Contributions are invited on all topics related to conference theme but not limited to the following topics:

• Disaster Recovery and Management in Rural Areas
• Health Service Development and Management
• Cloud Computing
• Cyber Security
• Business, Finance and Economy
• Governance and Government Policy
• Education, Humanities, Social Sciences
• Medicine and Health Care
• Big Data Management and Application
• Mobile Communications and Mobility
• Mobile Planet
• Internet-of-Things IOT
• Smart Grid Communications
• Impact of 4G and 5G on Rural Communications
• Green Communications
• Game Theory and its Application
• Wireless Communications and Networking
• Cognitive Green Radio Communications
• Optical Communications and Networking
• Information and Communications Technologies
• Simulation, Modeling and Analysis and Performance Evaluations
• Network Management and Services
• Health Care and Home Networking
• E- and M- Commerce
• Satellite Communications Systems
• Optical Passive and Active Components and Devices
• Internet and IP Telephony and IPV6
• Architectures, Devices and Security and Privacy
• Nano-photonics and Bio-photonics
• Ultra Wide Band UWB and RFID
• Physical and Link Layers and Lower Layers of Protocols
• Higher Layers of Protocols, Application
• WLAN and Mobile WIMAX, 3G and 4G Systems
• Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Mesh Networks
• Peer-to-peer and Machine-to-Machine Communications
• Quality of Service and Traffic Management and Characterization
• MIMO and Beam Forming and OFDM
• Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
• Military Application of Communications and Information Security
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Internet Applications
• Application of Information and Communications Technologies
• Design of Smart Cities and Social Networking
• Delay Tolerant, Fault Tolerant and Reliable Communication
• Remote e-Hospital, e-Ambulance Communications
• Communication Systems Technologies and Services for Crisis and Disaster Management

Additional Information

Optical Fiber Sensing Technologies

• New concepts of optical fiber sensing
• Fiber grating sensors
• Fiber-optic interferometric sensors
• Distributed sensors
• Tapered fiber sensors
• Micro-structured fiber-optic sensors
• Fiber-optic physical and mechanical sensors
• Fiber-optic chemical and medical sensors
• Multiplexing and networks of optical fiber sensors

Optical Networking

• Network planning
• Design and modeling, access/metro networks
• IP over WDM networks, protection/restoration
• GMPLS
• QoS issues
• Routing and wavelength assignment
• Multiple access techniques
• Fairness control in optical LANs and MANs

Optical Switching and Network Elements

• Photonic switching systems
• Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers
• Optical IP routers
• Photonic packet switching
• Monitoring techniques
• Optical signal processing
• Wavelength conversion
• Optical interfaces and terminals
• Optical interconnections
• Optical fiber and cables

Optical Transmission

• WDM transmission systems
• Transmission subsystems
• Transmission impairments mitigation
• Ultrahigh bit rate transmission systems
• Nonlinear systems
• Optical regeneration
• Radio over fiber
• Short-haul and optical backplane subsystems
• Optical electronic signal processing for subsystem impairment mitigation
• Optical Channel Monitoring
• Advanced Modulation Formats and Error Correction
• Optical Wireless

Optical Active Components and Modules

• Optical modulators and switches
• Semiconductor optical amplifiers
• Semiconductor lasers and detectors
• Fiber amplifiers and lasers
• Raman and Brillouin amplifiers
• Optical MEMS
• Photonic integrated circuits/modules
• VCSELs

Optical Passive Components

• Fiber-based devices
• Dispersion compensators
• Optical tunable filters
• Optical circulators and isolators
• Optical waveguide-based devices
• Fiber and waveguide filters
• Microstructured waveguides and devices
• Arrayed waveguide devices
• Optical splitting and directional couplers
• Photonic crystal fibers

Optical Networking Technologies 

• Optical network planning, design and modelling
• Optical access/metro networks
• IP over optical networks
• Network protection/restoration
• Generalised multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS)
• Planning and design tools for optical networks
• QoS issues in optical networks
• Routing and wavelength assignment
• Multiple access technique and fairness control in optical LANs and MANs

Optical Switching and Network Elements 

• Photonic switching system architectures
• Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers
• Optical IP routers
• Photonic packet switching
• Network signalling and monitoring techniques
• Optical signal processing
• Wavelength conversion techniques

Optical Transmission Technologies 

• WDM Ultra-long haul transmission systems
• OTDM transmission systems
• Soliton transmission systems
• Transmission system experiments
• Radio over fibre-optics
• Optical interconnections
• Optical interfaces and terminals

Optical Passive Components 

• Fiber-Bragg-grating-based devices
• Fiber-grating dispersion compensators
• Optical circulators and isolators
• Optical waveguide-based devices
• Fiber and waveguide filters
• Microstructured waveguides and devices
• Arrayed waveguide devices
• Optical splitting and directional couplers

Optical Active Components and Modules 

• Optical modulators and switches
• Semiconductor optical amplifiers
• Semiconductor lasers and detectors
• Fibre amplifiers and lasers
• Raman and Brillouin amplifiers
• Automatic gain control of optical amplifiers
• Optical MEMS
• Photonic integrated circuits/modules
• Optical tunable filters
• Optical logics and memories

Mobile and Wireless Communications topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: 

1. Management 
   Resource and Information Management 
   Pricing and Billing Issues
    
2. Architecture
    Convergence of Fixed and Mobile 
    Hybrid Communications System
    
3. Devices
    Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications
    
4. Security
    Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks
    
5. QoS
    Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning 
    End-to-end Quality of Service
    
6. Mobility Support
    Handoff Algorithms 
    IP and Mobility 
    Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks 
    Policy-based Mobility Management
    
7. Applications
    Personal Communications 
    Location and Context Management 
    Smart Media 
    Mobile Code 
    Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications
    
8. Access
    Wireless IP 
    Wireless Multimedia Services 
    Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 
    Multiple Access Technology 
    Broadband Wireless Access
    
9. Networking
    Wireless Personal Area Networks 
    Wireless Local Area Networks 
    Mobility and Nomadic Computing 
    Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols 
    Home Networking 
    Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet 
    Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing 
    Satellite Networks
    
10. Internet 
    Access and Broadband Technologies 
    Agent Technologies, Distributed Games 
    Hypertext and Hypermedia 
    Multimedia on the Web 
    Audio/video/voice Coding for Internet Service
    Internet Security, Multicast 
    Virtual Private Networks 
    Web Navigation Strategies, Quality of Service 
    Scalability Aspects, Traffic Characterization