Emerging Networking Technologies for the Internet of Things

Dear Colleagues,

Emerging networking technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT) help to transform the way we live, work, and interact with the surrounding environment. Recent wireless and mobile technologies (e.g., LPWAN, Wi-Fi 6, 5G/6G), edge computing, software-based networking, and other emerging paradigms promise to foster a wide range of IoT applications in areas such as smart living, industry, and healthcare, among many others.

The relevance of research and new developments in emerging networking technologies for IoT environments lies in the potential to address the main challenges and limitations of many current IoT solutions, namely: (i) supporting low-power low-bandwidth communications over long distances; (ii) allowing high-speed, low-latency, and high-reliability communications, providing more responsive processing for IoT applications and devices; (iii) bringing computation and data storage closer to data production; and (iv) providing more secure, scalable, interoperable, and cost-effective IoT network connectivity.

Topics of interest in the Special Issue include (but are not limited to) one or more of the following topics:

• LPWAN technologies;
• 5G/6G support for IoT environments;
• Emerging wireless network architectures and protocols for IoT;
• Challenges and solutions in sensor networks;
• Cloud/Fog/Edge architectures and solutions for IoT;
• SDN/NFV in IoT context;
• Green IoT network technologies;
• Emerging paradigms and technologies for managing and monitoring IoT networks; 
• IoT network traffic modelling and characterization (AI-based or other); 
• Performance and quality metrics for evaluating IoT networks and services;
• Emerging network models for IoT security,  privacy, and trust;
• Innovative network solutions for Industrial IoT. 

Dr. Solange Rito Lima
Dr. Paulo Carvalho
Prof. Dr. António Manuel De Jesus Pereira
Dr. Petar Šolić
Guest Editors

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• wireless and mobile network technologies
• Internet of Things
• edge computing
• software-based networking
• network traffic analysis
• network performance
• quality of service
• network security and privacy