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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. 9.8% 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%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
44% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Wireless Communication Networks Research

Which countries lead Wireless Communication Networks Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (913 and 405 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 913 works
  2. 2 India 405 works
  3. 3 United States 217 works
  4. 4 South Korea 98 works
  5. 5 Japan 94 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 89 works
  7. 7 Germany 73 works
  8. 8 Russia 72 works
  9. 9 France 69 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 67 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: 43.5%India: 19.3%United States: 10.4%South Korea: 4.7%6 others listed: 22.1%44%largest
China913 · 43.5%India405 · 19.3%United States217 · 10.4%South Korea98 · 4.7%6 others listed464 · 22.1%

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

Which institutions lead Wireless Communication Networks Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, 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-now

  1. 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 45 works
  2. 2 Southeast UniversityChina 43 works
  3. 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 31 works
  4. 4 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 28 works
  5. 5 Xidian UniversityChina 23 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 23 works
  7. 7 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 21 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 20 works
  9. 9 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 18 works
  10. 10 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wireless Communication Networks Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wireless Communication Networks Research include George Davey Smith, Andrea C. Tricco and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Andrea C. Tricco Canada 258k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  5. 5 Edward Hartley Sargent Canada 185k citations
  6. 6 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Wireless Communication Networks Research?

The most cited paper in Wireless Communication Networks Research is "A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications" (S.M. Alamouti, 1998), with 12,858 citations. Next come "On Limits of Wireless Communications in a Fading Environment when Using Multiple Antennas" (10,143) and "Space-time codes for high data rate wireless communication: performance criterion and code construction" (7,113).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications S.M. Alamouti · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 1998 12,858
2 On Limits of Wireless Communications in a Fading Environment when Using Multiple Antennas G.J. Foschini, Michael J. Gans · Wireless Personal Communications Mar 1998 10,143
3 Space-time codes for high data rate wireless communication: performance criterion and code construction Vahid Tarokh, Nambi Seshadri, A.R. Calderbank · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Mar 1998 7,113
4 Space-time block codes from orthogonal designs Vahid Tarokh, Hamid Jafarkhani, A.R. Calderbank · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Jul 1999 6,828
5 User cooperation diversity-part I: system description A. Sendonaris, Elza Erkip, Behnaam Aazhang · IEEE Transactions on Communications Nov 2003 6,344
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Wireless Communication Networks Research research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 244 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 104 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 63 works
  4. 4 ChengduChina 61 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 53 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 50 works
  7. 7 SeoulSouth Korea 41 works
  8. 8 BengaluruIndia 41 works
  9. 9 ChennaiIndia 36 works
  10. 10 ShenzhenChina 35 works
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Where is the best place to study Wireless Communication Networks Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Luxembourg, Southeast University and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications 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%20%40%mean 18.41%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Luxemb…Beijing University o…Southeast UniversityUniversity of Electr…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 67.830.8%23.1×14 -14.0%
2Southeast UniversityChina 66.016.2%11.6×43 +152.5%
3Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 64.418.2%27.9×45 +34.6%
4University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 53.813.8%10.8×31 +13.5%
5Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 53.715.3%9.3×28 +41.3%
6Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 53.027.9%5.1×10 +141.2%
7Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 49.618.6%7.9×15 +38.2%
8Xidian UniversityChina 48.48.4%12.8×24 +26.3%
9Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 45.915.8%11.0×17 +19.6%
10Tsinghua UniversityChina 45.419.1%3.4×20 +5.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Wireless Communication Networks Research, country by country

Is Wireless Communication Networks Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wireless Communication Networks Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%Wireless Communication Networks Research0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wireless Communication Networks Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Wireless Communication Networks Research9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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