Symmetry and Asymmetry in Emerging Wireless Communication and Networking Technologies
A Special Issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994) belonging to the section "A: Computer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 26
Editor
2. Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt
Interests: wireless communication; satellite networks; multiple access; Internet of Things; fading channels; artificial intelligence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites contributions examining symmetric and asymmetric principles across the physical and network layers of next-generation wireless systems—from channel modeling and multiple access to reconfigurable antenna and surface technologies and learning-based network optimization. It aims to bring together theoretical, algorithmic, and system-level perspectives on how symmetry and asymmetry shape performance, reliability, and efficiency in 5G/6G, satellite, and IoT-scale networks.
Symmetry appears throughout wireless communication systems in multiple forms: symmetric versus asymmetric channel statistics, balanced versus unbalanced power and rate allocation in multiple-access schemes, geometric symmetry in satellite constellations and antenna arrays, and symmetric versus asymmetric exploration in learning-based network control. Understanding and exploiting these properties is increasingly central to the design of emerging wireless technologies, including reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, non-orthogonal and rate-splitting multiple access, pinching and fluid antenna systems, and non-terrestrial (satellite) networks.
We welcome original research articles, as well as review papers, which advance the analytical, algorithmic, or experimental understanding of symmetry and asymmetry in this space. Both purely theoretical contributions and system-/hardware-informed studies are encouraged.
Suggested (non-exhaustive) topics for submission include:
- Fading and propagation channel modeling using special functions (Meijer-G, Fox-H) for symmetric/asymmetric fading environments
- Outage and ergodic capacity analysis under symmetric and asymmetric fading and interference conditions
- NOMA, RSMA, OFDMA, and SCMA: symmetric vs. asymmetric power/rate allocation and interference management
- Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS/STAR-RIS, active/passive RIS) and pinching antenna systems (PASS)
- Fluid antenna systems (FAS) and holographic MIMO
- Blockage-resilient and fault-tolerant design for reconfigurable surface-aided links
- LEO/NTN satellite communications: constellation geometry, stochastic geometry, and coordinated multiple access
- Online learning and multi-armed bandits for dynamic spectrum access and resource management
- 5G/6G multi-band spectrum management and spectrum-sharing architectures
- Industrial IoT and factory-network wireless architectures
- Signal processing and detection techniques under asymmetric noise or interference
Prof. Dr. Basem M. Elhalawany
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- symmetry and asymmetry in wireless systems
- fading channel modeling (Nakagami-m, shadowed-Rician, keyhole/double-fading channels)
- non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA)
- reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS/STAR-RIS), pinching antenna systems (PASS)
- fluid antenna systems (FAS) and holographic MIMO
- outage probability, ergodic capacity, and diversity-multiplexing tradeoff
- LEO/NTN satellite communications and stochastic geometry
- online learning and multi-armed bandits for spectrum and resource management
- 5G/6G spectrum management and dynamic spectrum access
- IoT and industrial wireless network architectures
- signal processing and detection under asymmetric noise/interference
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