PHYCOM: Physical Communication is an international and archival journal providing complete coverage of all topics of interest to those involved in all aspects of physical layer communications. Theoretical research contributions presenting new techniques, concepts or analyses, applied contributions reporting on experiences and experiments, and tutorials are published. 
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Physical layer issues of Wireless Local Area Networks, WiMAX, Wireless Mesh Networks, Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks, PCS Systems; Radio access protocols and algorithms for the physical layer; Spread Spectrum Communications; Channel Modeling; Detection and Estimation; Modulation and Coding; Multiplexing and Carrier Techniques; Broadband Wireless Communications; Wireless Personal Communications; Multi-user Detection; Signal Separation and Interference rejection: Multimedia Communications over Wireless; DSP Applications to Wireless Systems; Experimental and Prototype Results; Multiple Access Techniques; Space-time Processing; Synchronization Techniques; Error Control Techniques; Cryptography; Software Radios; Tracking; Resource Allocation and Inference Management; Multi-rate and Multi-carrier Communications; Cross layer Design and Optimization; Propagation and Channel Characterization; OFDM Systems; MIMO Systems; Ultra-Wideband Communications; Cognitive Radio System Architectures; Platforms and Hardware Implementations for the Support of Cognitive, Radio Systems; Cognitive Radio Resource Management and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing. 

 presenting new techniques, concepts or analyses, applied contributions reporting on experiences and experiments, and tutorials

Editor-in-Chief
Tolga M. Duman
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Michail (Michalis) Matthaiou
Queen's University, Institute of Electronics, Communications & Information Technology (ECIT), Belfast, United Kingdom
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus and Founder
I.F. Akyildiz
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, United States
Editorial Board
S. Akin
Leibniz University Hanover, Hannover, Germany Wireless communications, information theory, network calculus, queueing theory, signal processing
M.K. Banavar
Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States Wireless sensor networks, localization, detection and estimation, data science and machine learning
E. Başar
Koc University, İstanbul, Turkey MIMO systems, modulation and coding, cooperative communications
M. Beko
Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisboa, Portugal Localization and tracking in wireless sensor networks, MIMO communications, PAPR reduction, cognitive radio
P.D. Diamantoulakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Optimization theory and applications in wireless communications and smart grids, machine-learning and big data for wireless communications, wireless power transfer, optical wireless communications
I. Djordjevic
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States Advanced FEC, coded modulation, turbo equalization, physical-layer security, quantum key distribution
T.Q. Duong
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Wireless communications, machine learning for wireless communications
M.J. Fernandez-Getino Garcia
University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain OFDM systems, MIMO systems, broadband wireless communications, wireless personal communications, physical layer issues of wireless local area networks, WiMAX, wireless mesh networks, sensor and ad-hoc networks, detection and estimation
M. Gomes
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal MIMO and massive-MIMO systems, OFDM and SC-FDE type systems (sub-topic: waveform contenders for beyond 5G), frequency domain equalization and precoding, modulation and coding techniques for physical layer security
K. Guan
Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China Ray-tracing, measurement and modeling of wireless propagation channels; high-speed railway communications; vehicle-to-x channel characterization; millimeter-wave and terahertz propagation and channel
T. Gucluoglu
Yildiz Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey MIMO communications, cooperative/relay systems, performance analysis of wireless communication systems
G. Gui
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications College of Telecommunications and Information Engineering, Nanjing, China
A.C. Gurbuz
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States Wireless communication, mmWave/5G Communication, signal processing for communications
I. Guvenc
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States 5G, heterogeneous networks, millimeter wave, UAV communications, wireless localization
K. Hayashi
Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan Sparse signal processing, overloaded MIMO, distributed adaptive filtering
Y. Hu
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), communications with finite blocklength codes, QoS-aware wireless communications, wireless power transfer, cooperative communications and relaying, UAV communications
Q. Huang
University of Arkansas Bookstore, China LDPC codes, polar codes, iterative decoding, coding for distributed storage systems
M. Ismail
Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar Cooperative networking, resource management, heterogeneous networks, energy efficiency, 5G
N.D.K. Jayakody
Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russian Federation Non-orthogonal multiple access technologies for 5G, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer, unmanned aerial vehicle communications, cooperative relay communications, LDPC codes
T. Kamalakis
Harokopio University, Athens, Greece Optical wireless communications
Y. Ko
University of York, York, United Kingdom Index modulation, mission-critical machine type communications, sustainable vehicular MTC, physical layer security for IoT type devices, machine learning for advanced wireless applications
R.S. Kshetrimayum
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Guwahati, India MIMO wireless communications, cooperative communications and optical wireless communications
J. Lehtomäki
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Cognitive radio, spectrum sensing, Terahertz wireless communication
C. Li
Southeast University, School of Information Science & Engineering, Nanjing, China AI based MIMO wireless communications, Deep learning based video/image processing/recognition, Cyberspace security
F. Li
Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China Internet of Things, cognitive radio networks, satellite networks
G. Liva
German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen Site, Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling, Germany - Modern coding theory- Coded modulation- Random access protocols- Information theory
B. Maham
Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan city, Kazakhstan Performance analysis of mm-wave communication systems, resource allocation for wireless networks and beyond 5G networks, nano-neural communication systems
S. Miron
Automation Research Centre Nancy, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France Multidimensional signal processing, tensor-based signal processing, sensor-array signal processing, electromagnetic space-time-polarization antenna-array signal processing, acoustic signal processing: source localization, beamforming
S.K. Mohammad
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India Broadband wireless communications; MIMO systems; detection and estimation; modulation and coding; multi-user detection; multiple access techniques; space-time processing; synchronization techniques; radio access protocols and algorithms for the physical layer;spread spectrum communications
N. Mokari
Tarbiat Modares University Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Teheran, Iran, Islamic Republic of Wireless Networks, Molecular Communication
P. Nagaradjane
SSN Trust, Chennai, India Cooperative communications, signal processing for wireless communications, 4G and 5G cellular networks (PHY layer aspects), HetNets
H.Q. Ngo
Queen's University, Institute of Electronics, Communications & Information Technology (ECIT), Belfast, United Kingdom Massive MIMO, Cell-free massive MIMO, and cooperative systems
K. Rabie
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom Energy harvesting & wireless power transfer, non-orthogonal multiple access, physical layer security, power line communications
H.-J. Su
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan MIMO coding and signal processing, multiple access, cooperative communications, physical layer security
A.K. Tanc
Biruni University Department of Biomedical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey Channel coding, multiuser communications, sensor networks
J. Tang
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China Energy harvesting, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer, mobile edge computing, machine learing
N. H. Tran
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States Energy-efficient wireless networks, physical-layer security and security in wireless networks, coding and modulation, multiple-access techniques for 5G and beyond
C.-C. Tseng
National I-Lan University, Yilan, Taiwan Radio access technologies, radio resource allocation/scheduling, interference management in heterogeneous networks
M. Wen
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China Index modulation, non-orthogonal multiple access, physical layer security, cooperative relaying
Y. Yapici
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States Millimeter-wave and 5G communications, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), massive MIMO and multiuser beamforming, UAV-aided wireless communications, software defined radios (SDRs) and testbeds for wireless communications
M. Yuksel
TOBB Economics and Technology University, Ankara, Turkey Network information theory, communication theory, wireless communications and networking
M. Zeeshan Shakir
University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom Wireless communications, 5G and Beyond 5G wireless networks and technologies, flying networks, Internet of Things, Green networks
N. Zhao
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China UAV communications, NOMA, interference management, cognitive radio
Y. Zhong
Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan, China Networking and wireless communications, interference management, stochastic geometry, ad hoc networks
F. Zhou
Nanchang University, Nanchang, China Cognitive radio, resource allocation, mobile edge computing, robust optimization, machine learning