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Call for Papers
IEEE Communications Magazine
Impact Factor 2019-2020 11.052
<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=35>
Network Softwarization and Management Series
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This series focuses on softwarization, management, and their integration in
communication networks and
their services. “Network softwarization” advocates for architectures that
separate the software implementing
network functions, protocols and services from the hardware running them.
Propelled by the maturity of
technologies like network function virtualization and software-defined
networking, softwarization is radically
changing the way communication infrastructures are designed and operated
enabling rapid and innovative
service creation. “Network management“ is about administering networks and
supporting their operations.
It aims to integrate fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security
management in the network;
to leverage the self-management, automation and autonomic capabilities of
networks, and to move from a
“managed object” paradigm to a “management by objective” one.
The key role that software and management are increasingly playing in
telecommunications is enabling
unprecedented levels of abstraction, disaggregation, operation, integration,
and programmability in
network infrastructures and services. This Series publishes in-depth,
cutting-edge, articles on state-
of-the-art technologies and solutions bringing together the latest advances,
innovations, open-source
projects, case studies, research, and development in Network Softwarization and
Management.
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in all topics within the scope of
this Series including, but
not limited to, the following:
Main Paradigms and Systems for Network Softwarization and Management
- Management of softwarized networks.
- Softwarization of network management.
- Network Operations and Automation, Autonomic and Self-management,
Zero-Configuration Networking,
Self-Driving Networking, Intent-based management, AI-assisted softwarization
and management.
Architectures and Methodologies
- Software-Defined Networking, Network Function Virtualization, Service
Function Chaining.
- Network Slicing, Edge/Cloud-native Networking, Softwarized network
architectures/infrastructures,
cloud/edge-native networking.
- Management and orchestration architectures, platforms and systems including
integrated management,
policy-based management, model-driven management.
- End-to-end and multi-domain softwarized networks, multi-domain management,
green operations and
management.
- Network (Data, Control, Management, Service Planes) Programmability.
- Service provisioning and management, service assurance, fulfillment and
resilience, DevOps management.
- Security and Reliability issues in Network Softwarization and Management
Software Approaches, Resources and Functions
- Network operating systems, network functions, cloud-native functions,
interfaces, deployment and
integration with software-based control, management and orchestration.
- Microservices, serverless computing and new software paradigms for managing
and operating network
functions.
- New Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security (FCAPS)
Management functions.
- New telecom software and tools for Operating Support Systems (OSS) and
Business Support Systems
(BSS).
Modelling, Measurement and Performance Analysis
- Performance measurements and evaluation, monitoring, data analytics,
validation and debugging for
network management and softwarized networks.
- Network and service quality, performance, reliability, scalability,
elasticity, resilience,
maintainability, safety and security with guarantees.
- Profiling and performance evaluation of softwarized network
functions/components.
- High precision networking, management of cyber-networking systems supporting
physical/digital twins.
Submission Guidelines
Manuscripts must be submitted through the magazine’s submissions website,
Manuscript Central
(<mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee>). You will need to register and then
proceed to the author
center. On the manuscript details page, please select the Network
Softwarization and Management Series
from the drop-down menu. Manuscripts should be scientific-oriented and should
not be under review for
any other conference or journal. They should be written in a style
comprehensible and accessible to readers
outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be
used. For detailed submission
guidelines please refer to the magazine website for the list of Paper
Submission Guidelines
(<comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-communications-magazine/author-guidelines/manuscript-submission>)
that must be followed by all submissions to the IEEE Communications Magazine.
Papers can be submitted anytime during the year. They will receive a review
process, and, if accepted,
they will be published in the first slot available for this Series.
Series Editors
Walter Cerroni
University of Bologna, Italy
Alex Galis
University College London, UK
Kohei Shiomoto
Tokyo City University, Japan
Mohamed Faten Zhani
École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS Montreal), Canada
In our role as Series Editors, we strive to achieve a fast, quality and
selective review process for
all submissions in order to quickly publish high-quality and cutting-edge
papers on relevant topics
in this area.
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