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Preparation of Papers for ZTE Communications
(February 2015)
First A. Author1, Second B. Author2, and Third C. Author1
(the authors’ current affiliations: 1. university, city zipcode, country;
2. institute/company, city zipcode, country)
Abstract:
This document is a template for papers submitted to ZTE Communications. The electronic file of your paper will be formatted further.
Paper titles are generally nouns or noun phrases and should be short—preferably fewer than 15 words. Full names of authors are
preferred in the author field. An abstract should be written as a single paragraph (approximately 150 words). The abstract should not
include mathematics or references and should not be repeated verbatim in the introduction or conclusion. The abstract should be a
self-contained overview of the aims, methods, experimental results, and significance of research outlined in the paper.
Keywords: enter 3–5 key words or phrases in alphabetical order, separated by commas.
1 Introduction
This document is a paper template for ZTE Communications.
ZTE Communications is a quarterly, peer-reviewed international ICT R&D journal (ISSN 1673-5188 and CODEN ZCTOAK)
sponsored by ZTE Corporation. The journal is designed to be an integrated forum for university academics and industry researchers
from around the world. ZTE Communications was founded in 2003 and has a readership of 6000. The English version is distributed
to universities, colleges, and research institutes in more than 140 countries. It is listed in Inspec, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
(CSA), Index of Copernicus (IC), Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Chinese Journal
Fulltext Databases, Wanfang Data—Digital Periodicals, and China Science and Technology Journal Database. The published issues
can be accessed at www.zte.com.cn/magazine/english.
2 Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts must be typed in English and submitted electronically in MS Word (or compatible) format. The word length is
approximately 4000 to 8000, and no more than 10 figures or tables should be included. Authors are requested to submit
mathematical material and graphics in an editable format.
The editorial office will do the final formatting of your paper. All papers submitted to ZTE Communications are edited to correct
fundamental errors of grammar, spelling and punctuation and to ensure clarity and consistency of expression. All care has been
taken not to alter your intended technical meaning.
2.1 Subheadings
It is preferable to use no more than two levels of subheadings (primary and secondary), and the levels should be carefully
differentiated. Ideally we try not to go below a second level subheading. Note that there is no period after the final number.
2.2 Abbreviations and Acronyms
When introducing a new term in an article, it is good practice to use the full name on its first occurrence, followed by the
abbreviated form in parentheses. For example, its future research will include media access control (MAC) level (first mention of
Media Access Control in the article), and the design of MAC protocol for multi-radio technology (subsequent mention).
The footnote of the first page will contain support information, including the program name, funding body, and grant number. For example, “This work was
supported in part by China ‘973’ Program under Grant No. 2014CB340303”.
Do not automatically capitalize the first letter of technical terms when they are written out. Only proper nouns are capitalized.
2.2.1 Avoid Unwarranted Abbreviations
The use of abbreviations should be avoided when they would be confusing to the reader, interrupt the flow, or appear informal. For
example, approx. for approximate or approximately should generally not be used, although it may be useful for reducing the width
of an infobox or a table of data, or in a technical passage in which the term occurs many times.
2.2.2 Articles (a, an, and the) with Abbreviations and Acronyms
Use the appropriate article (a, an, or the) with abbreviations and acronyms when you would use that article in speech. In general, if
an acronym (like NASA or NATO) is pronounced as a word rather than as a series of letters (CDMA, WiMAX), we do not need an
article when the acronym is used as a noun. The choice between using a or an with an acronym or abbreviation is governed by how
the acronym or abbreviation is typically spoken. According to these guidelines, we get the following:
A NASA scientist was honored at last night's dinner.
An IEEE meeting on subjective testing of voiceband codecs.
He is an associate professor at BUPT.
An acronym is spoken like a word, e.g., NATO, NASA
An initialism is not spoken like a word, e.g. ISP, CDMA, P2P
2.3 Capital Letters
In the magazine we avoid unnecessary capitalization; capitalization is used for proper names, acronyms, and initialisms. Capitals
should never be used for emphasis.
In headings and subheadings, capitalize the first letter of all nouns, verbs (including is and other forms of to be), adverbs (including
than and when), adjectives (including this and that), and pronouns (including its) both in headings and subheadings.
2.4 Tables and Figures
All tables and figures, numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, should be arranged sequentially and numbered in the order
in which they are first mentioned in the text (eg. Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Table 1.). Each figure and table should have a brief explanatory title:
for figures, placed below the figure; for tables, placed above the table. The first letter of the title of the table or figure should be
capitalized. Only the title of the figure is followed by a full stop.
3 Copyright and Declaration
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any material for which they do not hold copyright. Permission to
reproduce any part of this publication for commercial use must be obtained in advance from the editorial office of ZTE
Communications. Authors agree that a) the manuscript is a product of research conducted by themselves and the stated co-authors,
b) the manuscript has not been published elsewhere in its submitted form, c) the manuscript is not currently being considered for
publication elsewhere. If the paper is an adaptation of a speech or presentation, acknowledgement of this is required within the
paper. The number of co-authors should not exceed five.
