Graphs for Smart Communications Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Graph theory has been extensively implemented and used to model and analyse the relationships in scientific, information and modern technical systems. In many applications in digital communications and information theory, graph theory has become a very interesting modelling and analytical tool due to the simplicity in the geometric structures of a graph which is made up of vertices and lines and regarded as an abstract notion of a set of nodes and connection relations between them. This simplify in the graphs structures helped researchers in solving scheduling problems or finding approximate solutions in both theory and applications.

This Special Issue on “Graphs for Smart Communications Systems”, presents the application of graph theory in many modern communication systems. Two major themes are presented: Graph theoretic approach data communications and Graph theoretic approach for communications networks. In the first theme we will look at the contribution of graphs in the information theory, big data, network coding and error correcting codes. Whereas in the second theme, graphs will play a role in the wireless sensor networks, mobile networks, internet of things (IoT) and smart grid. Both comprehensive surveys and original technical contributions are welcome.

Dr. Khmaies Ouahada
Guest Editor

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