Advances in Vehicle Communications, Networking and Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The age of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) is advancing rapidly and will cause significant changes at the societal level. However, there is still progress to be made in this field. This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in vehicular communications, networks, and systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Vehicular Communication Technologies:

5G and 802.11p; Cloud-RAN and SDRAN; heterogeneous communication systems; propagation models; backhaul systems; future technologies for vehicular systems, including 6G, 802.11bd, Li-Fi, UAV platforms, and low-orbiting satellite systems.

Vehicular Networking:

Vehicle networking architectures, network programming paradigms, network slicing, new network and transport protocols, AI and machine learning algorithms, internet of vehicles, analytical models, and testbeds for vehicular systems.

Vehicular Systems:

Vehicular edge clouds, orchestration, mobile services, end-to-end quality-of-service guarantees, security and privacy issues, trust and reputation models, service management and application frameworks, digital twin technologies, smart transport, social internet of vehicles, new types of CAVs, applications and services, and business and economic transportation models.

We are seeking exciting articles showcasing original ideas, detailed evaluations, and insightful results.

Dr. Glenford Mapp
Prof. Dr. Alexey Vinel
Guest Editors

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