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Welcome to the August 2026 issue of VTS Mobile World – your IEEE Vehicular Technology Society newsletter.
This edition begins with a feature on the upcoming election for 2027 IEEE Division IX Director-Elect, a recap of the recent student/IEEE Young Professionals event held by VTS, and enlightening articles contributed by experts, gathered from the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation Systems, and Mobile Radio columns in the June 2026 edition of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. It also includes recently published papers from the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, providing valuable insights.
As always, I am always available to hear your feedback; just send me a note at [email protected].
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| IEEE Elections |
| IEEE Division IX Director |
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IEEE election ballots may be cast now through 1 October 2026. This article explains the pertinent elements of the upcoming 2027 IEEE Division IX Director-Elect election, and highlights each candidate’s election brief. VTS encourages all IEEE members to participate in all elections, and contribute to the future direction and success of IEEE.
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| Recent Events |
| Mentoring Meet at VTC2026-Spring |
| Taimoor Abbas, IEEE VTS Young Professionals Cmte Chair |
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The IEEE VTS Students and Young Professionals Mentoring Meet was held at VTC2026-Spring in Nice, France. The event welcomed participants from universities, research institutes, and organizations around the world, to learn, connect, and engage with the VTS community.
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| Call for Papers: IEEE VTM Special Issue |
| Multifunctional Low-Altitude Wireless Network for ITS |
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The IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine announces a new special issue on Multifunctional Low-Altitude Wireless Network for Intelligent Transportation Systems. Manuscripts are due for review by 31 October 2026 via the IEEE Author Portal.
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| Connected and Automated Vehicles |
| The Rise of Cooperative Intelligence |
| Antonella Molinaro |
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Autonomy alone is insufficient for scalability, safety, and robustness in real-world environments, and marking a decisive transition in the evolution of mobility.
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| Transportation Systems |
| Rail Transportation Safety |
| Yousef Kimiagar |
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The priority in rail transportation safety is shifting toward increased automation and systematic modeling to minimize risks and ensure the continued safety of the rail network operation.
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| Mobile Radio |
| Beyond GNSS |
| Bang Chul Jung |
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Although GNSS remains the worldwide backbone of PNT, its limitations in dense urban areas, partially indoor environments, and interference-prone scenarios have motivated growing interest in complementary architectures.
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| From the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology |
| Recent Articles in the OJVT |
| Edward Au, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology Editor-in-Chief |
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This month, the IEEE OJVT features an article on the concept of unified 3D networks for 6G, and an article on foundation models for autonomous driving perception.
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| From the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology |
| Sensing-Assisted Beam Tracking in Cell-Free ISAC |
| Kangjian Chen, Chenhao Qi, and Octavia A. Dobre |
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In this paper, we investigate cell-free integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems and propose a sensing-assisted beam tracking scheme based on multiple access point (AP) cooperation.
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Editor-in-Chief
F. Richard Yu
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