Wireless Networks and Protocols
Wireless Networks and Protocols is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1970. 18.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the performance analysis, optimization, and enhancement of medium access control (MAC) protocols for wireless LANs, particularly the IEEE 802.11 standard. It covers topics such as rate adaptation, quality of service (QoS) support, multi-hop network behavior, interference mitigation, and coexistence with other wireless systems.
- IEEE 802.11
- MAC protocol
- wireless LAN
- performance analysis
- rate adaptation
- QoS support
- multi-hop networks
- channel assignment
- interference mitigation
- coexistence
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1970
- In the world top 10%
- 4.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -45% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Wireless Networks and Protocols research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (366 and 195 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 366 works
- 2 India 195 works
- 3 United States 193 works
- 4 Japan 92 works
- 5 South Korea 77 works
- 6 Germany 58 works
- 7 France 41 works
- 8 Spain 41 works
- 9 United Kingdom 38 works
- 10 Italy 37 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Wireless Networks and Protocols research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Wireless Networks and Protocols research, followed by Tsinghua University and Southeast University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 15 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 13 works
- 3 Southeast UniversityChina 11 works
- 4 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 10 works
- 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 10 works
- 6 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 9 works
- 7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 8 works
- 8 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 8 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 7 works
- 10 Institute for Information Transmission ProblemsRussia 7 works
Who are the leading researchers in Wireless Networks and Protocols?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Wireless Networks and Protocols include H. Vincent Poor, Ian F. Akyildiz and Mohamed‐Slim Alouini.
- 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
- 2 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
- 3 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
- 4 Randy H. Katz United States 5.7k citations
- 5 Hari Balakrishnan United States 5.5k citations
- 6 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
- 7 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations
- 8 Georgios B. Giannakis United States 4.6k citations
- 9 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
- 10 David Culler United States 4.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Wireless Networks and Protocols research done?
The largest centres of Wireless Networks and Protocols research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Nanjing (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shenzhen, Bengaluru and Seoul.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ShenzhenCN · 22.1 works3.9×
- BengaluruIN · 20.2 works3.6×
- SeoulKR · 40.3 works3.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Wireless Networks and Protocols than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Wireless Networks and Protocols?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Tsinghua University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 61.9 | 8.1% | 14.9× | 15 | -37.8% |
| 2 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 55.7 | 12.9% | 4.2× | 13 | -33.7% |
| 3 | Southeast UniversityChina | 48.1 | 8.3% | 5.2× | 11 | -2.8% |
| 4 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina | 41.6 | 13.6% | 3.7× | 10 | -61.5% |
| 5 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 38.2 | 11.2% | 3.9× | 10 | -19.2% |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 26.4 | 7.4% | 4.4× | 9 | -31.8% |
| 7 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 21.0 | 2.1% | 4.3× | 8 | +91.3% |
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 Networks and Protocols research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2008.
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.