<div dir="ltr">[<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks for your further distribution</span>]<div><br></div><div><h1 align="center" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:21px"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px">Call for Papers for the Special Issue of the<u></u><u></u></span></h1><h1 align="center" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:21px"><em><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px">International Journal of Communication Systems published by </span></em><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px">Wiley<u></u><u></u></span></h1><h1 style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:42px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21px"><span style="color:red">(<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1131" target="_blank">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1131</a>)<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p></h1><h1 align="center" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:21px"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px">On “Key Technologies for 5G, the Next Generation of Mobile Networks and Services”</span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px"><u></u><u></u></span></h1><h1 style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:42px"><p align="center" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="FI" style="font-size:14pt">Edited By: Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat, Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of SCS<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p align="center" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9pt"> </span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt">Following the great success of 2G and 3G mobile networks and the fast growth of 4G, the 5th generation mobile networks or 5th generation wireless systems (in short 5G) were proposed to offer “infinite” networking capability and unrivalled user experiences for mobile users at any time and in any places and situations. 5G systems aim to involve and benefit from many current technical advances including massive dense networks, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), data mining, mobile ad hoc networks (MANET), cognitive radio, and so on. Their development and deployment will also stimulate the evolution of many existing technologies, such as social networking and cloud computing, as well as Internet of Things (IoT). What are the key technologies to make 5G fly? How can 5G stimulate our innovation? Without any doubt, 5G systems introduce tremendous challenges in both research and development. This special issue aims at providing a forum to discuss the perspective of 5G, explore key 5G technologies, innovate new techniques and solutions for 5G and investigate technology enablers and business aspects for the next generation mobile networks and services.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Topics of interest of this special issue include, but are not limited to:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">5G architecture </span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Software defined networking and network functions virtualization<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">5G communication and network interoperability</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">High speed transmission collaboration<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">MANET and pervasive computing for 5G<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">5G security and trust technologies<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Privacy preservation and enhancement in 5G</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">5G identity management<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">IoT technologies in 5G<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Mobile cloud computing/social computing and 5G<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Data mining and its applications in 5G<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Innovative 5G service platforms<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Energy efficiency and 5G QoS<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Cognitive radio with artificial intelligence and evolution<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">5G terminals<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Experimental prototypes and results related to the above topics</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Performance evaluation studies</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-ind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