icWCSN 2026 (International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks) is an academic conference held in Qingdao, China on 2026-04-10. The paper submission deadline is 2025-12-20. Acceptance notifications are sent on 2026-01-20.
You are invited to submit papers in all areas of wireless communications and sensor networks. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
Track 3 chair:
Assoc. Prof. Sanshan Sun, Sichuan Normal Univeristy, China
TRACK 1: PHY AND FUNDAMENTALS
Channel modeling, characterization and estimation
Modulation, coding, diversity, equalization, synchronization
Multi-carrier modulation, waveform design
Interference modeling, management, cancellation and alignment
PHY strategies for low-rate, sporadic and asynchronous communications
MIMO, massive MIMO and cloud-RAN
Cooperative, device-to-device and multi-hop communication
Cognitive radio, spectrum sensing
Content caching and storage in wireless networks
PHY layer design for cellular, wireless LAN, ad hoc and sensor networks
Energy efficient and energy harvesting PHY layer design
Joint information and energy transmission
PHY layer security and privacy
Ultra-wideband, mmWave and sub-THz communication
Information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications
Signal processing for wireless communications
Molecular and nano communications
AI, machine learning and data analytics for wireless communications
Beyond 5G and 6G
Full duplexing
TRACK 2: MAC AND CROSS-LAYER DESIGN
Wireless MAC protocols for 5G: design, analysis, and optimization
Cognitive and cooperative MAC
MAC for mesh, ad hoc, relay and sensor networks
Scheduling and radio resource management
Cross-layer MAC design
Software defined radio, RFID MAC
QoS support and energy efficient MAC
MAC protocol for energy harvesting wireless networks
MAC design for multitier cellular/small cell networks
Multiple access in machine-to-machine communication
MAC for cloud-RAN
MAC protocols for molecular and nano networks
MAC protocols for mmWave networks
Full-duplex MAC design
Cross-layer design for massive MIMO and multiuser MIMO networks
AI, machine learning and data analytics for MAC and cross-layer design
TRACK 3: WIRELESS NETWORKS
Software-defined mobile / wireless networks
Wireless Network Functions Virtualization
Virtual network management and orchestration
Mobile cloud
Fog computing and networking
Mobile Edge Computing
Mesh, relay, sensor and ad hoc networks
Routing and congestion in wireless networks
Cognitive radio and networking
Resource management and optimization
Mobile big data and network data analytics
Wireless network security and privacy
Mobile social networks
Wireless network measurements and characterization
AI, machine learning and data analytics for wireless networks
Wireless networking for autonomous vehicles
Wireless networking for smart X (energy, factory, city, etc.)
IoT wireless networking
TRACK 4: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, ARCHITECTURES AND SERVICES
Mobile / Wireless network support for vertical industries
Adaptive content distribution in on-demand services
Context and location-aware wireless services and applications
User-centric networks and adaptive services
Wireless body area networks and e-health services
Intelligent transportation systems
Dynamic sensor networks for urban applications
Wireless emergency and security systems
Ultra-reliable communication
Enabling regulations, standards, spectrum management
Hybrid licensed/unlicensed spectrum access schemes
Technologies, architectures and enabling business models for rural communications
Satellite-based mobile access and backhaul
Hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks
Testbed and prototype implementation of wireless services
Quantum communication