CALL FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS
IEEE CCNC 2026

The IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, is a major annual international conference. Taking advantage of its co-location with the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is the world's largest tradeshow on consumer technology, CCNC is organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking technologies. CCNC 2026 will feature high-quality keynotes, plenary talks, technical and industry papers, panels, tutorials, and demonstrations. In addition, the CCNC 2026 Organization Committee invites members of the research, development, and practitioner communities to submit Workshop and Special Session proposals. Workshops provide a forum for people to discuss areas of special interest with like-minded researchers and practitioners. Special Sessions complement the main program with new or emerging topics that are of particular interest to the consumer communications and networking community and may also cut across and beyond disciplines traditionally represented at CCNC. Research contributions are welcome in all areas pertinent to consumer communications and networking, including:

● Edge/Cloud Computing and Networking
● Networking Solutions for Metaverse, Social Applications, Multimedia, and Games
● Testbeds, Experimentation and Datasets for Communications and Networking
● Wireless Communications: Fundamentals, PHY and Above
● Beyond 5G and Towards 6G
● IoT: From Sensors to Vertical Applications
● Security, Privacy, and Content Protection
● Digital Twins for Networking and Communications
● Communications and Applications for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on Land, Water, and Sky
● AI/ML for Communications and Networking

Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical papers to the appropriate track(s) listed below. All accepted technical papers are required to be presented at the conference and will be published in the IEEE CCNC 2026 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore® as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. In addition, authors that have a demonstration component in their work are highly encouraged to also submit proposals to the Demonstration Session as soon as the call opens.

All papers for the technical tracks should be submitted via EDAS, and please make sure to follow the Submission Guidelines. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six pages (10-point font) including figures.

Submit your papers at: https://edas.info/N33771
CCNC 2026 link at: https://ccnc2026.ieee-ccnc.org/call-papers

Important Dates
Technical Papers Due: July 1, 2025
Paper Acceptance Notification: July 31, 2025

Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical papers to the appropriate track(s) listed below.

Track 1 – Edge/Cloud Computing and Networking
Track Chairs:
Woongsup Lee, Yonsei University, South Korea
Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA

Track 2 – Networking Solutions for Metaverse, Social Applications, Multimedia, and Games
Track Chairs:
Manuela Montangero, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Ombretta Gaggi, University of Padua, Italy

Track 3 – Testbeds, Experimentation and Datasets for Communications and Networking
Track Chairs:
Leonardo Bonati, Northeastern University, USA
Elif Ak, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Track 4 – Wireless Communications: Fundamentals and PHY and Above
Track Chairs:
Wonjae Shin, Korea University, South Korea
Arjun Singh, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, USA

Track 5 – Beyond 5G and Towards 6G
Track Chairs:
Mohammed E. Eltayeb, California State University, USA
Heejung Yu, Korea University, South Korea

Track 6 – IoT: From Sensors to Vertical Applications
Track Chairs:
Prem Prakash Jayaraman, Swinburne University, Australia
Raffaele Gravina, University of Calabria, Italy

Track 7 – Security, Privacy, and Content Protection
Track Chairs:
Shamik Sengupta, University of Nevada, USA
Kiho Lim, William Paterson University, USA

Track 8 – Digital Twins for Networking and Communications
Track Chairs:
Giovanni Delnevo, University of Bologna, Italy
Homin Park, Singapore University of Social Science, Singapore

Track 9 – Communications and Applications for Connected and Autonomous
Vehicles on Land, Water, and Sky
Track Chairs:
Nadine Abbas, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Luca Sciullo, University of Bologna, Italy

Track 10 – AI/ML for Communications and Networking
Track Chairs:
Hyun Jong Yang, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Roberto Cavicchioli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Track 11 - Satellite Networks and Integrated Space-Air-Ground Networks
Track Chairs:
Kisong Lee, Dongguk University, South Korea
Vitaly Petrov, Northeastern University, USA

Track 12 – Quantum Networking and Computing
Track Chairs:
Sunghye Park, Ajou University, South Korea
Claudio Cicconetti, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy

CCNC 2026 Chairs
Silvia Mirri, University of Bologna, General Chair
Howon Lee, Ajou University, TPC Chair
Luca Bedogni, University of Modena and Reggio Milia, TPC Vice-Chair