We solicit original and unpublished research in all aspects of wireless communications, including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Advanced equalization, channel estimation and synchronization techniques

• Antennas, smart antennas, and space-time processing

• Cross-layer design and physical-layer based network issues

• Device-to-device and machine-to-machine communications

• Distributed, relay assisted, and cooperative communications

• Energy efficient PHY layer design, energy harvesting

• Heterogeneous and small-cell networks

• Hybrid communication systems (e.g. satellite/terrestrial/wireline hybrids)

• Information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications

• Interference modeling, management, cancellation, and alignment

• MIMO, multi-user MIMO, and massive MIMO

• Modulation, coding, diversity, equalization, synchronization

• Multiple access techniques and air interfaces (CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA)

• OFDM and multi-carrier systems

• Physical-layer network coding

• Physical-layer security

• Physical-layer design for cellular, wireless LAN, ad hoc, and sensor networks

• Radio resource management

• Signal processing for wireless communications

• Ultra wideband, mmWave, and sub-THz communications

• Underwater communications

• Wireless communications testbeds, field tests, and measurements