Journal of Networking and Network Applications

The J-NaNA publishes high-quality papers reporting the advances in the cutting-edge field of communication networks and related applications.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

1)  Advanced Communications and Next-Generation Network Architectures

• Covers semantic and goal-oriented communications

• Generative AI-enabled communications

• Physics-driven learning

• 5G/6G evolution

• Ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC)

• AI-powered intelligent network operation and maintenance

• Network virtualization

• Distributed network architectures

• Integrates 5G and beyond wireless ad hoc/mesh networks

2)  Intelligent Computing Architectures and Advanced Data Storage

• Intelligent cloud storage

• Quantum internet, distributed quantum computing, quantum machine learning

• Generative AI collaboration

• Edge distributed inference

• IoT sensing computing

• GPU resource scheduling, and hardware architecture optimization

3)  Multimedia Computing and Interactive Space Exploration

• Social networks/Media

• Cross-modal media retrieval

• Media semantic understanding

• Intelligent video summarization

• Cloud-edge collaborative streaming transmission

• Novel audio/video coding

• QoS guarantee

• 3D and VR interaction

• Intelligent interaction engines

• Gesture sensing computing

4)  Cryptographic Engineering and Network System Security

• Web application security

• Applied cryptography

• Post-quantum cryptography, Quantum communication

• Information hiding

• Covert communication

• Blockchain consensus

• Smart contract protection

• Cryptocurrency encryption

• Physical layer security

• Space-air-ground integrated network security

• System intrusion prevention

5)  AI Security, Data Privacy and Forensics

• Large model safety alignment

• Model vulnerability analysis

• Agent defense architectures

• Model intellectual property protection

• AIGC forgery detection

• Multimedia digital forensics

• Data privacy-preserving computing

• Data anonymization

• Multi-party privacy games

• Data traceability governance

6) Optical Communications, Data Centers and Wired Network Technologies

• Next-generation optical communication systems

• Intelligent optical network architectures and protocols

• Cutting-edge technologies for high-performance optical interconnections in data centers

• Innovations in data center network architectures, protocol optimization

• Advanced design of storage architectures

• Novel intelligent architectures for wired networks

• Intelligent survivability management

• High-speed routing and switching

7) Internet of Things, Big Data and Automated Network Management

• Innovative design of next-generation IoT architectures

• Scenario-based intelligent application services

• End-to-end/M2M protocol optimization

• Cutting-edge breakthroughs in big data theories

• Intelligent application optimization and security protection technologies

• Advanced cloud computing architectures and collaborative technologies

• AI-driven intelligent visualization of network management

• Cutting-edge monitoring technologies

• Network automation

• Intelligent disaster emergency management