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 full length papers (8 pages), short papers (4 pages), and posters (2 pages). Topics of interest comprise, but are not limited to:
- Cognitive radio networks
- Cross-layer design
- Energy-efficient protocols and power management
- Heterogeneous wireless networks
- Implementations and testbeds
- Integration and co-existence of heterogeneous technologies
- Intra-body and biomedical on-demand systems
- Green wireless networks
- Localization and mobility management
- MAC and advanced PHY technologies
- Middleware aspects
- Mobile peer-to-peer systems
- Mobile computing and services
- Modeling and optimization
- Network management
- New architectures for on-demand wireless systems
- Novel applications and services
- Opportunistic, delay-tolerant, and dissemination-based protocols
- Non-terrestrial networking
- Performance evaluation through simulations and experiments
- Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
- Security, privacy, and trust
- Social and economic aspects

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 2, 2026
* Paper submission: October 9, 2026
* Acceptance notification: November 13, 2026
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For more information and updates, please visit the WONS 2026 conference website:
https://2027.wons-conference.org/

We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to WONS 2027!

Submit via EDAS: https://edas.info/N35454.