IEEE Communications Letters publishes high-quality short papers that are focused on theoretical and experimental advances in the general area of communications. The journal focuses on the physical layer and the link layer of communication systems.

IEEE Communications Letters is committed to ensure a timely, rigorous, and unbiased peer-review process for all submitted manuscripts. IEEE Communications Letters follows both a regular and a double-anonymous review process.

Papers published in IEEE Communications Letters are eligible for the Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letters, which is given to an outstanding manuscript published in IEEE Communications Letters during the previous 3 calendar years.

IEEE Communications Letters has a broad scope that spans all fields of interest of the IEEE Communications Society.