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

  • [SEMINAR] August 29, 2025 – Ilya Levitsky – Methods for Improving the Performance of Multi-Link Devices in Wi-Fi 7 Networks (August 26, 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, August 29, 2025, in Google Meet. Join the seminar: https://meet.google.com/giy-qzsh-amv Note: the language of the seminar is Russian. Title: Methods for Improving the Performance of Multi-Link Devices in Wi-Fi 7 Networks Speaker: Ilya Levitsky, IITP RAS
  • [SEMINAR] August 28, 2025 – Giovanni Geraci – AI and Wireless Digital Twins (August 26, 2025)

    We are happy to invite you to the next talk of Moscow Telecommunication Seminar which will be held at 11.00 (MSK, UTC+03:00), on Thursday, August 28, 2025, in IITP RAS, room 615. Join the seminar online: https://meet.google.com/naa-agxi-ygz Title: AI and Wireless Digital Twins Speaker: Giovanni Geraci, Nokia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Summer School on Telecommunications: Where First Scientific Papers Are Born (August 5, 2025)
    Moscow, August 2025 — The joint summer school on telecommunications technologies is finalizing at the IITP RAS and MIPT. Talented 2nd and 3rd grade MIPT students are conducting full-fledged scientific research under the supervision of scientists from IITP RAS and MIPT.
  • Members of Wireless Networks Lab win Russian Presidential Scholarship (May 19, 2025)

    Four members of the Wireless Networks Lab have won a Russain presidential scholarship: Ilya Burtakov, Egor Endovitsky, Maxim Susloparov and Alexey Shashin.
  • [SEMINAR] April 18, 2025 – Gennady Sebekin – On serving multiservice traffic in satellite networks (April 15, 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, April 18, 2025, in Skype. Join the seminar in Skype: https://join.skype.com/xbHfbLwfkuJg Title: Research and development of methods for increasing the efficiency of multiservice traffic transmission in networks of low-power subscriber terminals based on high-throughput satellites on geostationary [...]
  • 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.