The 2025 CIC Blue Ocean Forum for Worldwide Scientists, sponsored by the China Institute of Communications and organized by China Communications Editorial Office, will be held at the beginning of August this year, aiming at the theme on “Sharing Academic Ideas & Promoting Innovation for Development”. The forum will feature world-class speakers, academic panels, and discussions. The Forum co-chairs invite the submission of original papers for presentation.
1. Topics of Interest (including but not limited to):
A. Fundamental Limits and Emerging Technologies in Communication
Finite-blocklength Information Theory
Electromagnetic Signal and Information Theory
Coding, Modulation, and Channel Modeling
MIMO, Massive MIMO, Cell-free MIMO, and Holographic MIMO
Optical Communication and Network Design
Green Communication and Energy-efficient Systems
B. Low-altitude Intelligent Network
Low-altitude Intelligent Network Architecture, Protocols, and Standards
Low-altitude Communications Network Enabled by Satellites and/or Ground Base Stations
Low-altitude Integrated Sensing and Communications
Low-altitude Multi-modal Monitoring Network
Low-altitude Airspace Planning and Intelligent Navigation
Low-altitude Multi-agent Communications and Embodied Collaboration
C. Satellite Internet
Satellite Internet Network Architecture, Protocols, Standards and Applications
High-Dynamic and High-reliability Waveform Design and Signal Detection
Satellite Internet Flexible Access, Handover and Routing
Satellite Internet Multi-domain and Multi-dimensional Resource Scheduling
Satellite Internet Resilient Networking and Intelligent Collaboration
On-board Beamforming and Management
D. Native Intelligence of Mobile Communications
AI for Communications
Communications for AI
LLM and Generative AI-enabled Communications
Semantic Communications
Digital Twin Networks (DTN)
Testbeds and Field Trials of AI-enabled Communication Systems
2. Paper Review and Publication
The paper should be in English and must include a complete title, abstract, keywords, references, and biographies. For the format of the paper, please download the template and requirements in the “Submission” section of the China Communications journal website (www.cic-chinacommunications.cn).
All manuscripts should be submitted through the ScholarOne platform for peer review (https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/chinacomm). Please follow your specific subject from the the four areas: (1) 2025 Blue Ocean Forum Papers—Fundamental Limits and Emerging Technologies in Communication (2) 2025 Blue Ocean Forum Papers—Low-altitude Intelligent Network (3) 2025 Blue Ocean Forum Papers—Satellite Internet (4) 2025 Blue Ocean Forum Papers—Native Intelligence of Mobile Communications.
Selected papers will be asked to be presented at the Forum and published in China Communications (SCI indexed) next April.
3. Import Date
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
Publication Date: April 15, 2026
4. Name of Contact
Miss Sun Hong
Phone: 010-64553845, 82051670
Email: publisher@china-cic.cn
China Communications Editorial Office