Welcome to this year's International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), which is a forum bringing together experts from industry and academia in the field of the reliability and availability of communication networks and services. The variety of topics show once more the importance of this field for the digitalization in our society. We also observe several new trends in research, such as security-oriented design and highly reliable services in future mobile networks.

We would like to thank all the authors who submitted to DRCN 2017. A total of 16 papers have been accepted based on evaluation by at least three independent reviewers. We are delighted by the high quality, which is also indicated by the very high numeric ratings for all accepted papers.

Additionally, we thank Achim Autenrieth and Massimo Tornatore for managing the review process and setting up the technical program. As well, we are grateful to the contributors of keynote speeches, invited talks, and tutorials as well as the panel discussion.

We hope you enjoy DRCN 2017 in the capital of Bavaria!

Dominic Schupke, Airbus, Germany

Marco Hoffmann, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany
(GENERAL CO-CHAIRS of DRCN 2017)