Mobile Communications and Applications

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Editors in Chief:

Vanlin Sathya (University of Chicago)+ BioDr. Vanlin Sathya is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago, USA, where he works on the issues faced in 5G real-time coexistence test-bed when LTE-unlicensed and Wi-Fi try to coexist on the same channel. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science (2009) and Master of Engineering in Mobile and Pervasive Computing (2011) from Anna University, Chennai, India. In 2016, he received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, India. He continued his career at IIT Hyderabad where he was a Project officer for the converged radio access network Radio Access Network (RAN) project. His primary research interests include Interference Management, handover in Heterogeneous LTE Network, Device to Device communication (D2D) in Cellular Network, Cloud Base Station and Phantom cell (LTE-B), and LTE in unlicensed
Vincent Cicirello (Stockton University)+ BioVincent A. Cicirello, Ph.D. is a Professor of Computer Science at Stockton University in Galloway, NJ, USA, where he has been a faculty member since 2005. He is also among the founding faculty of Stockton University's Behavioral Neuroscience program, an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor. He earned a Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003, and also graduated from Drexel University in 1999 with an M.S./B.S. in Computer Science, and a B.S. in Mathematics. His research interests include artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, evolutionary computation, machine learning, and swarm intelligence. He was designated an ACM Senior Member in 2011, received the 2005 AAAI Outstanding Paper award, and was nominated for the 2006 GECCO Best Genetic Algorithm Track Paper award. He received a U.S. Patent in 2010, and has published over 50 journal and conference publications. He is a member of AAAI (Life member), ACM (Senior Member), ACM SIGCSE, ACM SIGAI, ACM SIGEVO, CCSC, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and SIAM.
yun lin (Harbin Engineering University)
Arianna D'Ulizia (CNR - IRPPS)+ BioArianna D’Ulizia graduated in Computer Science Engineering from the “La Sapienza” University in Rome in 2005 and obtained a PhD in Computer Science and Automation from the “Roma Tre” University in Rome in 2009. She is currently a researcher with the Italian National Research Council Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies, Rome. She is author of more than 70 papers in international journals, conferences and books. She is mainly interested in human-computer interaction, multimodal interaction, visual languages, geographical query languages, social computing, risk governance, knowledge management and innovation. From 2006 to 2018, she was programme chair for several international workshops and conferences, such as the Workshop on Mobile and Networking Technologies for Social Applications (MONET 2006, MONET 2007, MONET 2008, MONET 2009, MONET 2010, MONET 2011), the Workshop on SOcial and MObile COmputing for Collaborative Environments (SOMOCO 2012, SOMOCO 2013), the Workshop on Mobile and Social Computing for Collaborative Interactions (MSC 2014, MSC 2015), and the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS 2017, RRI-ICT 2018). She is associate editor of the IEEE Access journal. She is involved in the editorial board of several international journals in the field of computer science, such as the Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS), the International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) and the International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC). She is also a reviewer for several international journals, such as Multimedia Tools And Applications (MTAP), PLoS One, IEEE Access, Sensore, Applied Sciences, Control & Cybernetics, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Advanced Robotics, etc. She has been a guest editor for several special issues of various international journals, such as the Journal of Computing Science and Engineering, Journal of Next Generation Information Technology and Multimedia Tools and Applications. Since 2016, she has been a scientific reviewer for several PRIN, FCS-H2020 PON and Italian “Rita Levi Montalcini” young researchers’ projects. She is part of many programming committees for national and international conferences and workshops. From 2005 to date, she has participated in 19 European and national projects.

Area Editors:

