***CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2019 25th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC)
http://apcc-conf.org/
Theme: "Enabling Technologies for Smart Cities"
Organized by: Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Vietnam
Conference location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam


***TECHNICAL SPONSORS
· IEEE Communications Society
· IEEE ComSoc Vietnam Chapter
· CIC (China Institute of Communications)
· KICS (The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences)
· IEICE CS (IEICE Communication Society)

***Important Dates***
Paper submission (regular tracks): July 15, 2019
Paper submission (special sessions): July 15, 2019
Acceptance notification: August 30, 2019
Registration and camera-ready version: Sep. 30, 2019
Conference dates: November 6-8, 2019


Since 1993, APCC has been the forum for researchers and engineers in the Asia-Pacific region to present and discuss advanced information, communication technologies, and services, while opening the door to the world at the same time. The 2019 25th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) will be held in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam from the 6th to the 8th of November, 2019. The theme of this year’s conference is Enabling Technologies for Smart Cities. In addition to high-quality technical sessions, the symposium will feature exciting keynotes, tutorials and workshops. It will also offer a fantastic social program. All accepted and presented papers in technical sessions and workshops will be published in the conference proceedings, in IEEE Xplore as well as EI and other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

***SUGGESTED TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

* Wireless Communications Track
· MIMO, multi-user MIMO, and massive MIMO
· OFDM and multi-carrier systems
· Multiple access techniques and air interfaces (CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA)
· Millimeter wave and Terahertz communications
· Maritime, space and underwater communications
· Modulation, coding, and diversity techniques
· Performance analysis of wireless communication systems

* Signal Processing for Communications Track
· Advanced equalization, channel estimation, signal detection, and synchronization techniques
· Novel architectures for signal demodulation and decoding
· Signal processing techniques for commercial/standardized (LTE, LTE/A, WiMAX etc.) and other emerging systems
· Signal processing for millimeter and Tera-Hz communication systems
· Signal processing for single-carrier, OFDM and OFDMA systems
· Signal processing for spread-spectrum, CDMA, ultra-wideband systems
· Machine learning, and stochastic geometry-based signal processing

* Wireless Networks Track
· 5G and beyond
· LTE, WiMAX, WMAN, and other emerging broadband wireless networks
· WLAN, WPAN, and other home/personal networking technologies
· Underwater wireless networks
· Vehicular wireless networks
· mmWave wireless networks
· Free space optical networks

* Emerging Technologies, Applications, and Services Track
· Context and location-aware wireless services and applications
· User-centric networks and adaptive services
· Wireless body area networks and e-health services
· Intelligent transportation systems
· Dynamic sensor networks for urban applications
· Wireless emergency and security systems
· Ultra-reliable communication

***Special sessions***
· Physical Layer Security and Integrity for IoT and Space Communications by Roland Gautier, Nguyen Tuan-Duc, Lap Luat Nguyen
· Information and Coding Theory by Fakhreddine Ghaffari, Nguyen Duc Phuc, and Sunghwan Kim

***SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
All papers will be peer-reviewed using a blind review process. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings indexed by IEEExplore. Submission of proposals for special sessions, tutorials and student sessions should be sent to the conference secretary.Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers in PDF format via the EDAS system:

http://edas.info/N25750

***COMMITTEE
Honorary Co-chairs
· Masahiro Umehira, Ibaraki University (ASC Chair, 2015-2016)
· Daehyoung Hong, Sogang University, Korea (ASC Chair, 2017-2018)

Steering Co-chairs
· Vu Van San, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam
· Yang Yang, Shanghai Tech University, China

General Chairs
· Tan Hanh, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam
· Tran Xuan Nam, IEEE Comsoc-Vietnam Chapter
· Khoa Le, Western Sydney University, Australia

Financial Co-Chairs
· Pham Minh Quang, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
· Pham Thi Yen Linh, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam
· Huynh Van Hoa, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam

Publication Co-Chairs
· Tran Trung Duy, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam
· Tran Thien Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Vietnam

Technical Program Chairs
· Vo Nguyen Quoc Bao, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam
· Ha Hoang Kha, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam
· Duy Ngo, The University of Newcastle, Australia
· Duy Nguyen, San Diego State University, USA

Please kindly forward this email to other interested parties.

Best Regards,
APCC 2019 Committee