COMSNETS 2026

18th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS

January 6 - 10
Chancery Pavilion Hotel, Residency Road, Bengaluru, India

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Accepted Papers

COMSNETS 2026 Main Conference Paper Decisions Are Out!

  • Total number of submitted papers: 213
  • Total number of papers reviewed: 178
  • Accepted as 20-min Talks: 20
  • Accepted as 10-min Talks: 41
  • Desk Rejects and Policy Violations: 35

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Camera ready papers are due by November 15, 2025 (AoE)

Accepted as Full Presentation (20 Minutes Talk)

  1. An Approximation Algorithm for Minimizing the Number of Distance Constrained Mobile Sinks for Data Collection from Static and Mobile Sensors
    Rohit Kumar (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat), Joy Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar)
  2. Memory-aware Hierarchical Scheduling of ML Tasks in Heterogeneous Clusters of Edge Computing Devices with GPUs
    Saumya Mathkar (Bits Pilani, Goa), Pinki (Post Doc), Vinayak Naik (BITS Pilani, Goa)
  3. Tsetlin Machine-based Network Anomaly Detection System
    Bhumika Salvi (IIITDM Kurnool), Sreenivasa Reddy Yeduri (University of Agder), Ole-Christoffer Granmo (University of Agder), Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi (University of Agder)
  4. Enhancing User Authentication with Wearable Data: Evaluating Sampling Strategies and Classifiers Using Apple Watch Sensor Logs
    Maharage Perera (The University of Tokyo), Allam Shehata (The University of Osaka)
  5. Less is More: Improving WiFi Localization Accuracy with Fewer Scans
    Yamini Shankar (Indian Institute of Technology), Aravindh Sriram Kumar (A G) (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), Ayon Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras)
  6. In-Orbit On demand AI Model update for Geo Imaging platforms
    Vanukuru Hari Rohit (Department of Space), Raghavendra Kune (Department of Space), D. Mallikharjuna Rao (Department of Space)
  7. MBT: Multi-Beam Strategy for Best Transmit Beamforming in mmWave Communications
    Debamita Ghosh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Manjesh Hanawal (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Nikola Zlatanov (Innopolis University)
  8. A Load Balancing Algorithm for multi-IRS aided 6G System
    Preksha Shah (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Prasanna Chaporkar (IIT Bombay)
  9. Lightweight and Decoupled Distributed Authentication for Multihop IoT Networks
    Sreeparna Das (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati), Manas Khatua (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
  10. BEATWAVE: Contactless Drum Generation from Ambient Wireless Sensing
    Srachet Rai (NIIT University), Anirban Das (Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani)
  11. Distributed Inference on Mobile Edge and Cloud: A Data-Cartography based Clustering Approach
    Divya Jyoti Bajpai (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Manjesh Hanawal (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
  12. Adaptive Beam Steering in WPCNs under Slotted ALOHA via Deep Q-Learning
    Samannaya Adhikari (IIT Mandi), Siddhartha Sarma (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi)
  13. QIEA-RTO: Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm for Resilient Task Offloading in UAV-Assisted IoT Networks
    Tushar Barai (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad), Dipankar Barman (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad), Nayanjit Talukdar (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad), Nabajyoti Mazumdar (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad), Pavan Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad)
  14. Efficient Beam Prediction for 6G V2I Networks using Liquid Time-Constant Neural Networks
    Kirtan Kalaria (Ahmedabad University), Dhaval Patel (Ahmedabad University), Mehul Raval (School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University), Mukesh Zaveri (Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology, surat)
  15. A Novel Image Encryption and Decryption Framework Using Graph Neural Networks
    Atin Chowdhury (IIIT Sri City), Piyush Joshi (IIIT Sri City), Mrinmoy Ghorai (Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City), Nikhil Tripathi (IIT (ISM) Dhanbad)
  16. Stochastic Multi-Armed Bandits with Limited Control Variates
    Arun Verma (National University of Singapore), Manjesh Hanawal (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Arun Rajkumar Chellappa (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
  17. Discrete Time Credit-Based Shaping for Time-Sensitive Applications in 5G/6G Networks
    Anudeep Karnam (Eindhoven University of Technology), Kishor Joshi (TU Eindhoven), Jobish John (Eindhoven University of Technology), George Exarchakos (Eindhoven University of Technology), Sonia Heemstra de Groot (Eindhoven Technical University), Ignas Niemegeers (Eindhoven University of Technology)
  18. Design of a Kinesthetic Perception-Based Sampler for Haptic Application
    Syed Ashraf (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), Sarthak Dambare (BIT Durg), Arzad Kherani (Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai), Brejesh Lall (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
  19. A Framework for Enterprise Network Dimensioning - Part 1: Planning Methodology
    Gourab Ghatak (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), Atul Singh (Airspan Networks), Raja Bachu (Airspan Networks)
  20. On the Optimality of STARS-Embedded Sensors for NOMA-ISAC: A Sensing Centric Design
    Maroof Bhat (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu), Ankur Bansal (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu)

