International Conference on Future and Intelligent Networking (FINE 2026)

Aug 26-28, 2026 · Osaka, Japan.

http://www.ieee-fine.org/2026/

Track 9: IoT, Vehicular, and Industrial Networking Systems

Track Chairs:
Theofanis Raptis, National Research Council (CNR), Italy theofanis.raptis@iit.cnr.it
Wanqing Tu, Durham University, U.K. wanqing.tu@durham.ac.uk
Jose Neuman De Souze, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil neuman@ufc.br
Rahim Kacimi, Université de Toulouse, France kacimi@irit.fr

Description

Networked cyber-physical systems are moving from controlled pilots to large-scale, safety- and mission-critical deployments: factories and logistics facilities increasingly rely on distributed sensing and closed-loop control; connected vehicles and roadside infrastructure must cooperate under mobility and intermittent connectivity; and energy-constrained IoT devices are expected to operate for years with minimal human intervention. These environments make networking a core enabler and a challenging systems problem at once, requiring solutions that are dependable, scalable, energy-aware, secure, and operationally manageable in the face of heterogeneity and dynamic conditions. This track aims to bring together contributions that advance the networking foundations of Industrial IoT, V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything), and UAV/satellite-assisted IoT, with a clear emphasis on practical architectures, protocols, and experimental validation.

This track solicits original research on networking technologies—including architectures, protocols, theoretical foundations, and experimental testbeds—for cyber-physical domains. We emphasize Industrial IoT (IIoT), V2X, and UAV/satellite-assisted networking, where dependable operation is governed by stringent real-world constraints such as timing, reliability, energy efficiency, and operational manageability. The track is particularly interested in contributions that enable scalable deployments, deterministic or bounded-latency communication, robust, and secure operation in dynamic or harsh environments across heterogeneous devices and networks.

Track Topics

• Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0/5.0 networking systems: architectures, deployments, and interoperability
• Industrial data distribution, streaming, and data management over heterogeneous IoT and industrial networks
• Deterministic and time-sensitive communication in industrial/vehicular IoT (synchronization, scheduling, bounded latency/jitter)
• Dependability for cyber-physical networks: reliability, redundancy, resilience, and fault-tolerant designs for safety-critical operation
• IoT protocol design and optimization (including QoS, scalability, and lifetime/energy-aware mechanisms)
• Secured and resilient IoT networks (including protocol designs, theoretical analyses and proofs, experimental validations, attack scenarios)
• Wirelessly powered and energy-harvesting IoT networking: protocols, scheduling, and system operation
• RF-based perception and positioning for IoT/cyber-physical systems (when networking/system implications are central)
• V2X networking systems and ITS communications: cooperative awareness, safety messaging, and mobility-aware networking
• UAV/satellite-assisted IoT (data collection, relaying, coverage extension) and airborne support for cyber-physical connectivity
• Network management and operational support tailored to IoT/industrial/vehicular environments (lightweight monitoring, configuration, lifecycle management)
• Experimental evaluation: testbeds, field trials, measurement studies, reproducible datasets and tools for IoT, vehicular, and industrial networking

Technical Program Committee

• Di Wu, University of St Andrews, UK
• Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
• Antonin Le Floch, IRIT, France
• Gayathri Jegan Mohan, Microsoft, USA
• Changfu Xu, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, China
• Lucas Bréhon-Grataloup, SAMOVAR, Télécom SudParis, France
• Davide Borsatti, University of Bologna, Italy
• Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
• Noor Ullah, National Research Council, Italy
• Carlos T. Calafate, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
• Wang Xiaoliang, Nanjing University, China
• Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras, Greece
• Marios Angelopoulos, International Hellenic University, Greece
• André-Luc Beylot, IRIT, France
• Ziang Liu, Imperial College London, UK
• Tamoghna Ojha, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India

Paper Submission and Publication

Details of paper submission and publication can be found here.