5G/6G Wireless Communication and Network Architecture
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2023) | Viewed by 3794
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
5G is just around the corner, and the general consensus is that it is set to change the world as we know it! It promises a wireless future that will offer unprecedented connectivity for people, places, and entities everywhere. Compared with former generations, 5G is highly advanced; hence, it will need to address relatively stringent requirements in order to live up to its potential and hyped expectations.
New frequency bands; spectrums and their dynamic disposition to public and private organizations; radio technologies in advanced massive MIMO that move from sector-level wide beams to user-centric, narrow, and dynamic beams; and network architecture offering exceptional new levels of reliability, performance, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness are some of the major features that support the myriad of future 5G application scenarios.
Most importantly, 5G networks are primarily oriented to users and verticals. Capitalizing on software and virtualized infrastructure, they will be flexible enough to accommodate various heterogeneous and diverse applications and vertical requirements, in terms of speed, latency, dependability, etc. Innovations such as 5G network slicing will let operators set up segments of their network capacity to deliver specific quality of service (QoS) levels to specific customers, whether that be a smart home, an Internet of Things (IoT)-based industry, or a connected car.
On the other hand, new use cases are set to appear that consider the need to incorporate various technological innovations (5G-enabled localization accuracy, advances in UAV technology, big data and AI/machine/deep learning technology, etc.), the need for planning for critical situations (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic), and the opportunity to realize older objectives, such as the replacement of traditional, costly fiber-based rollouts by fixed wireless access based on 5G, etc.
In this Special Issue, we are aiming to collate studies on all of the aspects surrounding “5G/6G Wireless Communication and Network Architecture”. If you are interested in this topic, you are welcome to contribute to this Special Issue, and I am looking forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Kostas Tsagkaris
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 5G
- wireless communication
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