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5G and Next-Generation Communication Technologies

A special issue of Network (ISSN 2673-8732).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 918

Editors

Dr. Chunyi Peng

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Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Interests: mobile networking, systems, and security, with a recent focus on renovating 5G access technologies; AI for networks; 5G/IoT security; mobile edge computing (mainly for autonomous drones, vehicles, and robots)
Prof. Dr. Chiyu Li

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Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Interests: wireless networking; mobile networks and systems; network security

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite researchers, professionals, and experts from industry and academia to submit their relevant work to this Special Issue, ‘5G and Next-Generation Communication Technologies’.

This Special Issue aims to take a "Look Back and Look Forward" approach to advance 5G and next-generation wireless communication technologies to meet the ever-increasing demands for higher data throughput, lower latency, massive connectivity, higher reliability, seamless user experiences, and new use cases. Specifically, it aims to bringing together original high-quality contributions that (1) reveal the experience and lessons of 5G networks and wireless communication technologies and (2) explore the challenges and innovations of next-generation wireless communication technologies. We encourage submissions covering, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • 5G and next-generation radio access networks (RANs);
  • 5G and next-generation physical-layer techniques;
  • 5G and next-generation spectrum management and sharing;
  • 5G and next-generation network management and control;
  • Experience and lessons with 5G communication technologies;
  • New AI-empowered techniques for next-generation wireless communication;
  • New use cases for next-generation wireless communication;
  • Standardization and regulation for next-generation wireless communication;
  • Testbeds and tools for next-generation wireless communication;
  • Vision for next-generation wireless communication.

Dr. Chunyi Peng
Prof. Dr. Chiyu Li
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • 5G
  • 6G
  • next-generation wireless communication
  • radio access network (RAN)
  • radio spectrum
  • network management

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Federated Learning over 5G/6G Networks: Dynamic Client Selection and Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Edge Environments
by Ahmed Lateef Salih Al-Karawi and Rafet Akdeniz
Network 2026, 6(3), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/network6030050 - 6 Jul 2026
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Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising paradigm for privacy-preserving edge intelligence because it enables geographically distributed devices to collaboratively train a shared model without transferring raw data to a central cloud. This capability is particularly valuable for 5G and emerging 6G [...] Read more.
Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising paradigm for privacy-preserving edge intelligence because it enables geographically distributed devices to collaboratively train a shared model without transferring raw data to a central cloud. This capability is particularly valuable for 5G and emerging 6G networks, where edge-native services are required to satisfy stringent latency, bandwidth, and privacy constraints while operating on highly heterogeneous devices and time-varying wireless channels. In practice, however, synchronous FL is often constrained by straggling clients with limited computation capability or unfavorable communication conditions, which increases round latency and reduces overall resource efficiency. To address this challenge, this study develops a rigorously structured framework for dynamic client selection and radio resource allocation in heterogeneous wireless edge environments. Each FL round is formulated as a latency-aware scheduling problem that jointly captures local computation time, uplink transmission time, minimum participation constraints, and resource block assignment. On this basis, we propose a Dynamic Client Selection and Resource Allocation (DCS-RA) method that integrates computation-aware, channel-aware, and fairness-aware scoring with greedy resource block allocation guided by marginal completion time reduction. The study further provides a clear methodological structure, workflow visualization, literature-grounded justification, dataset documentation, and uncertainty-aware result reporting. Under the reported simulation setting with 100 clients and 20 resource blocks, DCS-RA reduces the average round completion time from 1.92 s to 1.55 s on MNIST and from 2.02 s to 1.57 s on CIFAR-10, corresponding to improvements of 19.39% and 22.47%, respectively. Standard deviation reductions of 70.59% and 80.77% further indicate improved round-to-round stability and more reliable training behavior. These results support the central conclusion that lightweight joint scheduling can materially improve wall-clock FL efficiency in heterogeneous 5G/6G edge networks. Full article
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