Courses and events

Europe's flagship conference on antennas and propagation, organised by EurAAP. Sponsors and exhibitors show measurement and simulation tools alongside the sessions.

A European conference on beyond-5G and 6G systems and networks. The official site was offline when we checked, so the Dublin dates come from the SNS Joint Undertaking's announcement.

Six days that group the EuMC, EuMIC (integrated circuits) and EuRAD (radar) conferences with a trade exhibition. Dates and city are from EuMA's site, as eumw.eu still shows 2026.

A flagship IEEE ComSoc conference covering most of communications, from the physical layer to networks. Tutorials and workshops sit alongside the technical symposia.

The annual meeting of the GNU Radio community, with talks, posters and hands-on workshops. Watch the GNU Radio news page for the GRCon27 announcement.

The IEEE Signal Processing Society's flagship conference. Communications and array processing papers cover estimation and beamforming methods that later appear in receivers.

The other ComSoc flagship, covering the whole of communications from physical-layer theory to network operations. The 2027 theme is the confluence of communications and AI.

The MTT Society's yearly microwave week, combining the IMS technical programme, the RFIC symposium and an exhibition. A good place to see power amplifier and front-end work from both academia and industry.

A long-running networking conference whose programme includes wireless and mobile networking papers. The 2027 edition hosts a workshop on agentic AI for wireless research (AWARE 2027).

The 33rd MobiCom, ACM SIGMOBILE's annual conference on mobile computing and wireless networks. Workshops, research demos and a poster session run alongside the main programme.

The GSMA's yearly connectivity trade show, where operators, network vendors and chip makers launch products. Treat stand demos as vendor showcases, not independent results.

The flagship conference of ACM SIGCOMM, now in its 41st edition. Its focus is networks and systems, so wireless work here tends to sit above the physical layer.

A two-day edge and IoT event organised by The Things Industries. A good place to see LoRaWAN and other LPWAN hardware in one hall.

The autumn edition of VTC, with the same broad mobile radio scope as the spring meeting, held in Asia this time.

The spring edition of the Vehicular Technology Society's semi-annual flagship conference. Its scope reaches well beyond vehicles into mobile radio in general.

IEEE ComSoc's yearly conference dedicated to wireless communications and networking. The 2027 theme is bridging intelligence, connectivity and innovation.

Revises the ITU Radio Regulations, the treaty that governs use of the radio spectrum and satellite orbits. Admission follows ITU rules set out on the conference site.

A beginner-level course in six modules on cellular history, LTE and the basics of how mobile networks deliver services. Enrolment is free and Coursera charges for its paid options.

Robert Gallager and Lizhong Zheng's graduate course on digital communication, with lecture videos, notes, problem sets and exams. Heavy on theory and a good companion to our modulation and noise lessons.

A free online textbook that teaches SDR and DSP through short Python examples, from IQ sampling to beamforming. A good next step after our beginner lessons.

Step-by-step guides in the srsRAN Project documentation for bringing up a 5G NR gNB with srsUE, Open5GS, ZeroMQ virtual radios or real SDRs. Needs a Linux machine and some patience.

A vendor-neutral Wi-Fi certification covering RF, antennas, 802.11 architecture, security and site surveys. The exam is remote-proctored with a 70% pass mark.

NI's free on-demand course on setting up a USRP development system with GNU Radio, C++ or Python and UHD. NI lists no classroom or virtual sessions for it.

Free hands-on courses on Bluetooth LE fundamentals, low-power product design, the nRF Connect SDK and Matter, with certificates on completion.

Keysight's learning hub, with virtual bootcamps, webinars and an RF test methods hub covering signal generation, phase noise and noise figure measurement. The page does not state fees.

Recorded and upcoming webinars on 5G NR test, Wi-Fi, UWB and Bluetooth LE, RF components and EMC. Some content needs a Knowledge+ login. The page does not state fees.

The quarterly plenaries of the three Technical Specification Groups (CT, RAN and SA), held in the same week. Work from the working groups is approved here, so the outcomes show which Release a feature lands in.

A free, volunteer-run open source weekend. The 2027 developer rooms include one on radio-frequency digital signal processing and one on amateur radio.

An international amateur radio exhibition. The Software Defined Radio Academy held its 2026 meeting there, but no 2027 SDRA had been announced at the time of writing.

Where the Wi-Fi amendments are written. Sessions are open to anyone who registers, and IEEE membership is not required, but a registration fee applies.