After the successful 1^st International Conference on Broadband Communications for Next Generation Networks and Multimedia Applications (CoBCom) in 2016, the 2^nd CoBCom in 2018, the 3^rd CoBCom in 2020, and the 4^th CoBCom in 2022, the 5^th International Conference on Broadband Communications for Next Generation Networks and Multimedia Applications will be held in Graz, Austria, on July 9^th – 11^th, 2024. Through its technical program, the CoBCom 2024 conference will provide again an opportunity for the academic and industrial communities to address new research challenges, share solutions and discuss issues in information and communication technology (ICT) referring to modern telecommunications.

TOPICS

We are soliciting technical papers, special session proposals, and workshops proposals referring to the following topics of interest, but not limited to these fields and contents:We are soliciting contributed technical papers, special session proposals, and workshops proposals referring to the following topics of interest:

• Internet and next generation networking
• Internet of things, machine-to-machine communication and sensor networks
• Networking in the cloud
• Software defined networks and network function virtualization
• Software technologies and platforms for emerging services
• Design and applications for mobile and wireless services
• All-optical networks
• Broadband mobile and wireless communications
• Satellite and space communications
• Antennas and wave propagation including near-field communication and RFID
• Multimedia applications, rich communications services and networked games
• QoE and QoS assessment and provisioning
• Energy-efficient protocols and networking
• Smart spaces: context- and situation-awareness
• Social networking and social media
• Big data in telecommunications
• Electronic communications market and regulatory issues

Link to the conference website: https://www.cobcom.tugraz.at/