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ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 2 (2021), Issue 1

Editor-in-Chief’s Message

I am pleased to welcome you on behalf of the International
Telecommunication Union to the second issue of the ITU Journal on
Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET). This journal is the
peer-reviewed publication of the Union, available at no cost for both
authors and readers. Releasing this complete issue soon after the
announcement of our inaugural publication at the end of 2020
confirms that the ITU J-FET is indeed free, fast, for all.
With the commitment of an expert, international editorial board and
of the researchers who contributed to this issue, eight papers have
been published, providing analyses into emerging technologies and
forward-looking solutions around networks and communication
systems.

I trust that our readers will enjoy the research included in this
publication and be encouraged to contribute to the academic
discussions ongoing here.

To begin this issue, the paper “Dynamic power control for time-critical networking with heterogeneous
traffic” focuses on future wireless networks and presents a stochastic network optimization problem,
developing an algorithm to solve this in real-time. Considering further algorithms and developments
towards protocol standards, “Reconfiguration algorithms for high precision communications in time
sensitive networks: Time-aware shaper configuration with IEEE 802.1Qcc” investigates the impact of
IEEE 802.1Qcc management protocol to configure Time Aware Shaper reconfigurations in response to
dynamic network conditions.

With the increasing discussions related to cryptocurrencies today and the rise in the number of users on
payment channel networks, privacy concerns are being brought to the fore. “An evaluation of
cryptocurrency payment channel networks and their privacy implications” examines these issues and
evaluates the various payment networks according to privacy metrics.

Software Defined Networks are likely to revolutionize network deployment and contribute to economic
growth. The published paper, “Controller placement optimization software defined wide area networks
(SDWAN)” provides a tested approach for network operators integrating SDN or developing new SDN
deployment plans for optimal controller placement. With a similar lens towards the future and economic
growth, “Economic efficiency of spectrum allocation” makes the case for a digital spectrum
management system to encourage a more sustainable model of development in a time where the demand
for spectrum is continuously increasing.

Aiming to balance the efficiency trade-offs between low implementation complexity and high error
correction in OFDM communication systems, a performance analysis of new Hamming Coding design
is provided in “Performance of a parallel Hamming Coding in short-frame OFDM sensor’s network”.

Deployment of wireless sensor networks is often limited by the Radio Access Technologies (RATs)
used and now, authors present a new RODENT (Routing Over Different Existing Network
Technologies protocol). This technology is explained as being more energy efficient, with increased
coverage and multiple data requirements support, according to the research in “RODENT: A flexible
TOPSIS based routing protocol for multi-technology devices in wireless sensor networks”.
The eighth paper “A multi-link communication connectivity game under hostile interference” adopts the
principles of game theory to show how decision making can be improved for determining
communication stabilization including in MLCC systems.

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