Accepted as 10 Minutes Talk

  1. IRS Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication Under Bistatic Configuration
    Rishitha Pulluru (IIT Guwahati), Salil Kashyap (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
  2. RIS-Enhanced Roadside Infrastructure for Robust Non-Line-of-Sight Vehicle-to-Everything Communication
    Narsimhulu Pallati (Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune), Premkumar Chithaluru (Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology), Rajanikanth Aluvalu (Symbiosis International University)
  3. Sparse Regression Codes for Coherent SIMO Channels
    Arpit Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), Sai Dinesh Kancharana (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras), Madhusudan Sinha (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), Arun Pachai Kannu (IIT Madras)
  4. FAPL-DM-BC: Adaptive Privacy-Aware, Blockchain-Backed FL Framework with Dual-Model XAI for the IoVs
    Sathwik Narkedimilli (Telecom Paris), Sujith Makam (Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad), Narendra Dewangan (NIT Raipur), Shrinivas Kulkarni (Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad), Chengappa Munjandira (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
  5. A Causal Inference Approach to Optimising Internet Peering Attractiveness
    Martin Thodi (University of Cape Town), Amreesh Phokeer (Internet Society), Josiah Chavula (University of Cape Town)
  6. A Bid-Driven Optimization Framework for Real-Time Electric Vehicle Charging Scheduling
    Malay Kumar (Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad), Aryan Jaiswal (IIIT Dharwad), Pranay Ch (Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad), Vinay Jain (IIIT Dharwad)
  7. Joint Cooperative Positioning and Sum Rate Maximization in D2D Enabled NOMA Systems
    Abdul Rahim (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology), Chris Prema (Associate Professor)
  8. Balancing the Edge: Multi-Service Request Allocation in Urban 5G-MEC Environment
    Supriya Tambe (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad), Antony Franklin A (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)
  9. Scalable Multimedia Broadcast Services in 5G Hetenets using Partial Feedback
    Pimmy Gandotra (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
  10. Zero-Trust Stealth Authentication for Networked Systems via Port Knocking and TLS Fingerprinting
    Goutami Sooda (RV College of Engineering), Chandana S (RV College of Engineering), Deepamala N (RV College of Engineering)
  11. Energy Efficiency Maximization of Cell-free based THz Cooperative Communication System
    Chittotosh Ganguly (IIIT Senapati, Manipur), Anupam Shome (Research Associate), Amit Dutta (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)
  12. Dynamic Hybrid Resource Utilization and MCS-based Intelligent Layering
    Dhrumil Bhatt (Manipal Institute of Technology)
  13. Proactive Self-Aware Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Resource Management in NR-V2X Platooning
    Raj Koticha (Ahmedabad University), Dhaval Patel (Ahmedabad University), Kirtan Kalaria (Ahmedabad University), Harsh Patel (Techsture Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.)
  14. QPhase: An extensible Simulator for Phased Entanglement Routing Protocols in Multi-Hop Quantum Networks
    Manan Patel (IIT Hyderabad), Sreyash Mohanty (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad), Panduranga Rao Marella (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)
  15. A James-Stein Estimator based Generalized OMP Algorithm for Robust Signal Recovery using Sparse Representation
    Debraj Banerjee (Indian Institute of Science), Amitava Chatterjee (Jadavpur University)
  16. Context Based Routing using Imitation and Reinforcement Learning for IoT network
    Preeth Raguraman (IIIITDM Kancheepuram), Srinithi S (IIITDM Kancheepuram), Rajathi Sankaralingam (IIITDM, Kancheepuram)
  17. Enhanced Audio Steganography: Audio-in-Audio Steganography with Multi-Bin Phase Coding and Adaptive Post-Processing
    R Yojith (IIIT Sri City), Kamalakanta Sethi (IIIT Sri City)
  18. Are today's web pages designed for poor network conditions?
    Abhijeet Salunke (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Bhaskaran Raman (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay), Abhilash Jindal (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
  19. On the Deployment of RIS-mounted UAV Networks
    Anupam Mondal (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata), Priyadarshi Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal), Sasthi Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute)
  20. Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Based Relaying for Efficient Multi-Rate SWIPT in Energy-Constrained Networks
    Sneha Choudhury (IIT Jammu), Atul Banotra (IIT Jammu), Sudhakar Modem (Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu)
  21. BERT-Based Multi-Scale CNN-LSTM Fusion Attention Model for Phishing URL Detection
    Kondaiah Cheemaladinne (SRM University - AP), Layona Dmello (St Joseph Engineering College), Alwyn Pais (NIT Karnataka), Routhu Rao (Curebay)
  22. Optimal Node Deployment in Multi-Hop Underwater Acoustics Communication Networks
    Aryan Bansal (THE LNMIIT), Akash Gupta (The LNM Institute of Information Technology), Isha Khirwar (The LNM Institute of Information Technology), Parul Garg (Netaji Subhas University of Technology)
