About the Journal

Aims and Scope
Intelligent Communications and Future Networks is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the theory, design, implementation, and applications of intelligent communication systems and future network architectures. The journal aims to provide a high-quality interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to present innovative research results, emerging technologies, and practical solutions shaping the next generation of connected systems.
 
The journal focuses on the convergence of artificial intelligence, advanced communications, distributed computing, edge intelligence, and autonomous networking technologies to enable scalable, adaptive, secure, and sustainable future digital infrastructures.
 
The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, intelligent and autonomous communication systems, AI-native networking, semantic-aware communications, integrated sensing and communications, edge-cloud collaboration, digital twin networks, cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, space-air-ground-sea integrated networks, and emerging paradigms beyond current-generation wireless systems.
 
The journal welcomes original research articles, survey papers, technical reviews, industrial case studies, and visionary perspectives that address theoretical foundations, system architectures, protocols, algorithms, optimization methods, experimental platforms, and real-world deployments.
 

Intelligent Communication Systems

  • AI-native communication architectures

  • Intelligent wireless communications

  • Semantic communications

  • Context-aware and adaptive communications

  • Cognitive and self-optimizing networks

  • Autonomous communication systems

  • Green and sustainable communications

  • Energy-efficient networking technologies

Future Networking Architectures

  • Future Internet architectures

  • Software-defined networking (SDN)

  • Network function virtualization (NFV)

  • Intent-driven networking

  • Self-evolving and self-healing networks

  • Service-oriented and programmable networks

  • Network orchestration and automation

  • Integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks

Artificial Intelligence for Networking

  • Machine learning for communications and networking

  • Deep learning-based network optimization

  • Reinforcement learning for autonomous networking

  • Federated learning in communication systems

  • Distributed and collaborative intelligence

  • Foundation models for network intelligence

  • Large language models for network management

Edge Intelligence and Distributed Computing

  • Edge computing and edge intelligence

  • Cloud-edge-end collaborative systems

  • Distributed AI systems

  • Real-time intelligent services

  • Resource allocation and task offloading

  • Intelligent service provisioning

  • Mobile edge computing

Emerging Network Paradigms

  • Integrated sensing and communications

  • Digital twin networks

  • Space-air-ground-sea integrated networking

  • Satellite and aerial communications

  • UAV-assisted networking

  • Quantum communications and networking

  • Holographic communications

  • Immersive networking technologies

Article Processing Charge (APC)

This journal does not apply APC to process or publish articles.

Access

All articles in the journal are Open Access (OA).

Frequency

This is a quarterly journal in which four issues are published per year.

Copyright notice

Authors retain copyright over their materials and are free to copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the material since all the papers are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

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