Real-Time and Time-Sensitive Wireless Networks and Systems
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editors
Interests: time-sensitive and resilient networking; deterministic wireless networks; topology design and optimization
Interests: mission-critical networks; time-sensitive networking; network monitoring and security; TSN–5G integration
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Next-generation wireless technologies enable unprecedented capabilities in real-time communication. Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 8, alongside 5G and 6G, promise ultra-low latency, high reliability, and massive throughput, making them strong candidates for mission-critical domains such as industrial automation, autonomous systems, and immersive applications. Despite these advances, ensuring deterministic and predictable performance in time-sensitive wireless environments remains a challenge.
This Special Issue focuses on real-time and time-sensitive wireless networks and systems, highlighting both fundamental research and practical innovations. We invite contributions addressing new architectures, analytical models, optimization frameworks, and experimental systems that advance the state of the art. Studies leveraging AI, machine learning ML, and federated learning (FL) for dynamic optimization, resource allocation, and cross-layer design are especially encouraged. Analytical approaches such as network calculus, age of information, and stochastic modeling, as well as experimental validations through testbeds and prototypes, are also of interest. Integration of emerging wireless technologies with deterministic wired networks (e.g., TSN, DetNet) to achieve seamless end-to-end guarantees is strongly encouraged.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Wi-Fi 7/8, 5G/6G, and their support for time-sensitive and critical applications;
- Integration and coexistence of wireless networks with TSN and DetNet;
- AI, ML, and FL for optimization, scheduling, interference and mobility management, and resource allocation in real-time wireless networks;
- Explainable, reliable, and efficient AI/ML/FL at the wireless edge;
- Collaborative and multi-agent intelligence for time-sensitive wireless networks and systems;
- Network calculus, age of information, stochastic models, and other analytical methods for latency, reliability, and freshness guarantees;
- Synchronization and time-aware networking in wireless domains;
- Testbeds, prototypes, and experimental validations.
Dr. Doğanalp Ergenç
Dr. Nurefsan Sertbas Bulbul
Dr. Baturalp Buyukates
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deterministic
- real-time
- time-sensitive wireless networks
- Wi-Fi
- 5G/6G
- TSN
- AI/ML/FL
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