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Computer and Communications networks are key infrastructures of the information society with high socio-economic value as they contribute to the correct operations of many critical services (from healthcare to finance and transportation). Internet is the core of today's computer-communication infrastructures. This has transformed the Internet, from a robust network for data transfer between computers, to a global, content-rich, communication and information system where contents are increasingly generated by the users, and distributed according to human social relations. Next-generation network technologies, architectures and protocols are therefore required to overcome the limitations of the legacy Internet and add new capabilities and services. The future Internet should be ubiquitous, secure, resilient, and closer to human communication paradigms.

Computer Communications is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes high-quality scientific articles (both theory and practice) and survey papers covering all aspects of future computer communication networks (on all layers, except the physical layer), with a special attention to the evolution of the Internet architecture, protocols, services, and applications. Topics include, but are not limited to:

    Internet of Things
    Edge/cloud computing
    Green networking
    Mobile and ubiquitous networks
    Terrestrial and Non-terrestrial networks
    Mobile network services and applications
    Experimental test-beds and research platforms
    Algorithmic aspects of communication networks
    Emerging technologies for next generation network
    Future Internet architecture, protocols and services
    Modeling, measurement, and simulation of computer communication networks 

Special Issue on Selected Papers from the 21th Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services Conference (WONS 2026)
提出日: 2026-07-31

WONS is a small, single track, selective conference that follows and often anticipate the novelties in "On-Demand Networking", i.e., all the topics related to wireless networking outside the main stream of cellular networks and services that are provided where and when they are needed.

The Special Issue aims to collect the best papers from WONS and publish an archival version of the research first presented at WONS 2026. Submission is by invitation only. It focuses on different types of wireless LANs, but also 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.

Guest editors:

Renato Lo Cigno
Professor, University of Brescia, Italy, WONS Steering Committee Chair
Email: renato.locigno@unibs.itGianluca Rizzo

Senior Researcher HES-SO, 
WONS 2026 General Chair
Email: gianluca.rizzo@hevs.ch 

Leonardo Maccari
Associate Professor, University of Venice 'Ca Foscari, Italy, WONS 2026 TPC chair
Email: leonardo.maccari@unive.it 
Omran Ayoub, 
Associate Professor, SUPSI, Switzerland, WONS 2026 TPC Chair
Email: omran.ayoub@supsi.ch 

Manuscript submission information:

The journal's submission platform (Editorial Manager®) will be open for submissions to this Special Issue from May 1st, 2026. Please refer to the Guide for Authors to prepare your manuscript and select the article type of “VSI: WONS 2026” when submitting your manuscript online. Both the Guide for Authors and the submission portal could be found on the Journal Homepage: Computer Communications | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier.

The impact of SI contributions should be clearly demonstrated in the context of the theme of the special issue. Papers that do not directly address this theme are considered out of scope and are subject to immediate rejection.

Timeline:

Submission Open Date *01/05/2026
Final Manuscript Submission Deadline *31/07/2026
Editorial Acceptance Deadline *15/01/2027

Keywords:

On-Demand Networks and Services; Future Wireless Networks; Task Specific Networks and Services; Next Generation Mobile Networks