HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM — The International Conference on Logistics and Industrial Engineering (ICLIE) is proud to announce the opening of a high-impact special session: "Sustainable 6G Frontiers: Intelligence, Resilience, and Integrated Sensing for Next-Generation Industrial Logistics".
Led by Session Chair Dr. Huy T. Nguyen and Co-Chairs Dr. Tri-Hai Nguyen and Dr. Ngo Hoang Tu from Van Lang University, this session addresses a critical shift in the telecommunications landscape. As the industry moves toward 6G commercialization in 2030, the focus is expanding from raw speed to the essential pillars of Resilience and Sustainability.
As we move toward the 2030 commercialization of 6G, the focus has shifted from mere "speed" to the twin pillars of Resilience and Sustainability. For modern supply chain information systems, 6G provides the "always-on" connectivity required to maintain visibility in challenging environments while drastically reducing the carbon footprint of global ICT and logistics infrastructure.
This special session explores the synergy of emerging technologies to revolutionize Industrial Engineering applications. Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) offer hardware-efficient ways to "see" and "shape" the environment, improving the reliability of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in dense warehouses. Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) extend this resilience to remote logistics hubs and maritime supply chains. Simultaneously, Open-RAN (O-RAN) architectures provide the flexibility needed for AI-driven energy optimization in smart factories. This session aims to bridge the gap between signal processing theory and sustainable, system-level implementations for the logistics industry.
Key Technical Interests Include:
Green Signal Processing for Logistics: Energy-efficient beamforming for large-scale warehouse IoT networks. Metasurfaces-Enhanced Industrial Resilience: Using RIS to mitigate signal blockage and enhance coverage in complex industrial environments and metal-heavy shipyards.
Sustainable Integrated Sensing and Communication in Supply Chains: Hardware-shared architectures for simultaneous high-accuracy asset tracking and green communication.
Intelligent O-RAN for Smart Warehousing: RIC-based (RAN Intelligent Controller) resource allocation for energy-neutral networking in automated distribution centers.
Resilient Non-Terrestrial Networks for Global Logistics: Signal processing for satellite-UAV integration to ensure disaster-proof connectivity for international trade routes.
AI/ML for Industrial Performance: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) for for predictive maintenance of logistics hardware and dynamic sleep-mode triggering for sensor networks. Development of AI/ML models to enhance network sustainability, operational efficiency, and long-term performance towards 6G.
Secure Supply Chain Communication: Physical-layer security, covert communication techniques for 6G to protect sensitive logistics data, including low probabilities of secrecy outage and detection errors, secure beamforming, secure/covert power allocation, and AI-driven adaptive defense against eavesdropping and jamming.
Structure and Potential Contributors
Format: 90-minute or 120-minute session (depending on conference slots).
Invited Speaker: One keynote talk (20 mins) from a leading expert in Green 6G or Smart Logistics.
Technical Papers: 5–6 peer-reviewed paper presentations.
Target Audience: Researchers from Signal Processing and Communications, alongside Industrial Engineering and Logistics stakeholders focused on Net-Zero 6G.
The organizing committee invites researchers, signal processing experts, and industrial stakeholders to submit original contributions. This session will feature 5–6 peer-reviewed paper presentations and a keynote talk from a leading expert in Green 6G.