CALL FOR PAPERS

ACM WiNTECH has advanced to its 19th anniversary as one consolidated tradition for bringing together an important number of researchers and industry players working in different aspects of experimental wireless communications and networking. The workshop will continue to serve as a forum for sharing new ideas and experiences gathered across all experimental aspects of wireless networks and systems, such as the methodological and technical issues that must be faced for defining, running, controlling, and benchmarking experiments on wireless solutions. The workshop will also facilitate discussions of key unresolved challenges and emerging problems in the field, such as new laboratory methodologies, key real-life limitations of current and novel wireless technologies that have emerged over the past few years (including mmWave, TeraHertz, 5G and beyond, Open RAN, IoT, VLC, wearables,Workshop Proposal ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation & Characterization (ACM WiNTECH 2025) underwater and aerial networking, and software-defined wireless networking), as well as key challenges facing the wireless networking of the future. We are seeking original, previously unpublished papers empirically addressing key issues and challenges in experimental wireless networking. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Design and evaluation of wireless testbeds and prototyping platforms for
    1. mmWave and Terahertz communications, sensing, networking,
    2. MIMO and massive MIMO,
    3. Long-range wireless communications and networking for backhaul,
    4. Low-latency, tactile, and safety-critical cyber-physical systems networking,
    5. High-performance PHY implementations for software-defined radios (SDRs),
    6. Communications for embedded, low-power, and energy-harvesting systems,
    7. IoT and wearable computing,
    8. Mobile/wireless edge and cloud computing, mobile data science & analytics,
    9. Visible light communications (VLC),
    10. Multi-robot, vehicular, and autonomous networks
    11. Underwater and underground networks,
    12. Cellular networks (Open RAN, 5G/6G, and beyond).
  • Innovative protocols for Wi-Fi networks
  • Experiences and lessons from recent testbed deployments and data collection
  • Techniques for improving the reproducibility of real-world measurement studies
  • Testbed control and management issues
  • Evaluation of large-scale and heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Real-world evaluation of cellular networks and large-scale datasets
  • Experimental validation of spectrum sharing
  • Studies on real-world white-space networks, interference and spectrum measurements
  • Coexistence in unlicensed bands, including 5G/LTE/Wi-Fi coexistence
  • Measurement, characterization, and modeling of real-world aspects of wireless networks, such as usage
  • patterns, traffic, mobility, and channel characteristics
  • Measurement and evaluation on large-scale smartphone deployments
  • Experimental evaluation of localization using 5G, Wi-Fi, or low-power networks
  • Experimental evaluation of joint communication and sensing using emerging wireless technologies
  • Experimental design and evaluation of Open RAN systems
  • Evaluation of AI/ML techniques for Open RAN with experimental testbeds
  • Application of GenAI and/or LLM to assist the design, prototyping, testing, and operation of networking systems
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    Papers should contain original material and not be previously published or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. All submissions will be judged by their technical merit and relevance to the workshop, based on reviews by the Technical Program Committee. Manuscripts must be submitted by using the HotCRP conference management system at https://wintech2025.hotcrp.com. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a single PDF file with all fonts embedded, using the ACM conference proceedings format (use the same PDF formatting guidelines as the main conference). Paper length is limited to eight (8) pages (in two-column, 10-point format), all-inclusive (references, figures, etc.). Papers must include author names and affiliations for single-blind peer reviewing by the program committee. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM WiNTECH proceedings and will be archived in the ACM Digital Library. All papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award.

    IMPORTANT DATES:
    Research Paper registration: 18th July 2025
    Research Paper submission: 25th July 2025
    Research Paper acceptance notification: 12th September 2025
    Camera ready: 19th September 2025
    Workshop: November 8th, 2025

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