifting, ADC/DAC

• Full-Duplex and STAR architectures and evaluation methods

• Channel measurements and modelling

• Radio measurements at microwave and mm-waves

• Signal characterization