ISSN: 2308-4413
ISBN: 978-1-61208-940-9

• Registered: with the Library of Congress of the United States of America (ISSN)
• Free Access: in ThinkMind Digital Library

ICN 2022 is colocated with the following events as part of NexComm 2022 Congress:

• ICDT 2022, The Seventeenth International Conference on Digital Telecommunications
• SPACOMM 2022, The Fourteenth International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications
• ICN 2022, The Twenty-First International Conference on Networks
• ICONS 2022, The Seventeenth International Conference on Systems
• MMEDIA 2022, The Fourteenth International Conference on Advances in Multimedia
• PESARO 2022, The Twelfth International Conference on Performance, Safety and Robustness in Complex Systems and Applications
• CTRQ 2022, The Fifteenth International Conference on Communication Theory, Reliability, and Quality of Service
• ALLDATA 2022, The Eighth International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data
• SOFTENG 2022, The Eighth International Conference on Advances and Trends in Software Engineering

ICN 2022 Steering Committee

		Eugen Borcoci University Politehnica of Bucharest Romania			Pascal Lorenz University of Haute Alsace France
		Nicola Ciulli Nextworks Italy			Shintaro Mori Fukuoka University Japan
		Yantong Wang Shandong Normal University China			Muath Obaidat City University of New York USA

ICN 2022 conference tracks:

Communication
Communication theory; Communications switching and routing; Communications modeling; Communications security; Computer communications; Distributed communications; Signal processing in communications; Multimedia and multicast communications; Wireless communications (satellite, WLL, 4G/5G/6G, IoT and sensor networks); Vehicular communications

New Internet technologies
SDN, SDX, NFV; 5G/6G and advanced mobile Internet; O-RAN; Internet of X (everything, things, people, etc.); Internet, Virtualization and Cloud; Internet and Big Data; Sensing and sensor networks; Energy-aware networks; Content-oriented networking; Cellular cognitive networks; Future routing mechanisms

Networking
Next generation networks [NGN] principles; Storage area networks [SAN]; Access and home networks; High-speed networks; Optical networks; Peer-to-peer and overlay networking; Mobile networking and systems; MPLS-VPN, IPSec-VPN networks; Vehicular Networks; GRID networks, Cloud and Visualization; Broadband networks; Small cell networks; Sensing and sensor networks

Slicing and 5/6/7G technologies
Network slicing models; 5G Network slicing Architecture; 5G/6G Networks slicing; End to End (E2E) network slicing; Automated networks slicing; Network Slice as a Service(NSaaS); Service slicing; IoT service slicing; Slicing-as-a-Service (SlaaS); Slicing and orchestration; Latency-sensitive 5G services; Differentiated slice-based 5G services; 5G E2E (End to End), 6G Cellular data networks; Indoor 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN); 5G mmWave; 7G and 8G network and High speed internet. Network slicing market. Networks slicing ROI (Return on Investment); 6-7-8G and ROI.

Computation and networking
Cloud computing; Fog computing; Edge computing; Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC); Internet computing; Mobile computing; Ubiquitous computing; Real-time computing; Big data-based computing; Services computing and opportunistic computing; High Performance Computing (HPC); Fast data processing; Fast switching and routing protocols; Parallelization of algorithms and applications; Energy-efficient High Performance Computing

Networking metrics
Quality of service, service level agreement [QoS/SLA]; Reliability, availability, serviceabiliy [RAS]; Traffic engineering, metering, monitoring; Voice over IP services; Performance evaluation, tools, simulation; Network, control and service architectures; Network signalling, pricing and billing; Network middleware; Telecommunication networks architectures; On-demand networks, utility computing architectures; Applications and case studies

Next generation networks (NGN) and network management
NGN protocol design and evaluation NGN Standard Activities [ITU, TMF, 3/4/5GPP, IETF, etc.]; NGN Device Instrumentation; Network Management, scheduling and policy; NGN policy-based control; Networks policy-based management; Management of autonomic networks and systems; Delay tolerant networks; Mobility management

Cognitive radio
Fundamentals; Cognitive radio and emerging technologies; Cognitive Radio for 5G; Cognitive and Intelligent Internet-of-Things (IoT) for 5G; Energy-aware, smart sensing and capacity-aware in advanced technologies; Mechanisms and protocols; Processing and devices; Measurement and management; 5G Cognitive operations; Applications

Deadlines:

Deadlines differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).