The design of next-generation networks and future communication systems will be shaped by improved services, leading to greater management complexity for network providers across diverse technology platforms. Innovative networking technologies are essential to efficiently and effectively handle the complexities of traffic demands, particularly with the rise of over-the-top services offered by network data-center operators and individual companies.

The focus of IEEE HPSR 2025 is to asses groundbreaking services and technologies and their impact on networks, telecommunications, and supporting data communication systems. To inspire these discussions, we are seeking original and thought-provoking works on switching, routing, and networking and their applied technologies. Submissions on autonomous networks, 5G/6G, IoT, Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, virtualization, and other advanced topics, including AI/ML for communications and networking, are also encouraged. Research work on the following topics, but not limited to, are welcome for consideration:

High-Performance Functionality and Architectures:

    Address lookup algorithms, packet classification, scheduling, and dropping
    Applications of data science and analysis on high-performance networks
    Applications of GPU on network functions
    Data center and wide-area networks
    Efficient data structures for networking applications
    High-speed packet processors
    Multiprocessor networks
    Network management
    Network traffic analysis and measurements
    Power-aware switching, bridging, and routing protocols
    Routing and resource allocation
    Standardization activities of emerging switching and routing
    Switching architectures
    Switching, bridging, and routing protocols
    Traffic characterization and engineering

Optical Communication and Networks:

    Disaster-resilient networks
    Fiber-wireless convergence
    Free space optics and optical LANs
    Hollow-core fiber communication
    Hybrid fiber-wireless networks
    Optical access networks
    Optical backhaul for wireless networks
    Optical data center networks
    Optical fiber communication and networks
    Optical network architectures
    Optical networks for cloud/fog
    Quantum optical communications
    Subsea communication and networks
    Techno-economics and network economics
    Visible light communication and networks

Network Technologies and Applications:

    AI/ML for communications and networking
    Augmented and virtual reality
    Big data and analytics in smart city
    Blockchain for communications and networking
    Cyber-physical systems and networks
    Defence communications and networking
    Game theory with networks
    Network economics and pricing
    Network function virtualization
    Open networking
    Power-line communication
    Rural and remote connectivity
    Security, privacy, and trust
    Signal processing for communications
    Smart grid communication networks
    Software-defined networks
    Spectrum sharing models

Emerging Technologies:

    5G-advanced and 6G technologies
    Edge technologies
    Full-duplex communications
    Future technologies for IoT
    Green communications and networking
    Haptic and holographic technologies
    ICT enabling technologies for e-health systems
    Integrated sensing and communication
    Intelligent meta-surfaces
    Millimeter-wave communications
    Molecular communications
    Nano-networking
    Quantum communication and networks
    Satellite internet
    Semantic communications
    Testbed and prototype implementation
    UAV communications and networking
    Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications
    Wireless body area networks
    New paradigms in networking and communication systems