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Call for papers - 6G and Future Technologies conference

Those wishing to present at 6G and Future Networks 2025 are required to submit a full paper for consideration by the Conference’s Technical Programme Committee.

Successful authors will have their paper(s) submitted for indexing on IET Inspec, IEEE Xplore and Ei Compendex, increasing citations and influence that extends beyond the conference.

We aim for a 16-week turnaround time from conference end date to publication, providing all Authors submit the requested documentation by the deadlines provided.

Submit full paper for 6G and Future Networks

Key dates

Launch of paper submissions Friday 11 October 2024
Call for paper deadline Monday 10 February 2025
Papers reviewing deadline Friday 11 April 2025
Confirmation of oral/poster presentation (Notification of Acceptance) Monday 21 April 2025
6G and Future Networks conference Tuesday 17 June 2025

Writing your paper

  • Each paper should be the authors’ original work and previously unpublished in the form submitted
  • Please ensure the subject of your paper falls under one of the topics in the technical scope. Sales pitches will be rejected.
  • Please prepare your full paper file using the full paper template. This template is also available in LaTeX, please contact the organisers if required
  • There is no maximum paper page limit, however, we recommend conference papers are generally 3 – 4 pages
  • The working language of the conference is English
  • Please leave enough time when writing your paper for your company or employer’s approval / review if this required.

Before submission…

  • Ensure you have your full paper file ready, converted into PDF file format.
  • Please ensure you have read and understood the Assignment of Copyright terms
  • If the paper is Crown or US Government copyright please email eventsa1@theiet.org to request the appropriate publishing form

Step 1: Register as a new user

  • Enter the online submission system
  • Click "Sign up" and enter your email address / password
  • You will receive a confirmation email containing a link to activate your account

Step 2: Submitting your paper

  • Login to the submission system
  • Once all fields are complete, you will receive a confirmation email containing your paper submission details and reference number.
  • If you are submitting more than one full paper, you can use the same user account
  • Done.

What happens next…

  • Following the review of full papers, successful authors will be invited to attend and present their work by PowerPoint Presentation or Poster Presentation.
  • Successful authors must register to attend and present their work at the conference by Monday 2 June 2025.
  • If an author does not attend and present the submission, the paper will not be published.
  • Authors submitting more than one paper, must pay an additional registration fee, for each additional paper submitted as the standard registration fees include one paper only.
  • The IET cannot meet any travelling or subsistence expenses for authors, either prior to or during the conference

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6G Conference technical scope

Physical layer

  • Beyond 5G & 6G and THz communications
  • Massive and Ultra-Massive MIMO
  • Reconfigurable radios and new radio heads
  • AI/ML in the PHY Layer
  • Propagation & channels at mm Waves & THz
  • New air interfaces, waveforms, modulation & coding techniques
  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
  • Radio based localization, sensing and mapping
  • Semantic communications
  • Physical layer security
  • 5G / 6G Spectrum
  • 5G / 6G migration strategies (coexistence with 5G and legacy techs)
Wireless, optical and satellite networks

  • Beyond 5G & 6G access and core networks
  • Next generation passive optical networks
  • Advances in M2M, WSN, IoT networks
  • Satellite and terrestrial networks convergence
  • VLEO satellite systems and networks
  • Communications for navigation and observation
  • Green wireless/optical/satellite networks
  • Communications for unmanned platforms (UxV)
  • TSN for industrial communications
  • AI/ML for wireless/optical/satellite networks
  • Novel network architectures
  • Self-Driving networks
  • Green networking
  • Drone networking in 5G / 6G environments
  • Vehicular networks
  • Energy efficient networking
  • 5G / 6G Geolocation
Radio access and softwarisation

  • Spectrum management and utilisation
  • Configurable radio, resources & SDR
  • Cognitive/ intelligent and green radio
  • Energy efficient RRM, radio slicing and virtualisation
  • Wireless edge caching
  • Radio access architectures
Network softwarisation

  • Cognitive network management
  • Software defined networking
  • Programmable networks
  • AI/ML in service provisioning
  • Data aware networks and overlays
  • Network operating system
  • Quality (QoE and QoS) aware networking
  • Quantum Cryptography
  • ML/AI for autonomous systems optimisation
  • Blockchain technology in mobile networks
  • Mobile edge computing
  • Virtualization
  • Control algorithms
Operational and experimental insights

  • Beyond 5G and 6G trials and experiments
  • Large-scale open testbeds and experiments
  • Plug-and-play deployments and experiments
  • Evaluation and analysis of experimental data
  • Deployment insights from verticals
  • Network forensics & network instrumentation
  • Next Generation Internet architectures and experimentation
Components, microelectronics and antennas

  • RF front-end and THz techniques
  • Components for mm Wave and beyond
  • Novel MIMO & wideband mm Wave devices
  • Antenna design & integration
  • Antenna systems and architectures
  • Design and technologies for array antennas
  • RIS components & integration
  • Low power silicon RF, including wake up
  • Next generations DSP, incl. RISC V & ASIP
  • Edge AI component technologies
  • Digital HW architecture for ultra-high speed and/or ultra-low latency PHY
  • New component technologies and materials
6G visions and sustainability

  • Key performance and key value indicators
  • Life cycle assessment techniques for 6G techniques and use cases
  • Stakeholder groups are invited to submit thought-provoking 5G / 6G visions. Both extended abstracts and full papers are welcome
Applications

  • Factory automation and industrial IoT solutions
  • Critical communications and public safety
  • Autonomous driving and V2X solutions
  • Smart farming and environmental monitoring
  • Digital health and wellbeing
  • Emerging business models
  • IoT service management
  • Telepresence and mixed reality
Security and privacy

  • Security and privacy for IoTs, HetNets, massive MIMO systems, and mm-wave, THz transmission
  • Physical layer security for 5G / 6G
  • Trust and trustworthiness in 5G / 6G
  • Secure signal processing
  • Information theoretic security
  • Security verification and performance metrics
  • Cross-layer security solutions
  • 5G/6G security (false base station attacks, sidelink security, integration of new services)
  • Zero-touch security solutions
  • Context-aware, semantic security
  • Covert wireless communications
  • Physical layer authentication and key agreement
  • Security and privacy of joint communications and sensing/integrated sensing and communication
  • Hardware security
  • Interplay between emerging technologies (intelligent reflecting surface, joint communication and sensing, AI) and their role towards trustworthy communication
  • Attack/defense modelling (active and jamming attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, etc.)
  • Post-Quantum security and cryptography
  • Security challenges for AI/ML technologies
  • Security of space information systems
  • Optical wireless technology for secure connectivity
  • Security mechanisms for zero-energy devices
  • Security-aware access control
  • AI-based security solutions for wireless systems
  • Prototype, practical testbeds, and performance evaluation
  • Security and privacy for IoTs, HetNets, massive MIMO systems, and mm-wave, THz transmission