wireless networks

HKUST researchers led by Khaled B. Letaief have published the first engineering roadmap for agentic 7G wireless networks in npj Wireless Technology. Their reasoning-empowered task-oriented communication framework lets AI agents decide what to share, when to transmit and why — turning networks from bit pipes into engines of collective intelligence. This article unpacks the three core capabilities, the 3GPP Release 21 timeline it sits against, the five open research gaps, and what agent-first networking means for businesses today.