Scope

The System and Test-Bed Design section of Frontiers in Communications and Networks Journal aims to publish high-quality fundamental and applied research in the general area of system level design and test-bed demonstrations, which plays a key role in the communications and networks research, with many applications to real world-problems and future generation systems and networks. Areas covered by this section include, but are not limited to:

·       Real world instrumentation, measurement and characterization of all scale systems and networks

·       Demonstration of huge capacity transmission

·       Device-level and system-level prototype development and testing

·       Radio over fiber, radio-frequency optics and photonics integrated testbeds

·       Experimental system level designs for fixed and wireless communication systems

·       Experimental studies and testbeds for communication systems and networks (Hz – THz)

·       Testbeds and experimental studies on propagation channel characterization (Hz – THz)

·       Economic Impact of proper testbed design and characterization

·       Challenges, Risks and recommendations of testbed designs and configurations

·       Intelligent/Software Defined/self-Reconfigurable Testbeds

·       Hardware system setups for biomedical, radars, direction finding, vehicular, 5G and beyond

·       Secure and reproducible testbeds and system prototypes

·       Testbeds for underwater, underground, in/on body, terrestrial and space-based systems

·       Standardization of testbed design, experimentation and characterization

·       Future microwave/THz/optical based testbeds

·       Convergence of simulation and experiment

·       Simulator platforms and CAD for devices, networks and systems

·       Life cycle assessment for communications and networks

Submissions in all formats/styles including full research papers (original research/technology and code), perspective/vision papers, tutorials/surveys (review), magazines (mini review), letters (brief research report), standards, as well as replies and comments are encouraged. All studies must contribute insights into the communication and networking test-bed demonstrations and system level design, prototype and characterization areas. Contributions of theoretical aspects, networking protocols, and simulation only studies can be submitted to other related sections of this journal.  

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