Baoxian Zhang (Graduate Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Cristian Borcea (NJIT)
Paolo Bellavista (University of Bologna)
Tommaso Melodia (SUNY Buffalo)
Claude Oestges (Université catholique de Louvain)
Qing Yang (University of North Texas)
Shaoen Wu (Ball State University, USA)
Tigang Jiang (University of Electronic Science & Technology of China)
Jian Ren (Michigan State University)
Lei Chen (Georgia Southern University)
Houbing Song (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)+ BioHoubing Song (M’12–SM’14) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, in August 2012. In August 2017, he joined the Department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, where he is currently an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab, www.SONGLab.us). He served on the faculty of West Virginia University from August 2012 to August 2017. In 2007 he was an Engineering Research Associate with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. He serves as an Associate Technical Editor for IEEE Communications Magazine. He is the editor of four books, including Smart Cities: Foundations, Principles and Applications, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2017, Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications, Chichester, UK: Wiley-IEEE Press, 2017, Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications, Boston, MA: Academic Press, 2016, and Industrial Internet of Things: Cybermanufacturing Systems, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2016. He is the author of more than 100 articles. His research interests include cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity and privacy, internet of things, edge computing, big data analytics, unmanned aircraft systems, connected vehicle, smart and connected health, and wireless communications and networking. Dr. Song is a senior member of ACM. Dr. Song was the very first recipient of the Golden Bear Scholar Award, the highest campus-wide recognition for research excellence at West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech), in 2016.
Dalei Wu (The University of Tennessee at Chattanoog, USA)
Jianjun Yang (University of North Georgia)
Ruolin Zhou (University of Massachusetts)
Ashutosh Kumar Dubey (Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India)+ BioDr. Ashutosh Kumar Dubey is an expert in the field of Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence and Optimization. He is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department in Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is Senior Member of IEEE, Professional Member of ACM, Member of IACSIT and IAENG. He is also the Member of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture, Computer Communications, Intelligent Informatics, Software Engineering, Computational Life Sciences, Cloud Computing Community and Smart Grid Community. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience. He has authored a book name Database Management Concepts. He is also heading the organization name ACCENT Social and Welfare Society from 2011. The main aim of this society is to encourage the activities of research and developments through organizing/sponsoring conferences and workshop. His research areas are Data Mining, Optimization, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, IoT and Object-Oriented Programming.
Dr. Anand Nayyar (Duy Tan University)+ BioDr. Anand Nayyar (Academician, Researcher, Author, Writer, Inventor, Innovator, Scientist, Consultant and Orator) received MCA from Punjabi University, Patiala in 2008 with Gold Medal and Distinction, M.Phil (Computer Science) in 2009 with 1st Division from V.M.U, Tamil Nadu, M.Tech (Information Technology) in 2011 with 1st Divison cum Distinction and University Topper, MBA (Information Systems) with 1st Division from Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal. He did Ph.D. in Computer Science from Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh in 2017 in Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence, and Network Simulation. (Topper in Course Work). A Certified professional with 75+ International & Globally Recognized Professional Certifications from various IT Giants like: CISCO/Cyberoam Certifications: CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cyberoam Certified Network and Security Professional (CCNSP). Microsoft Certifications: MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP, MCSD (App Builder), MCSA-2008/2012/2016-Windows Servers, Cloud Platform, MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, MCSE: Productivity, MCSA: Dynamics 365, MCSE: Business Applications. Oracle Certifications: Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)-Java SE 8 Programmer, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)- Java SE 8 Programmer, Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)- Oracle 12c Database Administrator, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)- Oracle 12c Database Administrator. Beingcert.com: Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certified, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Data Center Professional (CDCP), Certified Data Center Specialist (CDCS), Certified Data Center Expert (CDCE), Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Manager (CDCFOM), Certified Big Data Foundation Specialist (CBDFS), Foundation Certificate in DevOps (FCDO), Certified DevOps Master (CDM), Certified Computer Hardware Engineer (CCHE), Certified Web Developer (CWD), Agile Scrum Foundation (ASF), Agile Scrum Master (ASM), Certified PHP Developer, Associate in Project Management (ASM), Professional in Project Management (PPM), Certified Project Director (CPD). EXIN Certifications: ISQTB Certified Tester Foundation Level, EXIN-ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL), PRINCE2 ® Foundation Certificate in Project Management. Asian School of Cyber Laws (ASCL): Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified in Cyber Law Protection, Certified in Data Privacy Law. GAQM Certifications: Linux Certified Professional (LCP), Linux Certified Engineer (LCE), Linux Certified Master (LCM), Certified Cloud Computing Professional (CCCP), Certified Cloud Computing Consultant (CCCP). Misc. Certifications: Linux Administration, Oracle Workforce Development Programme: Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) (Oracle 9i)- SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) (Oracle 12c)- Data Guard Administration, Project Management Professional, AutoCAD, DTP, Manipal Global and Google Certified Digital Marketing Professional, Google Certified Power Search. Published 350+ Research Papers in various National and International Conference’s and various International Referred Journals (Scopus, SCI/SCIE/SSCI) and even Reputed IT Magazines like Open Source for You and Electronics for You. He has published 25 Books in different subjects of Computer Science with National and International publishers like Springer, IGI-Global, Elsevier, CRC Press, BPB Publications etc. He is acting as Programme Committee/Organizing Committee/ Advisory Committee/ Reviewer Committee Member for various International Conferences across globe. He is one of the Top Reviewers in Computer Science as per “Publons.com”. He has 16+ Years of Teaching and Research Experience with Pace Computers Ltd., Ludhiana, Arya College, Ludhiana, KLSD College, Ludhiana and KCL Institute of Management and Technology, Jalandhar (Under Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar. Currently working as Professor, Scientist and Researcher in Graduate School, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. He has guided 2 M.S., 7 M.Tech (5=CSE) & (2=ECE) students and 30 MCA students for thesis and projects respectively. He has evaluated 14 Ph.D Thesis from various universities of India in the area of Computer Science and Information Technology. He is a part of more than 500+ Research Journals as Editorial Board member, Review Board Member for various SCOPUS/SCI/SCIE/SSCI journals. He is Associate Editor for IGI-Global Journals—IJISP, IJDST, IJCINI, IJGC. He is acting as Editor in Chief for IGI-Global Journal titled “International Journal of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IJSVST)”. He has acted as Session Chair and Session Co-Chair in more than 20 National Conferences and 40 International Conferences and also 20National/International Conferences as Keynote Speaker. He has delivered more than 50+ talks in different Faculty Development Programs across the country. He is member of more than 50 International & National Research Societies. He has 5 Patents to his Credit. He has been speaker at Google I/O 2018 Mien Trung event and FinTech 2018, 2019- Highly reputed Industry events in Viet Nam. He is member of 50+ Research Organizations on grade of Senior/Life/Associate. He is acting as Senior