Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Communications
A Special Issue of Vehicles (ISSN 2624-8921).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 1004
Editors
Interests: mobile communication; AI
Interests: 6G; wireless communications; cell-free massive multi-input multi-output; artificial intelligence
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the deep integration of intelligent and networked vehicles, vehicles are evolving into a new type of mobile intelligent terminal integrating communication, computing, sensing, and control. As core enabling technologies for advanced autonomous driving and intelligent transportation systems, the development of intelligent vehicular networks and communications faces multi-dimensional challenges such as limited spectrum resources, Ultra-Reliable & Low-Latency Communication (URLLC), massive data processing, and security assurance.
This Special Issue, entitled “Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Communications” aims to collect cutting-edge research worldwide and provide an academic exchange platform for the construction of a future intelligent three-dimensional vehicular networking system with “ubiquitous access, capability collaboration, and secure trust”.
We sincerely invite high-quality original papers and review articles focusing on (but not limited to) the following key topics:
- Advanced Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication architectures and protocols.
- Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) for autonomous driving.
- Semantic communication and resource management for vehicular networks.
- Edge-cloud collaborative computing infrastructure and network integration.
- Security, privacy, and trust mechanisms for vehicular networks.
- Communication-collaboration-based intelligent driving perception, decision-making, and control applications.
This Special Issue encourages innovative contributions that combine theory, analysis, and experimental validation, to jointly promote the high-quality and sustainable development of the intelligent connected vehicle industry.
Dr. Yong Liao
Prof. Dr. Chunguo Li
Prof. Dr. Pei Liu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Vehicles is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- intelligent and connected vehicles
- V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communication
- ISAC (integrated sensing and communication)
- edge intelligent
- URLLC (ultra-reliable & low-latency communication)
- network architecture
- collaborative sensing
- resource allocation
- communication security
- smart transportation
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