IEEE International Conference on Communications 2009 took place at the International Congress Center, Dresden, Germany on June 14-18, 2009. There were 2020 registered attendees. Since 1965 the IEEE International Conference on Communications is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Communications Society. It brings together the world's leading scientists from academia and industry. Recent advances in the field of communications will be presented, thereby facilitating scientific idea exchange, the identification of future trends in communications, and the illumination of business opportunities.