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The IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) is a top-ranked, flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society, bringing together researchers from academia, industry, and government. IEEE WCNC 2025 will be hosted in the vibrant city of Milan, Italy and will be conducted in person, allowing attendees to fully benefit from the conference atmosphere and experience.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their works in the form of research papers describing significant and innovative contributions to the field of wireless communications and networking, in accordance with the four technical tracks listed below. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE WCNC 2025 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore.

Proposals for half- or full-day tutorials and workshops are also invited in all communication and networking topics.

Track 1: Physical Layer and Communication Theory

Track Chairs: Alexandre Graell i Amat, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; Kaibin Huang, University of Hong Kong, China; Erik Perrins, University of Kansas, USA

Antennas and RF
Channel Modeling and Estimation
Coding Theory
Energy Harvesting and Low Energy Communication
Feedback and Two-Way Communication
Free Space Optical Communication
Fundamentals of Age of Information
Holographic Surfaces and MIMO
Information Theory and Channel Capacity
Integrated Sensing and Communications
Iterative Techniques, Detection, and Decoding
Low Resolution Communication
Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz
Next Generation MIMO and Massive MIMO
Physical Layer Security
Propagation and Interference Modeling
Relaying and Self-Backhauling
Short Packet and Finite Block Length Communications
Stochastic Geometry
Waveforms and Modulation
Wireless Power and Information Transfer

Track 2: Medium Access Control and Networking

Track Chairs: Francesca Cuomo, University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy; Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA; Pablo Serrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Age and Value of Information for Networks
AI based support in network functions programmability
Backscatter Communications
Cognitive Radio and Networking
Cooperative Communications and Networking
Edge Computing, Edge Intelligence and Fog Networks
Energy-Efficient and Green Networking
IoT networks and protocols
Low Power Wireless Networks
Multihop Networks
Emerging Medium Access Schemes in the 5G and Beyond
Network Economics
Network Slicing
ORAN programmability of MAC and network functions
RAN Data Collection and Storage Enhancement
Resource Management
Routing and Congestion Control
Scheduling and Opportunistic Communications
SDN/NFV
Semantic Communications
Spectrum Sensing, Access, and Sharing
Unlicensed Spectrum and Licensed/Unlicensed Inter-Networking
URLLC, Time Sensitive, and Deterministic Networking
Wireless Network Security and Privacy

Track 3: Resource Allocation and Machine Learning

Track Chairs: Santiago Mazuelas, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Spain; Lingyang Song, Peking University, China; Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA

Bayesian Optimization for Wireless Communications
Communication-inspired Machine Learning
Convex and Non-Convex Optimization for Wireless Communications
Cross-Layer Optimization
Data-driven Network Modelling and Optimization
Datasets for Wireless Systems and Channels
Deep Learning for Wireless Communications
Deep Unfolding for Wireless Communications and Networks
Distributed Learning for Wireless Communications
Distributed Optimization & Resource Allocation for Wireless Communications
End-to-end Machine Learning over Wireless Channels
Game-Theoretic Approaches to Wireless Communications
Implementation of Machine Learning Algorithms for Wireless
Load Balancing and Cell/Band Association
Machine Learning Methods for Wireless Localization
Model-Aided Machine Learning for Wireless Communications
Networking Architectures for Artificial Intelligence
Online Learning for Wireless Networks
Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Wireless Communications
Reinforcement Learning for Wireless Communications
Resource Allocation for Wireless Communications and Networks
Resource Management in Public Safety Networks
Resource Orchestration for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems
Scalability of ML for Wireless Communications
Semantic and Goal-Oriented Communications
Transfer Learning for Wireless Communications and Networks
Unsupervised and Generative Models

Track 4: Emerging Technologies, Network Architectures, and Applications

Track Chairs: Chunxiao Jiang, Tsinghua University, China; Hina Tabassum, York University, Canada; Andreas Kassler, Karlstads Universitet, Karlstad, Sweden

5G NR and 6G Standardization
802.11 and Next-Generation Wi-Fi
Blockchain and Cryptography
Connected Vehicles
E-health and Mobile Health
Experiments, Prototypes, and Testbeds
Fluid Antenna Communications
Full-Duplex Communication Networks
Innovative Implanted and Wearable Devices
Intelligent Beamforming Relays
IoT and Machine Type Communications
Joint Radar and Communications
Molecular and Nano Communications
Networking support for virtual and augmented reality
O-RAN
Quantum Communications
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Satellite and Deep Space Communications
Sensing and Localization
Software Defined Radio and Networks
Surface Wave Communications
UAVs and Non-Terrestrial Networks
Visible Light and Optical Communication

Important Dates

Paper Submissions Deadline: 2 September 2024
Notification of Acceptance: 20 December 2024
Camera-Ready Papers: 24 January 2025

Submit a Paper

Author and Submission Guidelines

Important IEEE Policy Announcement: The IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (including its removal from IEEE Explore) if the paper is not presented at the conference.

Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized material and have not been submitted to any other conference at the same time (double submission). These matters are taken very seriously and the IEEE Communications society will take action against any author who engages in either practice. Follow these links to learn more:

IEEE Policy on Plagiarism
IEEE Policy on Double Submission

PLEASE NOTE: To be published in the IEEE WCNC 2025 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the FULL or LIMITED (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter in advance of the event and who is qualified both to present and answer questions. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one FULL or LIMITED registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE WCNC 2025 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®.

During the initial paper submission process via EDAS, it is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the author list and the paper title of the submitted pdf file is an exact match to the author list and paper title on the EDAS registration page. In particular, the EDAS registration page must include all co-authors, not just the submitting author. Failure to comply with this rule might result in your paper being withdrawn from the review process. Please be aware that the author list of an accepted paper can NOT be changed in the final manuscript. Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process, and all submissions must be done through EDAS.

IMPORTANT: The page length limit for all initial submissions for review is SIX (6) printed pages (10-point font) and must be written in English. Initial submissions longer than SIX (6) pages will be rejected without review.

All final submissions of accepted papers must be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures. No more than two (2) additional printed pages (10-point font) may be included in final submissions and the extra pages (the 7th and 8th pages) will incur an over length page charge of US$100 for each page. All final papers must be submitted to the IEEE Conference eXpress website. Please refer to the acceptance letter for the instructions on how to upload final papers.

You may also use one of the following templates for Microsoft Word: A4, US letter.

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If you have any questions regarding the submission of manuscripts, please contact one of the Technical Program Chairs of the Symposia that you are submitting a paper.