Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) scheduling provided with respect to wireless communication networks is described. A base station or other network entity may serve as a central node to accommodate RIS sense and/or control requests from user equipments (UEs). A RIS scheduling protocol according to some aspects may provide a technique for avoiding potential collision at the RIS sense and/or control phases of operation with respect to RISs deployed in a wireless communication network. Using RIS scheduling, wireless communication networks may avoid or otherwise mitigate situations in which multiple sensing signals negatively impact RIS detection procedures, multiple control signals causing signal processing problems and/or control issues, and/or interference results from un-coordinated control of multiple RISs. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.