About IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing focuses on the key technical issues related to (a) architectures, (b) support services, (c) algorithm/protocol design and analysis, (d) mobile environments, (e) mobile communication systems, (f) applications, and (g) emerging technologies.
Scope of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Architectures – Mobile networks and hosts, Agents and proxies, Mobility management, mobile agent and proxy architectures, Integrated wireline and wireless systems, Planning and standardization.
- Support Services – Mobility and roaming, Nomadic computing, Multimedia, Operating system support, Power management.
- Algorithm/Protocol Design and Analysis – Online and mobile environments, Limited bandwidth, Intermittent connectivity.
- Mobile Environments – Data and knowledge management, Performance modeling and characterization, Security, scalability and reliability, Design, management and operation, Systems and technologies.
- Mobile Communication Systems – Wireless cellular and spread-spectrum systems, Multi-user and multi-access techniques and algorithms, Multi-channel processing, Channel coding, Data coding and compression.
- Applications – Location-dependent and sensitive, Nomadic computing, Wearable computers and body area networks, Multimedia applications and multimedia signal processing, Pervasive computing, Wireless sensor networks.
- Emerging Technologies.
Scope Guidance
TMC is centered on mobile computing and its system-level implications. Submissions that focus exclusively on lower-layer physical signal processing (e.g., pure radar systems) without a clear mobile-computing contribution (e.g., system and/or software impact, end-to-end performance benefits, deployability constraints, or mobile application relevance) are typically out of scope. Likewise, papers that primarily improve AI/ML models are best suited for TMC only when the work is grounded in a mobile computing problem, includes critical analysis (benefits, limitations, overhead, robustness) and an evaluation focused on mobile computing aspects, and delivers a clear mobile-systems take-home message.
Submission Instructions:
This journal is a hybrid publication, allowing either traditional manuscript submission or author-paid Open Access (OA) manuscript submission. Read about OA submissions here.
In addition to submitting your paper to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, you are also encouraged to upload the data related to your paper to IEEE DataPort. IEEE DataPort is IEEE's data platform that supports the storage and publishing of datasets while also providing access to thousands of research datasets. Uploading your dataset to IEEE DataPort will strengthen your paper and will support research reproducibility. Your paper and the dataset can be linked, providing a good opportunity for you to increase the number of citations you receive. Data can be uploaded to IEEE DataPort prior to submitting your paper or concurrent with the paper submission. Thank you!
For author information and guidelines on submission criteria, please visit the TMC Information and Submission Guidelines page on IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
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