Tuesday, July 28, 2020

[DMANET] CFP: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Special Issue on“Intelligence-Empowered Collaboration among Space, Air, Ground, and Sea Mobile Networks towards B5G

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Call for Papers

Special Issue: Intelligence-Empowered Collaboration among Space, Air,
Ground, and Sea Mobile Networks towards B5G
https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnse/cfp/intelligence-empowered-collaboration-among-space-air-ground-and

Aim and Scope
Providing the ubiquitous network accessibility is one of the main goals in
the Beyond 5G (B5G) mobile networks. To achieve this goal, it is vital to
connect the space, air, ground, and sea networks (SAGS) in such
heterogenous B5G networks. Although the above networks exhibit different
types of technical issues, they should be connected seamlessly with
collaborated networking functionalities and management. On the other hand,
in the last five years, with the growing popularity of artificial
intelligence (AI), the application and innovation of AI have also been
attracting significant research attention to enable intelligent networking
and communication, in which the network quality can be ensured by meeting
the key performance metrics.

This special issue (SI) is to foster innovative work that can promote
collaboration among SAGS mobile networks by involving AI in the background
of B5G. This SI aims to foster research contributions beyond the state of
the art, making concrete steps towards solutions for the current problems
and opens up new horizons for collaborative efforts over different
communication environments.

The topics of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited
to:

· Integration of Space, Air, Ground, and Sea Networks

· Intelligent Space-Air Networks

· Intelligent Satellite-assisted UAV Communication

· Intelligent Satellite-assisted Airship Networks

· Intelligent Drone-assisted Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

· Intelligent Drone-assisted Cellular Networks

· Intelligent Drone-assisted Wireless Sensor Networks

· Intelligent Drone-assisted Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks

· Intelligent Drone-assisted Sea Networks

· Intelligent Maritime-assisted Underwater Networks

· Software-Defined SAGS networks

· Data-based Collaboration for SAGS networks

· Network-based models and optimisation algorithms for SAGS networks

· Network Trust, Security, and Privacy of SAGS networks

· Intelligence-driven Mobile Computing in SAGS networks

· Data analysis for SAGS networks

· Intelligent Cloud, Fog and Edge Computing for SAGS networks

· Intelligent Load Balancing, Traffic Control and Scheduling of SAGS
networks

· Path Planning and Route Management of Cyber-Physical Systems in SAGS
networks

· SAGS-enabled Smart City

· SAGS-enabled Smart Sea

· SAGS-enabled Smart Ocean

The papers for rigorous and well-coordinated peer-review process will be
collected through the Manuscript Central System
<https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnse-cs> for *IEEE Transactions on
Network Science and Engineering*.

*Submission Guidelines*

Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts electronically,
adhering to the *IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering*
guidelines
<https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnse/ieee-transactions-network-science-and-engineering-information>.
Note that the page limit is the same as that of regular papers. Please
submit your papers through the online system
<https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnse-cs> and be sure to select the
special issue or special section name. Manuscripts should not be published
or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full
papers intended for review, not abstracts, to the ScholarOne portal. If
requested, abstracts should be sent by e-mail to the Guest Editors directly.

*Important Dates*

*Manuscripts Due:* 1 August 2020
*Peer Reviews to Authors:* 1 November 2020
*Revised Manuscripts Due:* 1 January 2021
*Second-Round Reviews to Authors:* 1 March 2021
*Final Accepted Manuscript Due:* 1 May 2021

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