About

Wireless Networks Lab (WNL) is a ‘Megagrant’ lab established in 2017 around the project on Cloudified Wireless Networks for 5G and beyond, led by Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz. The project focused at cloud architectures for wireless networks based on software-defined networking and network function virtualization concepts and essential management tools to satisfy the requirements for 5G and beyond.

Currently, WNL works on multiple projects related to the hot topics in wireless networks.

Our areas of interest include:

  • 5G and 6G Design and Optimization
  • Future Wireless Local Area Networks (Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 7, Li-Fi and beyond)
  • Traffic classification in wireless networks.
  • Resource allocation for heterogeneous traffic in multi-RRH environment
  • Cooperation and coexistence for the technologies working in licensed and unlicensed spectrum (including LTE-U, LAA, Wi-Fi coexistence)
  • Ultra-reliable low latency communications
  • Massive Machine-Type Communications
  • Visible light and Terahertz Communications and Intelligent Surfaces
  • Non-orthogonal multiple access

WNL participates in IEEE 802.11 activities, organizes international events, and holds Moscow Telecommunication Seminar.

Recent News

  • Paper on “Smart surfaces” PUBLISHED in Computer Networks (April 3, 2025)

    The paper “Experimental Study of a User-Centric RIS in Existing Cellular Systems” authored by the members of the Wireless Networks Lab Arseny Poyda, Andrey Tyarin, Kirill Glinskiy, Ilya Burtakov, Aleksey Kureev, and Evgeny Khorov has been published in Computer Networks. The authors develop a user-controlled RIS system, which doubles uplink/downlink speeds in field tests.
  • Evgeny Khorov joins RSF expert council (February 26, 2025)
    Evgeny Khorov, head of the Wireless Networks Lab, has become a member of the RSF Expert Council for Young Scientists' Projects. RSF expert councils are responsible for evaluating and selecting scientific projects submitted for competitions. They monitor the validity of comments in the received expert assessments and formulate final recommendations for the support of projects by the Foundation's board.
  • [SEMINAR] February 21, 2025 – Artem Otmakhov – On the efficiency of distributed channel access method in 5G V2X networks (February 18, 2025)

    We are happy to invite you to the next talk of Moscow Telecommunication Seminar which will be held at 17.00 (MSK, UTC+03:00), on Friday, February 21, 2025, in Skype. Title: On the efficiency of distributed channel access method in 5G V2X networks. Title: On the efficiency of distributed channel access method in 5G V2X networks.
  • [SEMINAR] February 14, 2025 – Andrey Barannikov – MIMO CSI Compression Method With Dual Differential Feedback for Wi-Fi Networks (February 10, 2025)

    We are happy to invite you to the next talk of Moscow Telecommunication Seminar which will be held at 17.00 (MSK, UTC+03:00), on Friday, February 14, 2025, in Skype. Title: MIMO CSI Compression Method With Dual Differential Feedback for Wi-Fi Networks. Speaker: Andrey Barannikov, IITP RAS, MIPT.
  • Paper on Efficient Information Compression for MIMO Published in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (December 25, 2024)

    The paper “CSI Compression Method With Dual Differential Feedback for Next-Generation Wi-Fi Networks” written by the members of the Wireless Networks Lab Andrey Barannikov, Ilya Levitsky, Vyacheslav Loginov, and Evgeny Khorov has been recently published in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. The paper explores a potential enhancement for the MIMO feature in Wi-Fi – channel sounding reduction.
  • [SEMINAR] December 6, 2024 – Anton Karamyshev – Enabling IIoT with Wi-Fi 6 (December 4, 2024)

    We are happy to invite you to the next talk of Moscow Telecommunication Seminar which will be held at 17.00 (MSK, UTC+03:00), on Friday, December 6, 2024, in Skype. Title: Enabling IIoT with Wi-Fi 6. Speaker: Anton Karamyshev, IITP RAS, MIPT.
  • WNL Members Win RSF Grant on Holographic MIMO (November 25, 2024)

    The results of the call for proposals for bilateral Joint Research Projects, held by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ahve been published. The project "Development of H-MIMO for future wireless communications" by the Wireless Networks Lab, led by Prof. Evgeny Khorov, has been supported. The project is dedicated to holographic MIMO systems (H-MIMO) and is aimed to increase the data transfer rate and expand the coverage area of ​​​​new-generation wireless networks using such systems.