Future Telecommunication Technologies: Wireless Local, Cellular, Satellite, and Quantum Data Networks  

Information and communication technologies are rapidly evolving, primarily due to the fast-changing functional demands placed on them. Just a quarter of a century ago, wired networks connecting stationary computers were sufficient to address most tasks of that era. At the turn of the millennium, the need for people to access the internet anytime and anywhere (the *Access Anytime and Anywhere* concept) drove the development of wireless networks. Today, we are witnessing the rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT)**—an ecosystem of billions (or even trillions, by some estimates) of autonomous interconnected devices, including sensors, controllers, robots, household appliances, vehicles, industrial machinery, and more. Thus, the future internet will unite people and "things," transforming into the **Internet of Everything.  

The practical implementation of this concept largely depends on advancements in wireless network technologies, which already face numerous challenges: exponential traffic growth, an increasing number of devices and network density, and the rapid emergence of new communication paradigms involving autonomous systems that integrate physical objects and industrial processes. Progress in these areas, in turn, requires significant breakthroughs in coding theory, the development of new signal-code constructions, multiple-access methods, theories and practices of reliable data delivery in multi-hop wireless networks (mesh networks), as well as mathematical modeling and performance evaluation techniques for wireless networks and their protocols.  

Chair: Evgeny Mikhailovich Khorov