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21st Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services Conference
WONS 2026 March 4-6, 2026, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
https://2026.wons-conference.org/
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Call for Papers for the 21st Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services Conference (WONS 2026). The conference will take place from March 2nd to 4th, 2026, in Les Roches, Crans-Montana, located in the beautiful region of Valais/Wallis, Switzerland.

The WONS conference is a unique occasion to enter in contact with a research community made of highly talented and skilled researchers, in a welcoming and open environment. WONS is known for its engaging discussions with a mix of experienced and young researchers that yearly meet in a wonderful mountain setting to share their progress and advance our research area. Furthermore, selected papers will be invited for an extension for a Special Issue dedicated to WONS in Elsevier Computer Communications.

WONS stands for Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services and focuses on different types of wireless LANs, including NextG cellular, mesh and sensor networks, cloud networks, vehicular networks, non-terrestrial networks, and in-body networks. The challenges of this exciting research field are numerous. They include how to provide robust services in highly dynamic, mobile, and extreme environments, how to minimize energy demands or zero out battery usage in favor of renewable energy sources, how to smartly blend multiple wireless technologies available to a network node, and how to make wireless on-demand networks and services self-configurable, adaptive, self-organizing, and self-healing.

This announcement solicits original contributions of both full length (8 pages) and short paper (4 pages). Topics of interest comprise, but are not limited to:

5G and 6G networks
Autonomous Vehicles and Self-Driving Networks
Cloud/edge/fog computing and networking
Cognitive radio networks
Connecting the unconnected: on-demand networks for the next billion
Cross-layer design
Data analytics and ML/AI-driven network systems
Digital Twins and Simulation-Based Design
Federated and Distributed Learning for Network Intelligence
Green Communications and Networking
Heterogeneous wireless networks
Joint communications, networking, and sensing
Implementations and testbeds
Internet of Things
Intra-body and biomedical on-demand systems
Integrated Access and Backhaul technologies
Integration of different wireless technologies
Localization and mobility management
Metaverse-Ready and XR Networking
Mobile computing and services
Machine learning for wireless communications and networking
Network and service management
Network configuration, analysis and management via AI
Network function virtualization and software-defined networking
Non-terrestrial (aerial, space, underwater) networks
Novel architectures, protocols, applications, and services
Open source networking software and hardware, and open data
Open source radio software
Open programmable radio access networks (Open RAN)
Optical and visible light wireless networks
Performance evaluation through simulations, emulations, and real-world experiments
Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
Quantum networking and quantum key distribution
QoS and QoE aspects
Resilient and self-healing networks
Security, privacy, and trust
Social and economic aspects
Tactile Internet
Theoretical and data-driven modeling and optimization
Trustworthy and Explainable AI in Networking
Vehicular networks
Wireless technologies for NextG networks (millimeter-wave, terahertz, …)
Wireless networking for AI application
We encourage submissions that address these topics from both theoretical and practical perspectives, and that present innovative solutions, algorithms, methodologies, and case studies.

The added value of WONS has always been the community, therefore WONS is an in-person conference.

Important Dates
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* Abstract registration: October 24, 2025
* Paper submission: October 31, 2025
* Acceptance notification: December 20, 2025
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For more information and updates, please visit the WONS 2026 conference website:
https://2026.wons-conference.org/

We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to WONS 2026!

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