Scilight Press

Aims

Autonomous Mobile Networks (AMN) is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing wireless communication technologies, networking architectures, and autonomous operation for next-generation mobile systems. The journal addresses the foundations, design, optimization, and implementation of networks that provide reliable, efficient, secure, and adaptive connectivity across diverse environments.

The journal connects theoretical research with experimental development and practical deployment, serving researchers, engineers, and practitioners in wireless communications and mobile networking. It is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.

Scope

AMN welcomes submissions covering the following topics but not limited to:

Next-generation network architectures: Architectures and protocols for 6G and beyond, heterogeneous networks, open and distributed radio access networks, network virtualization, and integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial infrastructure.

Autonomous network operation and resource management: Self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, distributed control, spectrum sharing, radio resource allocation, routing, scheduling, mobility management, and service assurance.

Vehicular and robotic communications: Connectivity for autonomous vehicles, robots, humanoids, and unmanned aerial systems, including vehicle-to-everything communication, cooperative perception, coordination, and communication-aware motion planning.

Satellite and non-terrestrial networks: Satellite constellations, aerial platforms, integrated space–air–ground networks, inter-satellite communication, and mobility, coverage, and resource management across network segments.

Local area, sensor, and IoT networks: Wireless local area, personal area, ad hoc, mesh, industrial, and sensor networks, including low-power connectivity, scalable access, and operation under resource constraints.

Integrated sensing, communication, and computing: Joint communication and sensing, localization, edge computing, computation offloading, and coordinated design of communication, computation, and control for autonomous systems.

AI-enabled wireless communications and networking: Machine learning, generative and agentic AI, and research toward artificial general intelligence for network design and operation; wireless support for physical and embodied AI.

Security, resilience, and sustainability: Physical-layer and network security, privacy, fault tolerance, safety, energy efficiency, and sustainable operation of wireless infrastructure and connected autonomous systems.

Experimental systems and applications: Testbeds, prototypes, network digital twins, measurement campaigns, datasets, benchmarks, and field deployments that validate wireless technologies and autonomous networking capabilities.