Dear all,
considering the current situation, the organizer of European Wireless have
decided to postpone the conference to Sept. 21-23, 2020.
The deadline for this special session is thus further extended to June 6th.
Looking forward to your contributions, please see below for the call for
papers.
Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email.
Best,
Michele Polese, Marco Giordani, Michele Zorzi
Special Session – Future trends for standardization and design of vehicular
networks

Recent evolution of the automotive industry have enabled the development of
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), with the goal to promote
increased traffic efficiency and enhanced safety for vehicles and
pedestrians. Wireless networks can fully unleash the potential of CAVs by
promoting cooperation among vehicles and the fixed infrastructure on roads
and highways, and this has motivated the study of different technologies
for vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
communications (also jointly referred to as vehicle-to-everything (V2X)
networking). As of today, the two main radio technologies that support V2X
communications are 3GPP Cellular-V2X (C-V2X) and IEEE 802.11p. These,
however, will not completely fulfill the foreseen challenging requirements
(in terms of, e.g., ultra low latency, and ultra high reliability and
throughput) of future vehicular services.

This motivates the design and analysis of next-generation V2I and V2V
networks, with the introduction of new, more capable technologies.  In this
regard, the 3GPP and the IEEE are presenting new study items,
specifications and standard drafts on future vehicular networks. 3GPP
NR-V2X extends the specifications of 3GPP NR to support sidelink
communications, and integrates in vehicular networks the flexibility of the
NR frame, protocol stack and spectrum usage. Similarly, IEEE 802.11bd
 targets communications in the usual 5.9 GHz band, but also in the
unlicensed mmWave spectrum. The usage of a heterogeneous set of spectrum
bands and technologies (sub-6 GHz, mmWaves, VLC) could benefit future
connected services, but, at the same time, introduces the need for new
research and standardization efforts that range from channel modeling, to
the design of the full-protocol stack, with challenges at the physical,
MAC, network and transport layers.

This special session aims at collecting original contributions that can
advance the state of the art on the design challenges for V2X networks,
with a focus on three main areas of interest. First of all, we look forward
to submissions that discuss 3GPP and IEEE standardization efforts, as well
as of new services, applications, business models and trials of V2X
networks. Second, it is of particular interest the analysis and design of
channel models, physical layer, beam and/or mobility management, resource
allocation, network and transport layer schemes for next-generation V2X,
with a focus also on mmWave and VLC communications. Finally, this special
session welcomes papers on the application of learning techniques in
vehicular scenarios, and  on security and privacy concerns for V2X,
especially if linked to standard proposals and developments.

Topics of interest for the special session include, but are not limited to:

   - IEEE and 3GPP vehicular standards
   - New services and applications for connected cars
   - Cooperative services in vehicular networks
   - Millimeter waves for vehicular networks
   - Visible light communication (VLC) for vehicular networks
   - Spectrum coexistence and spectrum sharing among V2X technologies
   - Channel models for vehicular networks
   - Beam management in vehicular networks
   - Resource allocation and mobility management in vehicular networks
   - Routing and transport protocols in vehicular networks
   - Security/trust/privacy in vehicular networks
   - Bringing learning to connected cars
   - Trials and business models in vehicular networks

The papers of this special session will go through the same rigorous
single-blind peer-review process of the main conference. Submitted
manuscripts must be original and not be published or under review
elsewhere. Papers must not infringe any copyright or third party right. The
proceedings of EW 2020 will be published and will be made available on IEEE
Xplore. EDAS submission link:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=26840&track=100857

Special Session organizers: Michele Zorzi, Marco Giordani, Michele Polese

Deadline: June 6, 2020

Main website: European Wireless 2020 https://ew2020.european-wireless.org/
https://ew2020.european-wireless.org/call-for-special-sessions/

Submission guidelines: https://ew2020.european-wireless.org/submissions/

European Wireless, Verona, Italy – Sept 21-23, 2020



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Michele Polese

Research Scientist
Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
Northeastern University, Boston, MA

email: michele@polese.io
web: polese.io - mmwave.dei.unipd.it
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