Advances in Sixth Generation and Beyond (6G&B)

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Dear Colleagues,

Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications aim to bring people, data, processes, and things together, to fulfill the needs of our everyday lives. It is expected that upcoming Sixth-Generation and Beyond (6G&B) wireless networks, known as more than an extension of 4G/5G, will be the backbone of IoT and other services and will support IoT systems by expanding their coverage, reducing latency, and enhancing data rate. Next-Generation (NextG) wireless systems will require a paradigm shift in how they are networked, organized, configured, optimized, and recovered automatically, based on their operating situations.

We invite authors to submit original contributions on all areas of NextG (6G&B) networks.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• 6G and Beyond security standardization;
• 6G applications and use cases;
• 6G architectures and visions;
• 6G core networks;
• 6G direct links;
• 6G green networking and sustainability;
• 6G migration strategies;
• 6G physical layers and frequencies;
• 6G QoS and slicing;
• 6G RAN;
• 6G satellites and 3D networks;
• Al and machine learning for NextG wireless security;
• AI-/ML-driven network automation/orchestration techniques;
• Authentication, authorization, and accounting for 6G and Beyond security;
• Dynamic inter-domain service/slice design and provisioning;
• Edge and embedded edge cloud computing;
• Global 6G network automation;
• Localization in 6G;
• Physical layer security for 6G and Beyond;
• Secure, privacy-aware, and trustworthy IoT communications;
• Softwarization and virtualization in fixed and mobile networks;
• Trust models and trust handling/propagation for 6G and Beyond security;
• Zero-touch networks.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Luis Javier García Villalba
Dr. Ana Lucila Sandoval Orozco
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
AI ai	3.1	6.9	2020	18.9 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
Applied Sciences applsci	2.5	5.5	2011	18.4 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Computers computers	2.6	7.5	2012	15.5 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Electronics electronics	2.6	6.1	2012	16.4 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Entropy entropy	2.1	5.2	1999	22.3 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Future Internet futureinternet	2.8	8.3	2009	16.9 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
Information information	2.4	6.5	2010	16.4 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
IoT IoT	-	8.7	2020	27.8 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Sensors sensors	3.4	8.2	2001	18.6 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Telecom telecom	2.1	5.4	2020	20.5 Days	CHF 1200	Submit

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