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Wireless Communication Networks Research

Wireless Communication Networks Research is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 52k research works in it since 1950. 13.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on efficient power control, resource allocation, and interference suppression techniques in wireless networks, particularly CDMA systems. It also addresses topics such as multiuser detection, QoS provisioning, and call admission control for mobile communications. The research emphasizes the optimization of wireless network performance through intelligent power management and allocation.

  • Power Control
  • Wireless Networks
  • CDMA Systems
  • Resource Allocation
  • Multiuser Detection
  • QoS Provisioning
  • Mobile Communications
  • Interference Suppression
  • Call Admission Control
  • Channel Assignment
Research works
52k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-49%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Wireless Communication Networks Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (860 and 397 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 860 works
  2. 2 India 397 works
  3. 3 United States 211 works
  4. 4 South Korea 95 works
  5. 5 Japan 91 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 88 works
  7. 7 Germany 71 works
  8. 8 Russia 70 works
  9. 9 France 66 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 64 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 42.7%India: 19.7%United States: 10.5%South Korea: 4.7%6 others listed: 22.4%43%largest
China860 · 42.7%India397 · 19.7%United States211 · 10.5%South Korea95 · 4.7%6 others listed452 · 22.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Wireless Communication Networks Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Wireless Communication Networks Research research, followed by Southeast University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 42 works
  2. 2 Southeast University China 40 works
  3. 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 30 works
  4. 4 Beijing Institute of Technology China 26 works
  5. 5 Xidian University China 23 works
  6. 6 National University of Defense Technology China 20 works
  7. 7 Tsinghua University China 19 works
  8. 8 Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 18 works
  9. 9 Harbin Institute of Technology China 18 works
  10. 10 Beijing Jiaotong University China 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wireless Communication Networks Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wireless Communication Networks Research include H. Vincent Poor, Ian F. Akyildiz and Robert W. Heath.

  1. 1 H. Vincent Poor 9.5k citations
  2. 2 Ian F. Akyildiz 8.2k citations
  3. 3 Robert W. Heath 7.1k citations
  4. 4 Rui Zhang 6k citations
  5. 5 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini 5.9k citations
  6. 6 Randy H. Katz 5.7k citations
  7. 7 Xuemin Shen 5.1k citations
  8. 8 Zhu Han 4.7k citations
  9. 9 Georgios B. Giannakis 4.6k citations
  10. 10 Dusit Niyato 4.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Wireless Communication Networks Research research done?

The largest centres of Wireless Communication Networks Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Chengdu (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 235 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 100 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 62 works
  4. 4 Chengdu China 59 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 51 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 49 works
  7. 7 Bengaluru India 41 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 40 works
  9. 9 Chennai India 36 works
  10. 10 Shenzhen China 34 works
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Where is the best place to study Wireless Communication Networks Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Luxembourg, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Southeast University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 24.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Luxembourg: 14, 66.2%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 42, 28.6%Southeast University: 40, 14.8%University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: 30, 19.2%Beijing Institute of Technology: 26, 24.5%Xidian University: 23, 21.0%National University of Defense Technology: 20, 23.9%University of Oulu: 10, 23.4%Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 18, 12.4%Beijing Jiaotong University: 16, 13.8%University of Luxemb…Beijing University o…University of Electr…Southeast University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Luxembourg Luxembourg 77.766.2%21.9×14 +74.8%
2Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 57.128.6%24.8×42 -66.1%
3Southeast University China 51.614.8%10.7×40 -48.1%
4University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 48.119.2%9.6×30 -54.2%
5Beijing Institute of Technology China 46.624.5%7.9×26 -1.9%
6Xidian University China 46.521.0%11.4×23 -56.1%
7National University of Defense Technology China 44.123.9%9.2×20 -21.8%
8University of Oulu Finland 42.323.4%13.8×10 -55.8%
9Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 38.912.4%15.1×18 -61.5%
10Beijing Jiaotong University China 37.713.8%9.7×16 -52.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Wireless Communication Networks Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.