Member of ACM and also acting as ACM DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER. He has been awarded with 25 Awards for Teaching, Research, Innovation and Scientist Activities-Shiksha Ratan Puraskar, Best Citizen of India, ISTE Best Teacher Award, Young Scientist Award, Bharat Excellence Award, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Rashtriya Gaurav Award, Rashtriya Jewel Award, Global Excellence Award, Exemplary Educationist Award, Distinguished Faculty Award, Indira Gandhi Award of Excellence, Global Role Model Teacher Award, Young Researcher Award, Best Scientist Award, Indo International Emerging Star Award, Global Indian Personality Award, Asian Award for Intellectual People, Outstanding Researcher (Computer Science & Engineering), Top 1% Reviewers (2019- Publons)- Computer Science, Engineering and Cross-Field, Distinguished Scientist Award 2019, International Researcher of Year Award 2020. He has been cited in Marquis Who’s Who in the World in 2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 and Rifacimento International: Reference Asia: Asia’s Who’s Who of Men and Women of Achievement 2013. He has created more than 250+ Videos on YouTube on his Channel: Gyaan with Anand Nayyar. He is currently working in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Wireless Communications, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Smart Cities, Wireless Communications, High Performance Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Data Science Analytics, Open Source Technology, Drones, Computational Intelligence and Blockchain technology.
B. Gupta (National Institute of Technology Kurukshtra)
Yulong Ying (School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power)+ BioYulong Ying received the B.S. degree in power and energy engineering from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, in 2010 and received the M.S. degree in power machinery and engineering from Harbin Engineering University, China, in 2013. And he received the Ph.D. degree in marine engine engineering from Harbin Engineering University, China, in 2016. From 2013 to 2016, He was also an engineer and researcher in Shanghai Electric Shanghai Electric Gas Turbine Co., Ltd. And now he is currently a Professor(Associate) in School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China. His research interests are in the fields of thermodynamics, control system, signal feature extraction and pattern recognition, machine learning, and power machine fault diagnosis and prognosis, and he has published over 70 research papers on these topics.
Ya Tu (Harbin Engineer University)
Peihan Qi (Xidian University)
AO LI (Harbin University of Science and Technology)
Dr A M Viswa Bharathy (Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology, India)
Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Sharma (Prof.)+ BioDr. Akhilesh K. Sharma Ph.D. is a Professor in Manipal University Jaipur (India) in school of Computer Science and Information Technology department. He has more than 18 years of experience in academic and research field. He has worked in various universities and engineering institutes of national and international repute. He has won various prestigious awards like the best research proposal award by ACM and CSI (Computer Society of India) Udaipur chapter. His area of interests include Big data analytics, deep learning, classification and clustering methods, Data mining and machine learning, cognitive intelligence etc. He has authored/co-authored a large number of technical research articles which were published in various journals, books and conference proceedings with good citation index. He has completed a few sponsored projects in the areas of R&D and optimization. He has guided a large number of projects for graduates, post graduates and PhD courses in engineering discipline. He has visited several places for presenting research articles, chairing sessions and delivering lectures like IITs, NITs. He visited Vietnam, China, Singapore and Thailand etc. He is a Senior Member of Indo-U.S. Collaboration in Engineering Education (IUCEE), ACM, and Computer Society of India (CSI) and Member compliance committee of MIR Labs Washington, USA. He has organized conferences, faculty development programs, workshops and seminars. He has been included as an expert committee member based on his expertise. Due to his meritorious contributions in the field of education, he has been awarded best paper award, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore as visiting research scientist etc. He has received Best teacher award for his contributions in academics. He is an accomplished scientist with large number of research publications to his credit. He is actively involved in computational and experimental research work. His interests in Deep learning, machine learning, big data analytics has built a large fan following with many senior scientists visiting his laboratory. He was the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi sadbhavna award given by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi (Former President of Indian National Congress, United Progressive Alliance Govt.) at 10-Janpath in India. He visited IIT Indore to deliver guest lecture on latest research areas and He was succeeded to fetched/received grant from Department of Electronics and Information Technology (GOI) and successfully conducted industrial excursion and ESDM workshop for the university students. Recently he has been awarded for the distinguished research excellence award for the year 2017, and for the best research proposal award by ACM and CSI in Doctors Conference-2016. One can reach to him at akhileshshm@gmail.com.
Bo Li (Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai)
Murat Kuscu (Koc University)
Xuanheng Li (Dalian University of Technology)
Zhenyu Na (School of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University)
Lisheng Fan (Guangzhou University)
Guan Gui (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications)+ Bio{Guan Gui} (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Zongyang county, Anhui province, China, in 1982. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2012. From 2009 to 2014, he joined the Tohoku University as a research assistant as well as a postdoctoral research fellow, respectively. From 2014 to 2015, he was an Assistant Professor in the Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan. Since 2015, he has been a professor with Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China. His recent research interests include intelligence sensing and recognition, intelligent signal processing, and physical layer security. Dr. Gui has published more than 200 IEEE Journal/Conference papers and won several best paper awards, e.g., ICC 2017, ICC 2014 and VTC 2014-Spring. He received the IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award in 2021, top 2\% scientists of the world by Stanford University in 2021, the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field in 2021, the Highly Cited Chinese Researchers by Elsevier in 2020 and 2021, the Member and Global Activities Contributions Award in 2018, the Top Editor Award of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology in 2019, the Outstanding Journal Service Award of KSII Transactions on Internet and Information System in 2020, the Exemplary Reviewer Award of IEEE Communications Letters in 2017, the 2012 Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, and the 2018 Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) International Fellowships for Overseas Researchers. He was also selected as for the Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor in 2016, the Jiangsu High-level Innovation and Entrepreneurial Talent in 2016, the Jiangsu Six Top Talent in 2018. Since 2022, he has been a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Member of the IEEE Communications Society and of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He is serving or served on the editorial boards of several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Physical Communication, Wireless Networks, IEEE Access, Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers, Security and Communication Networks, IEICE Communications Express, and KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, Journal on Communications. In addition, he served as the IEEE VTS Ad Hoc Committee Member in AI Wireless, TPC Chair of PRAI 2022, TPC Chair of ICGIP 2022, Executive Chair of VTC 2021-Fall, Vice Chair of WCNC 2021, TPC Chair of PHM 2021, Symposium Chair of WCSP 2021, General Co-Chair of Mobimedia 2020, TPC Chair of WiMob 2020, Track Chairs of EuCNC 2021 and 2022, VTC 2020 Spring, Award Chair of PIMRC 2019, and TPC member of many IEEE international conferences, including GLOBECOM, ICC, WCNC, PIRMC, VTC, and SPAWC.
Jibo Shi (HEU)

