Call for Papers

The organizing committee is delighted to announce that the 17th edition of the IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (IFIP WMNC) will be organized by the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, on 26th–27th of November 2026. IFIP WMNC 2026 will represent a discussion forum for researchers, professionals, and students interested in novel developments in mobile and wireless networks, services, applications, and mobile computing. IFIP WMNC combines PWC (Personal Wireless Communications conference), MWCN (Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks conference), and WSAN (Wireless Sensors and Actor Networks conference) into one event. It is Technically Sponsored by IFIP.

Paper submission deadline: July 5^th 2026

Notification of acceptance: October 1^st 2026

Camera-ready papers due: October 15^th 2026

Submissions will be judged based on originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and correctness. All submitted papers will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field.

Authors are invited to submit full papers (up to 8 pages, double-column in IEEE conference Format) or short papers (up to 5 pages, double-column in IEEE conference Format), according to the guidelines available on the Paper formatting and Submission Guidelines.

Accepted papers will be published in the IFIP Digital Library and IEEE Xplore.

Submit your paper via EDAS: click here

The main topics of interest are (but not limited to):

•       Wireless and mobile communications and networks

•       5G and beyond Networks

•       Wireless technologies design and evaluation

•       Handoff management

•       Location Management

•       Resource management

•       Network and service management and control

•       Energy management and efficiency of protocols and devices

•       Cognitive radio networking

•       Device-to-device communications

•       Network security solutions and protocols

•       Authentication, Authorization, Accounting

•       Traffic and network modelling

•       Analysis and simulation in wireless/mobile networks

•       Software-defined wireless networking

•       Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks

•       Ad-hoc and Opportunistic Networks

•       Low-Power Wide Area Networks

•       Vehicular Networks Cyber-Physical

•       Communication Technologies for the IoT

•       Ad-Hoc networking, Positioning localization and tracking

•       Vehicular networks

•       Nano networks

•       Fog Networking

•       Applications and Services over Wireless and Mobile Networks

•       Wireless multimedia networking

•       Mobile cloud computing and applications

•       Multicasting and broadcasting issues

•       Intelligent Transportation Systems

•       Location based services

•       Content management and distribution

•       Massive MIMO Communications

•       Multi-connectivity/RAT

•       Device-to-Device communications and networking

•       Machine Learning (ML) for optimising protocol design and routing

•       ML/AI for network management

•       AI-based tools for networking

•       Knowledge, information, sensor, and data fusion: applications, approaches and algorithms

•       Unmanned Aircraft Systems/UAV/Drones/RPAS wireless and mobile networks communications and applications

•       Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)/Counter-Drones wireless and mobile solutions