16th - 18th September 2026 | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Organized by Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, MBCET

ComNet26

International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks

International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks

16th - 18th September 2026

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

ComNet 2026 is a premier international forum that brings together researchers, engineers, industry professionals, and policymakers to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, challenges, and solutions in communication systems and networking technologies.

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About ComNet26

About the Institution

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala was established in the year 2002 by the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum with the noble objective of providing quality technical education based on fundamental human values.

MBCET offers seven B. Tech programmes and seven M. Tech programmes across five Engineering departments and is an approved research centre of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.

Accreditations & Recognitions:

NBA Tier-1 Accreditation NAAC A Grade (CGPA 3.13) UGC Autonomous Status

Five Bachelor of Technology programmes (B. Tech in ECE, EEE, CSE, ME and CE) are distinguished by Tier-1 accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) from July 2025, reflecting adherence to the highest standards of quality and excellence in engineering education.

Students actively participate in various professional activities under the ambit of professional bodies like IEEE, ISTE, CSI, IET, etc.

About the Department

The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering focuses on imparting a solid foundation, both theoretical and hands-on work experience, across the vast spectrum of technologies in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The department has a team of well-qualified and competent faculty who are active in research and guidance with numerous publications to their credit.

To encourage research and development, the department regularly organizes Conferences, Seminars, and Short Term Training Programs.

Following the overwhelming success of previous conferences including Broadband '08, ComNeT 2010, ICGT'12, ComNet 2016, ICCS 2017, ComNet 2019 and SPICES 2022, the department is proud to organize the International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (ComNet26) during September 16-18, 2026.

About the Conference

ComNet 2026 is a premium international conference that brings together researchers, engineers, industry professionals, and policymakers to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, challenges, and solutions in the evolving fields of communication systems and networking technologies.

Conference Theme

"Communication Systems and Networks for a Sustainable Tomorrow"

This theme focuses on exploring and advancing communication technologies that are efficient, resilient and environmentally sustainable, addressing current and future societal challenges while promoting digital inclusivity.

As global demand for high-speed, secure, and intelligent communication infrastructure grows, ComNet 2026 provides a collaborative platform to explore next-generation networks—from 5G and 6G to quantum communication, edge computing, and AI-driven network automation.

The conference features a rich technical program with keynotes from thought leaders, panel discussions on industry trends, tutorial sessions, and multiple parallel tracks covering wireless communications, network security, optical networking, software-defined infrastructures, and sustainable networking.

Important Dates

Paper Submission

15th May 2026

Notification of Acceptance

25th July 2026

Final Paper Submission with Registration

25th August 2026

Conference Dates

16th - 18th September 2026

Organizing Committee

Chief Patron

HIS BEATITUDE MORAN MOR BASELIOS CARDINAL CLEEMIS CATHOLICOS

Patrons

Rev. Fr. John Varghese Palanilkunnathil
Director, MBCET
Rev. Dr. Koshy Issac Punnamoottil (Shyju)
Bursar, MBCET

Conference Leadership

General Conference Chair
Dr. S Viswanatha Rao
Principal, MBCET
Conference Organizing Chair
Dr. J. Jayakumari
Professor/ECE and ILO, MBCET
Organizing Secretary
Dr. Luxy Mathews
Assoc. Prof. & Head/ ECE, MBCET
Convenor
Dr. Swapna P S
Assoc. Prof./ECE, MBCET

Technical Program Committee Chairs

Dr. J. Jayakumari
Professor/ECE and ILO, MBCET
Dr. Bijoy A. Jose
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, CUSAT

Publication Chairs

Dr. Lani Rachel Mathew
Asst. Professor/ECE, MBCET
Mr. Nandan S
Assistant Director, LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Trivandrum

Publicity Chairs

Dr. M J Jayashree
Professor/ECE and Dean (Academics-UG), MBCET
Dr. Sreedevi P
Assoc. Prof/ECE, MBCET

