Wireless Network Protocols and Performance Evaluation

Dear Colleagues,

Telecommunication technologies are rapidly evolving due to the rapid change of imposed functional requirements. Specifically, a quarter-century ago, the most typical problems of the time were successfully resolved by wired networks connecting mainframes. At the turn of the millennium, wireless networks were developed rapidly due to the need for the Internet access anytime and anywhere. Nowadays, we are witnessing the emergence of the Internet of Things, the ecosystem of billions of autonomous devices (sensors, controllers, robots, etc.) interacting with each other. Additionally, the future Internet will connect people and "things" and will become the Internet of Everything.

The practical development of this concept is driven by the evolution of the wireless networking technologies which are facing a number of challenges: the exponential growth of traffic, the increase in the number and density of wireless devices, and the rapid development of a new type of communications between autonomous systems involving physical objects and manufacturing processes. The development of these technologies is impossible without substantial progress in the field of modulation and coding schemes, channel access methods, QoS/QoE support and energy efficiency, the theory and recommended practice of reliable data delivery in multi-hop wireless networks (wireless mesh networks, MANET, VANET, FANET, etc.), analytical modelling, and the performance evaluation of wireless networks and their protocols.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek high-quality submissions focusing on the development of efficient algorithms for wireless networks and mathematical frameworks for the performance evaluation of network protocols. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Ad-hoc, sensor, mesh, and vehicular wireless networks;
• Energy efficiency and QoS/QoE provisioning for wireless and mobile networks;
• 5G Systems and beyond;
• Coexistence of wireless technologies in unlicensed bands;
• Network virtualization and software-defined wireless networks;
• Underground and underwater communications;
• RFID, NFC, and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications;
• Stochastic processes and models of wireless networks and their protocols;
• Queues and queueing networks for wireless network performance evaluation;
• Simulation tools for wireless network performance evaluation;
• Testbeds and prototypes.

Prof. Dr. Andrey Lyakhov
Prof. Dr. Hossam S. Hassanein
Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Kosek-Szott
Guest Editors

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