IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2025: Call for Papers

The IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2025 will be held from 24–27 March 2025 at Mico Milano Congressi, Milan, Italy. The conference theme is "6G Horizons: Bridging Beyond Wireless".

WCNC is a top-ranked, flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society, bringing together researchers from academia, industry, and government. IEEE WCNC 2025 will be conducted in person, allowing attendees to fully benefit from the conference atmosphere and experience.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their works in the form of research papers describing significant and innovative contributions to the field of wireless communications and networking.

Technical Tracks

Track 1: Physical Layer and Communication Theory

• Track Chairs: Alexandre Graell i Amat, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; Kaibin Huang, University of Hong Kong, China; Erik Perrins, University of Kansas, USA
• Topics include: Antennas and RF, Channel Modeling and Estimation, Coding Theory, Energy Harvesting and Low Energy Communication, Feedback and Two-Way Communication, Free Space Optical Communication, Fundamentals of Age of Information, Holographic Surfaces and MIMO, Information Theory and Channel Capacity, Integrated Sensing and Communications, Iterative Techniques, Detection, and Decoding, Low Resolution Communication, Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz, Next Generation MIMO and Massive MIMO, Physical Layer Security, Propagation and Interference Modeling, Relaying and Self-Backhauling, Short Packet and Finite Block Length Communications, Stochastic Geometry, Waveforms and Modulation, Wireless Power and Information Transfer.

Track 2: Medium Access Control and Networking

• Track Chairs: Francesca Cuomo, University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy; Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Northeastern University, USA; Pablo Serrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Topics include: Age and Value of Information for Networks, AI based support in network functions programmability, Backscatter Communications, Cognitive Radio and Networking, Cooperative Communications and Networking, Edge Computing, Edge Intelligence and Fog Networks, Energy-Efficient and Green Networking, IoT networks and protocols, Low Power Wireless Networks, Multihop Networks, Emerging Medium Access Schemes in the 5G and Beyond, Network Economics, Network Slicing, ORAN programmability of MAC and network functions, RAN Data Collection and Storage Enhancement, Resource Management, Routing and Congestion Control, Scheduling and Opportunistic Communications, SDN/NFV, Semantic Communications, Spectrum Sensing, Access, and Sharing, Unlicensed Spectrum and Licensed/Unlicensed Inter-Networking, URLLC, Time Sensitive, and Deterministic Networking, Wireless Network Security and Privacy.

Track 3: Resource Allocation and Machine Learning

• Track Chairs: Santiago Mazuelas, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Spain; Lingyang Song, Peking University, China; Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA
• Topics include: Bayesian Optimization for Wireless Communications, Communication-inspired Machine Learning, Convex and Non-Convex Optimization for Wireless Communications, Cross-Layer Optimization, Data-driven Network Modelling and Optimization, Datasets for Wireless Systems and Channels, Deep Learning for Wireless Communications, Deep Unfolding for Wireless Communications and Networks, Distributed Learning for Wireless Communications, Distributed Optimization & Resource Allocation for Wireless Communications, End-to-end Machine Learning over Wireless Channels, Game-Theoretic Approaches to Wireless Communications, Implementation of Machine Learning Algorithms for Wireless, Load Balancing and Cell/Band Association, Machine Learning Methods for Wireless Localization, Model-Aided Machine Learning for Wireless Communications, Networking Architectures for Artificial Intelligence, Online Learning for Wireless Networks, Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Wireless Communications, Reinforcement Learning for Wireless Communications, Resource Allocation for Wireless Communications and Networks, Resource Management in Public Safety Networks, Resource Orchestration for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems, Scalability of ML for Wireless Communications, Semantic and Goal-Oriented Communications, Transfer Learning for Wireless Communications and Networks, Unsupervised and Generative Models.

Track 4: Emerging Technologies, Network Architectures, and Applications

• Track Chairs: Chunxiao Jiang, Tsinghua University, China; Hina Tabassum, York University, Canada; Andreas Kassler, Karlstads Universitet, Karlstad, Sweden
• Topics include: 5G NR and 6G Standardization, 802.11 and Next-Generation Wi-Fi, Blockchain and Cryptography, Connected Vehicles, E-health and Mobile Health, Experiments, Prototypes, and Testbeds, Fluid Antenna Communications, Full-Duplex Communication Networks, Innovative Implanted and Wearable Devices, Intelligent Beamforming Relays, IoT and Machine Type Communications, Joint Radar and Communications, Molecular and Nano Communications, Networking support for virtual and augmented reality, O-RAN, Quantum Communications, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Satellite and Deep Space Communications, Sensing and Localization, Software Defined Radio and Networks, Surface Wave Communications, UAVs and Non-Terrestrial Networks, Visible Light and Optical Communication.

Important Dates

• Paper Submissions Deadline: 14 October 2024 (Firm Deadline)
• Notification of Acceptance: 20 December 2024
• Camera-Ready Papers: 24 January 2025

Submission Guidelines

• Contribution Types: Authors are invited to submit research papers, proposals for tutorials and workshops.
• Publication: Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE WCNC 2025 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore.
• Presentation Requirement: At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the conference at the FULL or LIMITED rate and present the paper at the conference. Failure to present may result in the paper being excluded from distribution.
• Submission System: All submissions must be done through EDAS. A link to the Call for Papers page is available href="https://wcnc2025.ieee-wcnc.org/call-papers" - here .
• Initial Submission Length: A maximum of SIX (6) printed pages (10-point font) is allowed for initial submissions. Submissions longer than six pages will be rejected without review.
• Final Submission Length: A maximum of SIX (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Up to two (2) additional printed pages (7th and 8th pages) are permitted with an over length page charge of US$100 for each extra page.
• Formatting: Papers must adhere to the Standard IEEE conference templates for LaTeX or Microsoft Word (A4, US letter). Templates can be downloaded href="https://wcnc2025.ieee-wcnc.org/authors/instructions-final-paper-submissions" - here .
• Author List: The author list and paper title on the submitted PDF file must exactly match the details on the EDAS registration page, including all co-authors. The author list cannot be changed in the final manuscript.
• File Format: Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process.
• Policies: IEEE policies on plagiarism and double submission are strictly enforced. Papers must be original work and not submitted elsewhere concurrently.

Registration

Registration is open. Details on fees, policies, and travel grants can be found href="https://wcnc2025.ieee-wcnc.org/registration" - here .

Further Information

• For a PDF version of the Call for Papers, click href="https://wcnc2025.ieee-wcnc.org/sites/wcnc2025.ieee-wcnc.org/files/2025%20WCNC%20Call%20of%20Papers_MILAN%20DRAFT6.pdf" - here .
• Instructions for Final Paper Submissions are available href="/authors/instructions-final-paper-submissions" - here .
• Call for Workshop Papers is also open, with a deadline of December 1st. More information is available href="https://wcnc2025.ieee-wcnc.org/call-workshop-papers" - here .