4 Peer-Review and Editing
All manuscripts will be subject to a two-stage anonymous peer review as well as copyediting, and formatting. Authors may be asked to
revise parts of a manuscript prior to publication.
5 Conclusion
Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion.
Acknowledgment
Individuals who contributed to the manuscript should be acknowledged in a brief statement. The Acknowledgment head is a
primary heading. Do not enumerate the Acknowledgment heading. In most cases, sponsor and financial support acknowledgments
are not placed here.
References
Manuscripts must be referenced at a level that conforms to international academic standards. All references must be numbered
sequentially in-text and listed in corresponding order at the end of the paper. References that are not cited in-text should not be
included in the reference list. References must be complete and formatted. A minimum of 10 references should be provided. Footnotes
should be avoided or kept to a minimum.
Basic format for books:
[1]
[1] J. K. Author, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of His Published Book, xth ed. City of Publisher, Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, ch. x, sec. x, pp.
xxx–xxx.
Examples:
[2]
[3]
G. O. Young, “Synthetic structure of industrial plastics,” in Plastics, 2nd ed., vol. 3, J. Peters, Ed. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill, 1964, pp. 15–64.
F.-L. Luo, Digital Front-End in Wireless Communications and Broadcasting: Circuits and Signal Processing, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University
Press, 2011.
Basic format for periodicals:
[4]
J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx–xxx, Abbrev. Month, year. doi: xxx/xxx.
Examples:
[5]
[6]
B. Khasnabish, “Smart Body Sensor Object Networking,” ZTE Communications, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 38–45, Sept. 2014. doi:
10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2014.03.005.
S. Tyagi, S. Tanwar, S. K. Gupta, et al., “Selective cluster-based temperature monitoring system for homogeneous wireless sensor networks,” ZTE
Communications, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 22–29, Sept. 2014. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2014.03.003.
Basic format for conference proceedings (published):
[7]
J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Name of Conf., City of Conf., Country, year, pp. xxx–xxx. doi: xxx/xxx.
Example:
[8]
I. Macaluso, H. Cornean, N. Marchetti, and L. Doyle, “Complex communication systems achieving interference-free frequency allocation,” in IEEE
International Conference on Communications, Sydney, Australia, Jun. 2014, pp. 1447–1452. doi: 10.1109/ICC.2014.6883525.
Example for papers presented at conferences (unpublished):
[9]
D. Ebehard and E. Voges, “Digital single sideband detection for interferometric sensors,” presented at the 2nd International Conference Optical Fiber
Sensors, Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 1984.
Basic format for reports:
[10] J. K. Author, “Title of report,” Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Country, Rep. xxx, year.
Examples:
[11] P. Antoniou and A. Pitsillides, “Understanding complex systems: a communication networks perspective,” University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, Tech. Rep.
TR-07-01, 2007.
Basic format for patents:
[12] J. K. Author, “Title of patent,” U.S. Patent x xxx xxx, Abbrev. Month, day, year.
Example:
[13] F. Khan, Z. Pi, and J. Zhang, “Techniques for millimeter wave mobile communication”, US Patent App. 12/916,019, 2010.
Basic format for theses (M.S.) and dissertations (Ph.D.):
[14] J. K. Author, “Title of thesis,” M.S. thesis, Dept., Univ., City of Univ., Country, year.
[15] J. K. Author, “Title of dissertation,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept., Univ., City of Univ., Country, year.
Basic format for standards:
[16] Title of Standard, Standard number, date.
Examples:
[17] Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA), User Equipment (UE) Radio Transmission and Reception, 3GPP TS 36.101, Jul. 2013.
Basic format for handbooks:
[18] Name of Manual/Handbook, x ed., Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, year, pp. xxx-xxx.
Basic format for the most common types of unpublished references:
[19] J. K. Author, private communication, Abbrev. Month, year.
[20] J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” unpublished.
[21] J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” to be published.
Basic format for online sources:
[22] J. K. Author. (year, month day). Title. (edition) [Type of medium]. Available: http://www. (URL)
Example:
[23] MNT. (2014, May 20). Implantable device
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Biographies
(All authors are requested to provide a brief biography (approx. 150 words) that includes email address, educational background,
career experience, research interests, awards, and publications.)
First A. Author (email@address) provides a brief biography (approx. 150 words) that includes email address, educational
background, career experience, research interests, awards, and publications.
Second B. Author (email@address) provides a brief biography (approx. 150 words) that includes email address, educational
background, career experience, research interests, awards, and publications.
Third C. Author (email@address) provides a brief biography (approx. 150 words) that includes email address, educational
background, career experience, research interests, awards, and publications.