Aims & Scope

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications is an open-access, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on all aspects of mobile communications theories, technologies, systems, and applications. The journal publishes research articles, review articles, commentaries, editorials, technical articles, and short communications with a triannual frequency. Authors are not charged for article submission and processing.

Mobile cellular networks
Mobile ad hoc networks
Mobile Internet
WiMAX networks
Vehicular networks
Wireless sensor networks
Satellite communications systems
Mobile system and network architectures
Network control and management
Self-organizing, self-aware, and self-adaptive networks
Mobility management
Modulation and coding techniques
Quality of service
Reliability and fault tolerance
Trust, security and privacy
Mobile applications and services
Performance modelling and analysis
Spectrum sensing algorithm and white space modeling
Spectrum sharing architecture and mechanism
Spectrum-efficient design
Dynamic spectrum management
Spectrum pricing, auction, and trading a
Game theory for dynamic spectrum access
Spectrum mobility control
Reconfigurable wireless platforms
Medium access control design for cognitive radio networks
Spectrum agile and adaptive routing
Security of wireless systems in the context of spectrum sharing
Interference analysis, measurements, and statistical models of spectrum usage
Information-theoretic aspects of next-generation mobile systems
Coexistence with legacy wireless systems
Novel radio architectures and antennas
Simulation tools, testbeds, hardware, and software prototypes
Regulation and standardization
Artificial intelligence and machine learning for mobile communications
Energy-efficiency design in mobile communication systems
Mobile big data analytics
Mobile communications for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Applications enabled by mobile communication systems

Keywords

Mobile communications, Mobile networks, Mobile systems, Mobile ad hoc networks, Mobile Internet, Mobile applications, Wireless sensor networks, Underwater wireless networks, Vehicular communications, Vehicular communications systems, Satellite communications, Satellite systems, Cognitive radio communications, Cooperative communications, Vehicular networks