Call For Papers

This workshop will bring together academic and industrial researchers to identify and discuss technical challenges and recent results related to the future mobile networks using unlicensed spectrum. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
  • NOMA, SCMA, MUSA, PDMA in 5G networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Channel modeling in 5G with unlicensed spectrum
  • Cognitive radio in 5G networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Physical layer, MAC layer, network layer techniques in LTE-U
  • Cloud/Fog-based 5G networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Small Cells in 5G networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Software defined networks in 5G networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Ultra dense networks in 5G networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Heterogeneous Networks in 5G networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Self organizing Networks in 5G with unlicensed spectrum
  • Network Function Virtualization in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Backhaul/fronthaul in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Resource allocation in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Big data in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Vehicular networks in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • IoT in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • MmWave techniques in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Full duplex techniques in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Caching in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Network slicing in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
  • Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques with unlicensed spectrum
  • Co-existence of licensed and unlicensed spectrum
  • Other topics in 5G Networks with unlicensed spectrum
All accepted papers will be EI indexed.
Important Dates 

Paper Submission:         23 July 2017 (final deadline)
Notification Date:           1 September 2017
Final Paper:                  1 October 2017