Programmable Software-Defined Wireless Networks

Dear Colleagues,

Future users of wireless networks will use many different applications and networks ranging from Internet of Things and Smart Cars to Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Low Earth Orbit Satellite Communications. These systems inevitably must co-exist, interact, or interoperate. In such circumstances, the ability to manage radio resources, handovers, end-to-end quality of service and security will be challenged due to the differentiation in the properties and performance among access technologies and wireless networks. This heterogeneity threatens to add further complexity to the management wireless networks and limit innovative applications and services.

In this context, Software-Defined Wireless Networks (SDWN) is currently being proposed for many wireless technologies and networks as a way to introduce programmability and flexible configuration. Progress and challenges in this field are, however, often reported in a context of specific wireless technologies and applications.

This Special Issue offers an opportunity for researchers and engineers across all sectors and applications to present their latest progress in Programmable and Software Defined Wireless Networks in a more holistic context. It will also represent the focal point for readers interested in this ever-growing field. The list of topics considered in this special issue include but are not limited to:

• Programmability and Virtualisation;
• Open RAN;
• Resource Optimisation and Management;
• Mobility Management;
• SDWN Architectures;
• SDWN Applications;
• SDWN Security and Security Applications;
• SDWN for 6G;
• Machine Learning Techniques in SDWNs;
• SDWNs Simulation and Testing Techniques;
• Roadmap to SDWN Adoption and Standardization.

Dr. Faycal Bouhafs
Dr. Frank Den Hartog
Dr. Michael Mackay
Guest Editors

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• SDWN
• wireless networks
• programmable networks
• radio resource management
• 6G
• beyond 5G