Sustainable Solutions for 6G-Enabled Internet of Things Networks—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The upcoming sixth-generation (6G) communication systems will continue to use high frequencies with much higher data rates, massive connectivity, and extremely low latency. Given the heterogeneity and densification of the Internet of Things (IoT), 6G systems may need to be extended to modern communication technologies for IoT applications. Some of these technologies include intelligent reconfigurable surfaces (IRS), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), ambient backscatter communication (AmBC), artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and terahertz/ millimeter-wave (THz/mmWave) communications. These emerging technologies will generate new knowledge and understanding, accelerating the discovery of and innovation in 6G-enabled IoT networks. Moreover, each of these efforts is designed to amplify the intrinsically multidisciplinary nature of the emerging field of IoT in the 6G era. The 6G-enabled IoT will establish theoretical, technical, and ethical frameworks that will be applied for tackling many challenges in IoT, advancing technology for humanity.

This Special Issue aims to gather recent advances and novel contributions from academic researchers and industry practitioners in the novel area of sustainable solutions for 6G-enabled IoT networks in order to fully leverage the potential capabilities and opportunities brought by this area. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Network architecture for 6G-enabled IoT;
• Advance signal processing for 6G-enabled IoT;
• AI/ML techniques for 6G-enabled IoT;
• Optimal resource allocation and interference management frameworks for 6G-enabled IoT;
• IRS/AmBC for 6G-enabled IoT;
• NOMA techniques for 6G-enabled IoT;
• Security and reliability for 6G-enabled IoT;
• THz/mmWave for 6G-enabled IoT;
• Edge/cloud computing for 6G-enabled IoT;
• Energy harvesting techniques for 6G-enabled IoT;
• 6G-enabled IoT applications in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), vehicle to everything (V2X), device to device, and satellite communications;
• Testbeds/experimentation for prototyping of 6G-enabled IoT.

Dr. Wali Ullah Khan
Dr. Khaled Rabie
Dr. Belal Alsinglawi
Guest Editors

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• 6G
• Internet of Things
• intelligent reconfigurable surfaces
• ambient backscatter communication
• terahertz/millimeter communications
• resource optimization
• signal processing
• artificial intelligence/machine learning
• non-orthogonal multiple access
• wireless communications

• Sustainable Solutions for 6G-Enabled Internet of Things Networks in Sensors (13 articles)