The ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET) is a scholarly, professional, peer-reviewed digital publication – free of charge for both readers and authors – published by the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs).
Aim and content: The ITU Journal considers yet-to-be-published papers addressing fundamental and applied research. It shares new techniques and concepts, analyses and tutorials, as well as learning from experiments and physical and simulated testbeds. It also discusses the implications of the latest research results for policy and regulation, legal frameworks, the economy and society.
The ITU Journal welcomes submissions at any time, and on any topic within its scope.
Topics: Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Communication network architectures
- Communication network protocols
- Network services and applications
- Network security and privacy
- Security, privacy and trust (e.g. trusted information infrastructure)
- Network operation and management
- Autonomous networks
- Internet of Things
- Underwater communication
- Underground communication
- Reconfigurable frontends architectures
- Dynamic spectrum sharing
- TeraHertz communications
- mm-waves systems
- Internet of Space Things with CubeSats/unmanned autonomous vehicles/drones
- Satellite networks
- Deep space networks
- Quantum communication
- Holographic communication
- MIMO, massive MIMO, MultiUser MIMO systems
- Cell free massive MIMO communications
- Intelligent communication environments
- Pervasive AI and machine learning algorithms
- SDN/NFV and network automation
- Communication in challenged environments
- Cellular systems (4G, 5G and 6G and Beyond) wireless systems
- Mobile and wireless ad hoc networks
- Wireless sensor networks
- LORA and SigFox (wide area sensor networks)
- Wireless local and personal area networks
- Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs)
- Novel architectures for ad hoc and sensor networks
- Transport layer protocols
- Routing protocols
- Media access control protocols
- Error control algorithms
- Power-aware, low-power and energy-efficient designs
- Mobility management
- Location tracking and location-based services
- Resource and information management
- Hardware and software platforms, systems, and testbeds
- Experimental and prototype results
- Performance analysis and simulation of protocols
- Physical layer issues of all communication paradigms
- Channel modeling
- Detection and estimation
- Modulation and coding
- Multiplexing and carrier techniques
- Multimedia communications over wireless
- DSP applications to wireless systems
- Multiple access techniques
- Synchronization techniques
- Software radios
- Localization and tracking
- Resource allocation and inference management
- Multi-rate and multi-carrier communications
- Cross layer design and optimization
- Propagation and channel characterization
- OFDM systems
- MIMO systems
- Cognitive radio system architectures
- Platforms and hardware implementations for the support of cognitive, radio systems
- Cognitive radio networks resource management
- NanoScale communications and networking
- Internet of BioNanothings
- Internet of NanoThings
- Molecular communications
- Open-source solutions
- Transport, access, home
- Video coding, e-everything (e.g., e-health)
- Accessibility and multimedia standardization
- ICT and the environment
- Digital financial service (e.g., mobile money)
- Big data, cloud services
- Bridging gaps (standards, technology)
- Intellectual property rights
NOTE: To facilitate the approval of articles and ensure proper coordination among the on-going studies/publications of ITU-R Study Groups, authors are advised to avoid topics of a technical nature that directly relate to the agenda of the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23). Articles on such topics might remain unpublished or kept on hold until the publication of a related special issue.