  23. Dual Hop RSMA Aided RF-THz Uplink System For Vehicular Network
    Isha Khirwar (The LNM Institute of Information Technology), Akash Gupta (The LNM Institute of Information Technology), Aryan Bansal (THE LNMIIT), Parul Garg (Netaji Subhas University of Technology), Bharat Verma (The LNM Institute of Information Technology)
  24. Curiosity-Driven Deep-RL for Adaptive Handover Optimization in O-RAN on the NH-47 Corridor
    Devashree Parikh (Ahmedabad University), Dhaval Patel (Ahmedabad University), Kashish Shah (Ahmedabad University), Harsh Patel (Techsture Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.)
  25. Sustainable Beam Hopping and Resource Allocation for Guaranteed QoS in Multi-beam LEO Satellite
    Pradnya Taksande (IIT Bombay), Prasanna Chaporkar (IIT Bombay), Shubham Raj (IIT Bombay)
  26. PrecoderNet: A Feedback Framework for Massive MIMO-OFDM Systems
    Rahul Pal (Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal), Vikram Singh (Tejas Networks), Shikha Maurya (NIT Agartala)
  27. Performance Analysis of Cognitive Two-Way Relay Networks with Multi-Rate SWIPT
    Paresh Kalsotra (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu), Atul Banotra (IIT Jammu), Sudhakar Modem (Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu), Shankar Prakriya (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
  28. An Ubiquitous Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Platform for IoT Applications
    Lakshmi Poola (Indian Institute of Science), Prabhakar T. (Indian Institute of Science), Mani Sharan Kosiga (IISc), Ganesh Venkata Sai Nadh Kosuru (IISc)
  29. SysSplit: A System Call Aware Approach for Monolithic Application Decomposition
    Harsh Borse (IIT Kharagpur), Utkalika Satapathy (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur), Mainack Mondal (IIT Kharagpur), Bivas Mitra (IIT Kharagpur)
  30. Multi-link Failure Aware Controller Placement in Software Defined Networks
    Bipal Khanal (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Chandan Kumar (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Md. Sarfaraj Alam Ansari (National Institute of Technology Sikkim)
  31. Graph-Guided Data Generation for Deep Learning based Scheduling in Wireless Access Networks
    Poorvi Deshpande (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru), Sayan Kisku (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore), Prathosh A P (INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE), Anurag Kumar (Indian Institute of Science)
  32. Efficient SDN Security Function Offloading on Programmable Data Plane
    Jigmee Wangchuk Sherpa (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Bipal Khanal (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Chandan Kumar (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Md. Sarfaraj Alam Ansari (National Institute of Technology Sikkim)
  33. Ant Colony Optimization based Service Function Chain Placement and Routing in NFV/SDN
    Vidhi Verma (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Md. Sarfaraj Alam Ansari (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Bipal Khanal (National Institute of Technology Sikkim), Chandan Kumar (National Institute of Technology Sikkim)
  34. Optimal Antenna Tilt Configurations in Hybrid Terrestrial/ Non-Terrestrial Network
    Shashwat Yadav (IIT Kanpur), Abhishek Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
  35. Leveraging V2V Technology to Mitigate GPS Spoofing attacks on MSF Based Autonomous Driving
    K Saravanan (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad), Sai Sree Laya Chukkapalli (IBM), Antony Franklin A (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)
  36. Robust Performance Analysis of STAR-RIS Aided OTFS-NOMA with User Fairness and Practical SIC
    Rakesh Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu), Ankur Bansal (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu), Ankit Dubey (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu)
  37. A mechanism for TCP-aware adaptive management of queues in Internet routers
    Swarnarup Bhunia (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi), Somit Gond (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi), Sreelakshmi Manjunath (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi), Padmanabhan Rajan (IIT Mandi)
  38. Context-Aware Two-Stage Machine Learning Framework for Adaptive Data Rate Optimization in LoRaWAN IoT Networks
    Janni Uma Mahesh (National Institute of Technology Rourkela), Judhistir Mahapatro (National Institute of Technology Rourkela)
  39. Experience: From Sensors to Service: Advancing Ambient Living with an AIoT Community Testbed
    Garvit Chugh (Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur), Ananya Mondal (Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur), Osho Osho (Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur), Suchetana Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur)
  40. A Unified Causal Reinforcement Learning Framework for Efficient Resource Allocation in Next Generation Networks
    Abhishek Sarkar (Ericsson Research), Sathiyanarayanan Sampath (Ericsson India Global Services Private Limited), Satheesh Kumar Perepu (Ericsson Research), Georgios Koudouridis (Ericsson), Thirumaran Ekambaram (Ericsson)
  41. Deep Learning Based Channel Estimator for Non-gaussian Channel Statistics
    Sree Harsha A (Indian Institute of Science), Nidhin Vaidhiyan (EdgeQ), Sriram Rajagopal (EdgeQ.inc)

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