IEEE Future Networks World Forum is proud to announce that the IEEE FNWF’24 will be hosting a series of symposiums on emerging topics in future networking technologies. These symposiums will provide an excellent opportunity for those who wish to showcase their work and get recognized for their work. They will provide a platform to discuss the latest advances and explore new ideas to develop and deploy future-generation communication networks. The IEEE FNWF’24 welcomes participation worldwide, and the symposiums intend to bring the latest future network technologies to the forefront.

Paper submission guidelines are here.

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM:

Title: OPTICAL-WIRELESS CONVERGENCE: BEYOND XHAUL, ENABLING THE COMMUNICATIONS-COMPUTING CONTINUUM

Chair, Organizer: Jorge Pereira, EC

Abstract:

With the accelerating deployment of 5G NR and with the advent of the so-called Communications-Computing continuum, the role of optical in providing more than just backbone capacity is becoming critical. This Symposium will provide a first glimpse at the challenges in this area. A number of EU-funded projects in the context of 5G PPP and 6G SNS JU will present their approach and achievements thus far.

Topics of interest:

Areas to be addressed include, but are not limited to:

• chip, components and antennas
• in-chip opto-electrical integration
• Xhaul; from GPON to TPON
• remoting of BS/AP, Open-RAN
• Edge computing and MEC

Agenda* Session: “From RAN Disaggregation to 3Cs”

Chair:- Jorge Pereira, EC

>>> 5G PPP

• INT5GENT – Integrating 5G enabling technologies in a holistic service to physical layer 5G system platform – Dimitris  Apostolopoulos, ICCS
• 5G-COMPLETE – A unified network, Computational and stOrage resource Management framework targeting end-to-end Performance optimization for secure 5G muLti-tEchnology and multi-Tenancy Environments – Dimitris  Apostolopoulos, ICCS
• TERAWAY – Terahertz technology for ultra-broadband and ultra-wideband operation of backhaul and fronthaul links in systems with SDN management of network and radio resources – Christos Tsokos, ICCS
• 5G-CLARITY – Integrating 5GNR, WiFi and LiFi in Private Networks with Slicing Support – IHP (TBC)

>>> 6G SNS

• SEASON: SElf-MAnaged Sustainable High-Capacity Optical Networks – Luis Velasco, UPC
• FLEX-SCALE: Flexibly Scalable Energy Efficient Networking – Ioannis Tomkos, Univ. Patras
• SUPERIOT: Truly Sustainable Printed Electronics-Based IoT Combining Optical and Radio Wireless Technologies – Tuomas Paso, Univ. Oulu
• 6G-MUSICAL: 6G-Multiband Wireless And Optical Signalling For Integrated Communications, Sensing And Localization – IT Aveiro (TBC)
• ECO-ENET: Efficient Confluent Edge Networks – Dan Kilper, Trinity College Dublin
• 6G-EWOC: AI-Enhanced Fibre-Wireless Optical 6G Network In Support Of Connected Mobility – UPC (TBC)
• PROTEUS-6G: Programmable Reconfigurable Optical Transport For Efficiently Offering Unconstrained Services In 6G – Ioannis Tomkos, Univ. Patras
• OPTI-6G: Optical 6G Cell Free Networks – John Cosmas, Brunel University London

* agenda is evolving.