Preface

摘要

The 2018 International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking (CommNet’18) was held during 2-4 April 2018 in Marrakech, Morocco. CommNet'18 was organized jointly by ENSIAS college of Engineering, and the Association for Research and Innovation in Science and Technology (ARINST), with the partnership of IEEE Morocco section. CommNet’18 is the second edition of the conference ACOSIS'16, within the networking and application tracks have been added. CommNet'18 has attracted a high volume of submitted papers from various areas of communication systems, security and networking. Warm thanks go to the General chair of the conference and to the Program Committee. Very warm thanks go also to the two distinguished keynote speakers, Professors Mohamed-Slim Alouini and George K. Karagiannidis. A large number of submissions from 23 countries were received, among which, 39 papers have been accepted from 131 submitted papers based on their timelines and relevance, novelty, technical content, and clarity of presentation. Besides, four invited papers from well-known professors have been added to the conference program and to the proceedings as well. The conference program featured an opening and closing sessions, parallel paper sessions, two keynote presentations, Special Gala dinner, and a visit to the most important monuments of Marrakech city. Hearty thanks also go to the CommNet’18 sponsors, local and junior organizers.