IFIP WMNC 2024

IFIP WMNC 2024
15th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference, 11-12/11/2024 Venice

Conference

The organising committee is delighted to announce that the 15th edition of the IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (IFIP WMNC) will be held by Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, on 11th-12th November 2024. IFIP WMNC 2024 will represent a discussion forum for researchers, professionals, and students interested in novel developments in mobile and wireless networks, services, and applications and mobile computing. IFIP WMNC combines PWC (Personal Wireless Communications conference), MWCN (Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks conference), and WSAN (Wireless Sensors and Actor Networks conference) into one event. It is Technically Sponsored by IFIP.

Organization

IFIP 60 years

Technical sponsorship

IEEE ComSoc

Patronage - co-sponsorship

MDPI - Academic Open Access Publishing since 1996

Important dates

Paper submission due

1st September 2024

Notification of acceptance

7th October 2024

Camera-ready papers due

17th October 2024

Conference dates

11th-12th November 2024


Call for papers

WMNC 2024 Technical Program Committee invites authors to submit manuscripts with original research results that have not been previously published, or that are not currently under review by another conference or journal. The following contributions are welcome:

  • research papers reporting on new trends and developments;
  • application papers reporting on academia developments of technologies, products, services, systems and solutions;
  • performance evaluation and experimentation papers;
  • industry practice papers.

Submissions will be judged based on originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and correctness. All submitted papers will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. 

Authors are invited to submit full papers (up to 8 pages, double-column in IEEE conference Format) or short papers (up to 5 pages, double-column in IEEE conference Format), according to the guidelines available on Paper and Submission Guideline. Accepted papers will be published in the IFIP Digital Library. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version for a fast-track review in a Special Issue of one or more journals indexed on WoS/Scopus.

Some papers will be selected to have the chance to be published (in an extended version) on one of the Journals belonging to the following MDPI topic: Advances in Wireless and Mobile Networking.

 

Topics

The main topics of interest are (but not limited to): 

  • Wireless and mobile communications and networks;
  • 5G and beyond Networks;
  • Wireless technologies design and evaluation;
  • Handoff management;
  • Location Management;
  • Resource management;
  • Network and service management and control;
  • Energy management and efficiency of protocols and devices;
  • Cognitive radio networking;
  • Device-to-device communications;
  • Network security solutions and protocols;
  • Authentication, Authorization, Accounting;
  • Traffic and network modelling;
  • Analysis and simulation in wireless/mobile networks;
  • Software-defined wireless networking;
  • Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks;
  • Ad-hoc and Opportunistic Networks;
  • Low-Power Wide Area Networks;
  • Vehicular Networks Cyber-Physical;
  • Communication Technologies for the IoT;
  • Ad-Hoc networking, Positioning localization and tracking;
  • Vehicular networks;
  • Nano networks;
  • Fog Networking;
  • Applications and Services over Wireless and Mobile Networks;
  • Wireless multimedia networking;
  • Mobile cloud computing and applications;
  • Multicasting and broadcasting issues;
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems;
  • Location based services;
  • Content management and distribution;
  • Massive MIMO Communications;
  • Multi-connectivity/RAT;
  • Device-to-Device communications and networking;
  • Machine Learning (ML) for optimising protocol design and routing;
  • ML/AI for network management;
  • AI-based tools for networking;
  • Knowledge, information, sensor, and data fusion: applications, approaches and algorithms;
  • Unmanned Aircraft Systems/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (UAS/UAV/RPAS) wireless and mobile networks communications and applications;
  • Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)/Counter-Drones wireless and mobile solutions.

Programme

Keynote speakers

  • Prof. Miroslav Voznak, Dept. of Telecommunications, VSB Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
    “The current state of QKD and Future Trends”
  • Dr. Giovanni A. Salvatore, Dept. of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
    "Towards stretchable and wearable sensors"
  • Dr. Danilo Amendola, European Commission, Joint Research Centre,  Unit E4 - Transport and Border Security (Ispra, Geel)
    "Counter-Drone: Protection of Public Spaces and Critical Infrastructures"

Tutorials 

  • Dr. Riccardo Piccoli, Dept. of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy) 
    “Terahertz technology: bridging electronics and photonics”

Venue

The conference is scheduled to take place at the Scientific Campus of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, situated in Mestre at via Torino 155. Scientific sessions will be held either at the Auditorium “D. Mainardi” or in the conference room “O. Zanetto” (depending on the number of accepted papers), both located in the Alfa Building, which is the first building on the left upon entering the Scientific Campus.

Mestre, a district of the Venice municipality, is located on the mainland adjacent to the Venetian lagoon, directly facing the historic city islands. It is connected to the islands via the 4 km rail-road bridge known as the "Ponte della Libertà". The entire Venice municipality is serviced by AVM-ACTV public transport, including buses and trams on the mainland and vaporetto boats on the lagoon, providing convenient access to all destinations in the area.
Venezia-Mestre train station, the primary station in Mestre, is approximately 2 km from the Scientific Campus and serves as a significant railway junction with connections to major Italian cities (mainly operated by Trenitalia and Italo) and various European destinations. Throughout the day, direct connections are available to Venezia-Santa Lucia train station, situated on the historic centre islands of Venice.

For those arriving by car, parking is available in front of the Alfa building or in the surrounding neighborhood.

Marco Polo international airport, located in the northern part of the Venice municipality, is roughly 10 km from the Scientific Campus. It serves as one of Italy's main airports, offering flights to numerous European cities and some long-haul destinations in North America, the Middle East, and the Far East. 
From the airport, transportation options include land routes (by bus or taxi) to Mestre or Venice (Piazzale Roma), or water routes to Venice (via Alilaguna boat or water taxi).

Additionally, the Antonio Canova airport in Treviso serves mainly low-cost airlines for Italian and European routes.
From the airport you can reach Mestre or Venice (Piazzale Roma) by land (on a bus, train or taxi).


Committees

General and programme chair:

  • Ass. Prof. Peppino Fazio, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy)

Technical Programme Chairs (TPC)

  • Ass. Prof. Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico (USA)
  • Prof. Carlos Tavares Calafate, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
  • Dr. Danilo Amendola, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (Belgium)

Track chair:

  • Dr. Maria Mannone, ICAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)

Publicity chair:

  • Dr. Maria Diamanti, National Technical University of Athens (Greece)

Steering committee:

  • Robert Bestak (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Jozef Wozniak (Gdansk University of Technology, Poland)
  • Pedro Cuenca (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
  • Zoubir Mammeri (Paul Sabatier University, France)
  • Guy Pujolle (Sorbonne University, France)
  • Adam Wolisz (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
  • Giuseppe Bianchi (Università degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata, Italy)
  • George C. Polyzos (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
  • Edmundo Monteiro (Coimbra University, Portugal)
  • Hannes Frey (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany)

Technical Programme Committe:

  • Rojas-Cessa Roberto (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy)
  • Murat Yuksel (University of Central Florida, USA)