Journal of Mobile Computing, Communications & Mobile Networks

Journal of Mobile Computing, Communications & Mobile Networks

• Cellular network architecture and evolution: LTE, 5G, and 6G system design, heterogeneous and small cell networks, network slicing and virtualised radio access, device-to-device and sidelink communication, machine-type and massive access, and network densification strategies.
• Radio resource and spectrum management: dynamic and static channel allocation, scheduling and power control, interference coordination, cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access, spectrum sensing, decision, and mobility, licensed and unlicensed coexistence, and admission and congestion control.
• Mobility management and handover: location management and paging, handover decision and execution algorithms, movement prediction and tracking, seamless roaming across heterogeneous access networks, call blocking and dropping analysis, and mobility modelling.
• MAC protocols and routing for wireless networks: medium access control design, opportunistic channel selection, multipath and geographic routing, directional antenna protocols, network coding, multicast and broadcast schemes, and cross-layer protocol design.
• Mobile ad hoc, mesh, and opportunistic networks: MANET topology control and self-organisation, wireless mesh network design, delay-tolerant and opportunistic networking, neighbour discovery and gossiping protocols, and distributed cooperation among mobile nodes.
• Wireless sensor networks: sensor node architecture and deployment, energy-efficient operation and duty cycling, sink mobility and data collection, localisation and time synchronisation, network health monitoring, underwater and acoustic sensor networks, and sensor network testbeds.
• Internet of Things and machine-to-machine systems: IoT device connectivity and gateways, low-power wide area technologies, M2M communication protocols, IoT data collection and aggregation, industrial IoT deployment, and interoperability across heterogeneous devices.
• Vehicular and aerial networks: vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, routing under high mobility, cooperative awareness and safety applications, UAV-assisted networking, and connectivity for autonomous and connected vehicles.
• Satellite and non-terrestrial mobile connectivity: LEO constellations and mega-constellation architecture, inter-satellite links and space internet, GNSS and differential positioning systems, satellite-based broadcast and emergency warning delivery, spectrum planning and interference management, and integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial access.
• Mobile cloud and edge computing: computation offloading and task placement, mobile edge and fog architectures, cloud resource allocation for mobile workloads, latency-aware service placement, and opportunistic and participatory sensing.
• Mobile platforms and applications: mobile application architecture and development frameworks, enterprise mobility and device management, data synchronisation and offline operation, mobile middleware and service-oriented design, mobile commerce and payment systems, and mobile health and assistive applications.
• Wearable and body area computing: wearable device architecture and interaction design, wireless body area networks, electronic textiles and conductive wear, physiological signal acquisition and classification, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer for wearables, and usability and inclusive design of wearable systems.
• Energy efficiency in mobile systems: energy-aware protocol and hardware design, battery and power management on mobile devices, energy harvesting for wireless nodes, green radio access network operation, and energy–performance trade-off analysis.
• Security, privacy, and reliability: authentication and key management in mobile networks, privacy preservation in location and sensing data, secure routing and intrusion detection, trust management and public key infrastructure for mobile systems, and scalability and reliability of large mobile deployments.