Submission Deadline Extended to 13 March 2025

W3: 3rd International Workshop on Mission Critical Communications

Co-Organizer: Hichan Moon, Hanyang University, South Korea
Co-Organizer: Zak Kassas, Ohio State University, USA
Co-Organizer: Chuan Heng Foh, University of Surrey, UK

TPC Chairs:
● Arafat Al-Dweik, Khalifa University, UAE
● Anirban Bhowal, NIT Rourkela, India
● Alex Piccioni, University of L’Aquila, Italy

Abstract:

The advent of 5G and the prospect for 6G have paved the way for new applications in mission critical communications and navigation, including disaster monitoring, train/ traffic controls, and public safety. Mission critical communication provides reliable communication even in extreme environments. High accuracy positioning for a vehicle or a mobile phone has extended its applications to unmanned vehicles/drones, emergency rescue, and navigation in GPS-denied areas like tunnels, underground motorways, and parking lots. Security in mission critical communications is highly required, since they are used for many businesses as well as public safety responders and organizations. It greatly increases the reliability of communications and navigation from disruption or attack.

The demand to support safety-critical systems increases the requirements for highly reliable, secure, and low latency communications. These requirements generate significant challenges in several areas in communications systems including network architecture, air protocol, security, and positioning and navigation systems. This Workshop focuses on several technologies related to mission critical communications and navigation to satisfy these challenges. It also intends to gather worldwide professionals and stakeholders and provide a change to discuss technical challenges and solutions.

● 6G and beyod-5G technologies for mission critical communications and navigation
● Advanced unlicensed band technologies for mission critical communications and navigation
● Reliable communications and navigation under extreme environments
● Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and High Altitude Platforms (HAPs)-based mission critical communications and navigation
● Wireless-based train and traffic management and control ● Advanced D2D (Device-to-Device) communications
● Ad-hoc networks for public safety
● Moving cell deployment and backhaul design
● Accurate positioning and navigation technologies for public safety missions
● Communications and positioning techniques for autonomous vehicles and drones
● Enhanced security and privacy for mission critical communications and navigation
● Low latency communications

Co-Organizer’s Bios:

Hichan Moon:

Hichan Moon is a professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronics engineering from Seoul National University (Summa Cum Laude), Seoul, Korea and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. Before joining Hanyang University, he worked at Samsung Electronics Co., Korea. In Samsung, he designed mobile station modems for cdma2000, W-CDMA, and LTE. He also worked for 3GPP standardization. He is the project initiative of HELPS and a co-founder of Infoseize Systems. His research interests include accurate positioning, security, random access, reliable communications at low SNR and next generation wireless systems. He is the chair of Ad Hoc Committee on Mission Critical Communications, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.

Zak Kassas:

Prof. Zak Kassas is the TRC Endowed Chair in Intelligent Transportation Systems and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is the Director of the U.S. Department of Transportation Center: CARMEN (Center for Automated Vehicle Research with Multimodal AssurEd Navigation), focusing on navigation resiliency and security of highly automated transportation systems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Institute of Navigation (ION), and a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. He authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, 12 magazine articles, 3 invited book chapters, and 24 U.S. patents. His research has attracted more than $27 million in competitive federal grants and was featured in dozens of national and international media outlets (Science, BBC, Forbes, IEEE, ACM, Ars Technica, MIT Technology Review, among others). He is a Senior Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic He was involved in organizing numerous conferences, workshops, and special sessions at IEEE VTC, IEEE ICASSP, IEEE/ION PLANS, IEEE ITSC, ION GNSS+, ION ITM, ACC, FUSION, and IFAC AAC.

Chuan Heng Foh:

Dr. Chuan Heng Foh is an associate professor at University of Surrey, UK. He is with the Institute for Communication Systems at the university, and the institute is home of 5G/6G innovation center which is one of the largest research center for mobile network research in Europe. His research interests include protocol design, machine learning application, and performance analysis of various computer networks, including 5G/6G, Internet of Things and open RAN. He is currently the Vice-Chair of the IEEE VTS Ad Hoc Committee on Mission Critical Communications, and a member of Education Committee member in IEEE VTS. He is on various editorial boards of journals, and a Senior Editor for IEEE Access

To submit a paper, please visit: https://vtc2025s-rr-wks.trackchair.com/track/2360