Finance Committee Chair

Dr. Ancy S Anselam
Associate Professor/ECE, MBCET
Dr. Valliyappan David Natarajan
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
Dr. Chee Yen (Bruce)
Associate Professor, Wireless Communication Centre (WCC), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Dr. Sharmini Enoch
Assistant Professor, Zayed University, Dubai
Dr. Xiaohui Yuan
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Director, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems Lab, University of North Texas
Dr. Sharul Kamal Bin Abdul Rahman
Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Maode Ma
Research Professor, College of Engineering, Qatar University
Prof. Valentina Emilia Balas
Professor, University of Arad, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Romania
Dr. Muhammed Kasim S
Chair, IEEE India Council History Committee Member, Professor (Retd.), Dept. of EEE, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
Dr. Manoj B S
Chair, IEEE Kerala Section and Professor, Dept. of Avionics, IIST, Trivandrum
Dr. Bijuna Kunju K
Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, T. K. M. College of Engineering, Kollam
Dr. Lillykutty Jacob
Principal, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kerala
Dr. Sameer S.M.
Director-Elect for IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) and Professor, NIT Calicut
Dr. Deepthi P.P.
Professor, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut
Smt. Sarada Jayakrishnan
Chair, Industry Engagement, IEEE Kerala Section
Dr. Shiny G
former Principal, Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. K. Gopakumar
Retired Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg of TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
Dr. Suresh K
Principal, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Dr. Ushakumari S
Professor and Dean (Corporate Relations), MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Paul Thomas
Professor & Dean (Post Graduate Studies & Research), MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. S. Rajaram
Registrar and Professor, Department of ECE, Thyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Dr. T. Shanmuganatham
Professor, Department of Electronics, Pondicherry, University, Puducherry
Dr. M. Sathish Kumar
Professor, Dept. of ECE, Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka
Dr. Deepak Mathur
Director of IEEE Region 10
Dr. Meenakshi M
Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anna University, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Julia Punitha Malar Dhas
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Karunya University, Tamil Nadu
Dr. P. Muthuchidambaranathan
Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Dr. G. Lakshminarayanan
Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Deepak Mishra
Professor, Dept. of Avionics, IIST, Trivandrum
Dr. David Solomon
Professor & Head, Government RIT Engineering College, Kottayam
Dr. Jeena R S
Professor, Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Sreeni K G
Professor, Government RIT Engineering College, Kottayam
Mr. Jithin Krishnan
Scientist/Engineer, SCTIMST, Gov. of India
Dr. K S Angel Viji
Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of CSE, College of Engineering, Muttathara, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Shahin M Abdulla
Associate professor and Head, Dept of ECE, KMEA Engineering College, Aluva
Dr. Emy Mariam George
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam
Dr. Revathy Sivanandan
Engineer, Keltron, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Dhanya G
Associate Professor, MGM College Of Engineering and Technology, Pampakuda, Ernakulam
Dr. Suji Pramila R
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Mar Baselios Institute of Technology and Science, Kothamangalam
Dr. Syama Sasikumar
Software developer, UST Global, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Vineetha Mathai
Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Jisha John
Professor and Head, Dept. of CSE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Tessy Mathew
Professor, Dept. of CSE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Jesna Mohan
Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Nisha G K
Professor and IQAC Coordinator, Dept. of EEE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Elizabeth Varghese
Associate Professor and Head, Dept. of EEE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Shalu George K
Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Soumya A V
Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Dishore S V
Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Sheryl Arulini. A
Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. S. Ravi
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pondicherry University, India
Dr. P. Karuppannan
Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT, Allahabad, India
Dr. N. B. Balamurugan
Professor, Dept. of ECE, Thyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
Dr. Surekha Kamath
Professor, Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering, Manipal University
Dr. C. Seldev Christopher
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Department, St. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering, Nagercoil
Dr Harigovindan
Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. National Institute of Technology Puducherry
Dr. A. Beno
Associate Professor. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Milton A
Professor, St. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. D. C. Joy Winnie Wise
Professor and Dean, Department of Computer science Engineering, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
Dr. Narain Ponraj
Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Dr. T K Sreeja
Associate Professor, Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil
Dr. G. Glan Devadhas
Professor & Director – DORI, CMR University, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Dr. Umadevi M
Professor, Department of Computing Technologies, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
Dr. Kannan Pauliah Nadar
Professor and Head, Department of ECE, Shree Sathyam College of Engineering and Technology, Erode, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Anitha A
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Noorul Islam Institute of Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Tamil Nadu

Call for Papers

Prospective authors are invited to submit full length original research papers which are not submitted, published, or under consideration elsewhere. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Communication Systems

  • Mobile and Wireless Communication
  • Satellite and Space Communication
  • Coding and Information Theory
  • Optical Communication
  • Radio Communications
  • Software Defined Radios
  • Cognitive Radio
  • Telecommunications
  • Microwave Devices Design & Techniques
  • Field Theory
  • Antenna Design and Applications
  • RF Systems
  • Microwave, Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Wave Communications
  • Metamaterials and Applications
  • High Frequency Devices
  • Underwater Communications

Networks

  • Data Communications and Networks
  • Optical Networks
  • Body Area Networks
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Satellite Networks
  • Location- and Context-Aware Distributed Systems
  • Network Security
  • Software Defined Networking (SDN)
  • Internet of Things (IoT) Networking
  • Delay-Tolerant and Opportunistic Networks
  • Routing and Switching Protocols

Signal Processing

  • Image, Audio, Speech and Video Processing
  • Multi View Data Integration
  • Computer Vision Systems and Applications
  • Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
  • Signal Filtering, Detection and Estimation
  • Statistical Signal Processing and Modelling
  • Signal Reconstruction
  • Signal Processing for Information Forensics
  • Mathematical Computation and Optimization Techniques
  • Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic
  • Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
  • AI and Deep Learning

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Contact Information

Conference Venue

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous)

Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar, Nalanchira

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Contact Persons

Dr. J. Jayakumari

Professor, Dept. of ECE

Phone: +919442408881

Dr. Swapna P S

Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE

Phone: +919495401910