-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special section ”Industrial IoT and Sensor Networks in 5G-and-beyond Wireless Communication” in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics (Impact Factor: 9.112). Datum: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 08:24:25 +0000 Von: Gidlund, Mikael mikael.gidlund@MIUN.SE Antwort an: Gidlund, Mikael mikael.gidlund@MIUN.SE An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

Special section ”Industrial IoT and Sensor Networks in 5G-and-beyond Wireless Communication” in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics (Impact Factor: 9.112). This Special Section aims to provide a platform for the discussion of the major research challenges and achievements on this topic. Theoretical investigations, as well as experiments/demos, are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: Ø Communication algorithms, protocols, standards, and architectures for IoT and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) Ø Massive IoT/massive machine-type communication Ø Low power wide area (LPWA) technologies, such as NB-IoT, LoRa, Sigfox, etc. Ø Security and privacy for IIoT, Sensor Networks, and 5G-and-Beyond Ø Routing and data transfer in IoT and WSNs Ø Intelligent spectrum management for IIoT Ø URLLC communications Ø Relay, D2D, Could-RAN, and cooperative networks Ø Resource management, QoS, RAN slicing Ø Heterogeneous networks, time synchronization

Submission deadline: Jan 30th, 2021. Expected publication: September 2021

Follow the guidelines in “Information for Authors” in the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics http://www.ieeeies.org/pubs/transactions-on-industrial-informatics. Please submit your manuscript in electronic form through Manuscript Central web site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tii. On the submitting page #1 in popup menu of manuscript type, select: SS on Industrial IoT and Sensor Networks in 5G-and-beyond Wireless Communication Submissions to this Special Section must represent original material that has been neither submitted to, nor published in, any other journal. Regular manuscript length is 8 pages.

Note: The recommended papers for the section are subject to final approval by the Editor-in-Chief. Some papers may be published outside the special section, at the EIC discretion.

Guest editors: Prof. Mikael Gidlund – Mid Sweden University, Sweden, Prof. Syed Ali Hassan – National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan, Prof. Dong Yang, Bejing Jiaotong University, China, and Dr Aamir Mahmood, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

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