10 student grants available - IEEE ITNAC 2026 - 36th INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE

25-27 November 2026, Melbourne, Australia
IEEE 2026 36th INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS=20
CONFERENCE

Key Highlights:
=E2=80=A2 IEEE ITNAC 2026 will support 10 students grants.
=E2=80=A2 Selected papers will be invited for submission to high quality =
journal=20
special issues
=E2=80=A2 Featuring keynotes & tutorials by world-renowned researchers an=
d=20
industry leaders
=E2=80=A2 Best paper awards

Important Dates:
Paper submission: 1st August 2026
Notification of acceptance: 1st October 2026
Conference date: 25th to 27th November

Call for Papers
With the increasing number of emerging robust networks, the challenges=20
to design new networking protocols, techniques, and applications are=20
never ending. ITNAC has been a leading forum for researchers and=20
engineers to present and discuss topics related to advanced=20
telecommunication network technologies, services, and applications.=20
ITNAC 2026 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and=20
state-of-the-art research from academia, communications industry and=20
standardization bodies that covers distributed, mobile, cognitive and=20
cloud computing, modelling and simulation, computer and data=20
communications, local and metropolitan networks, optical, wired and=20
wireless telecommunication networks and applications. Contributions are=20
welcome on all advanced research topics, particularly (but not limited=20
to) the following:

Mobile & Wireless Networks
=E2=80=A2 Modelling and Simulation
=E2=80=A2 Wireless access and routing protocols
=E2=80=A2 Cross-layer design optimization
=E2=80=A2 Green, energy efficient and sustainable networking
=E2=80=A2 Nature and bio-inspired approaches to networking
=E2=80=A2 Network-based mobile positioning and tracking
=E2=80=A2 Cognitive and cooperative networking
=E2=80=A2 Mobile social and ambient networks
=E2=80=A2 Delay tolerant networks
=E2=80=A2 Mobile and wireless broadband access networks
=E2=80=A2 4G/5G/6G networks
=E2=80=A2 Wireless sensor networks
=E2=80=A2 Vehicular Ad-hoc networks
=E2=80=A2 Cognitive networks
=E2=80=A2 Mission critical communications
=E2=80=A2 Quantum computing & communication systems

Internet Technologies and Applications
=E2=80=A2 Network modeling and simulation
=E2=80=A2 Software defined networking
=E2=80=A2 Smart Cities and Smart Grids
=E2=80=A2 Traffic engineering, congestion and admission control
=E2=80=A2 Content delivery networking
=E2=80=A2 Datacenter networks and Cloud Computing
=E2=80=A2 Sustainable networking
=E2=80=A2 Peer-to-peer networks and overlays
=E2=80=A2 Novel network-enabled applications and services
=E2=80=A2 Future Internet routing schemes or transport concepts
=E2=80=A2 IPv6 and future network addressing
=E2=80=A2 High performance network virtualization
=E2=80=A2 Networking standards and regulations
=E2=80=A2 QoS/QoE provisioning and resource management
=E2=80=A2 IoT and Cyber physical systems
=E2=80=A2 Quantum internet

Network Management, Privacy and Security
=E2=80=A2 Next generation network regulation
=E2=80=A2 Broadband network management
=E2=80=A2 Intrusion detection and prevention
=E2=80=A2 Key distribution and management
=E2=80=A2 Large-scale attacks and defense
=E2=80=A2 Security and privacy in wireless networks
=E2=80=A2 Network security policy, theory and tools
=E2=80=A2 Secure Mobile Agents and Mobile Code
=E2=80=A2 Trusted computing and management
=E2=80=A2 Security and privacy
=E2=80=A2 Network resiliency and network security
=E2=80=A2 Cyber-security and cyber-crime

Optical Networking and Applications
=E2=80=A2 Modelling and Simulation
=E2=80=A2 Optical switching and routing
=E2=80=A2 Optical Network on Chips
=E2=80=A2 Visible light communication
=E2=80=A2 Optical Ethernet, EPON/GPON, 100Gb/s Ethernet
=E2=80=A2 WDM Access Networks, WDM-PON
=E2=80=A2 Wired/wireless convergence, Telecom/broadcast convergence, IPTV
=E2=80=A2 Optical-wireless access networks, Radio-over-fiber
=E2=80=A2 Large capacity optical transmission, WDM, OTDM
=E2=80=A2 OFDM and advanced modulation in photonics
=E2=80=A2 Energy efficient optical networks

Organizing Committee: General Chair: Himanshu Agrawal, Curtin=20
University, AU Technical Program Co-Chairs Shuo Li, RMIT University,=20
Australia Asif Ahmed Sardar, Curtin University, AU Local Organizing=20
Committee Chair Estrid He, RMIT University, AU

Publicity Chairs Kashinath Basu, Oxford Brookes University, UK Nazmus=20
Nafi, Victoria, Australia Madhusanka Liyange, University College Dublin=20
Neminath Hubbali, IIT Indore Keshav Sood, Deakin University, AU Nguyen=20
Dinh Duc Nha, VinUniversity, VN

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