Future Internet of Things: Applications, Protocols and Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

Internet of Things (IoT) has many applications for future smart cities. IoT-based networks will be the key component of smart city applications, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), smart healthcare, cellular communications, industrial automation, etc. IoT can connect different sensors embedded on various physical objects with the Internet, thus providing real-time data monitoring. Based on the huge data collected from different sensors, IoT servers can utilize data analytic techniques to provide valuable insights for different applications.

Although IoT has many use cases in the smart cities, many challenges related to efficient data transmission, wireless communication protocols, security algorithms and computing techniques are still unaddressed. The aim of this Special Issue is to publish new research ideas that can be used by the future researchers in the area of IoT.

This Special Issue is focused on different applications of IoT, related protocols and algorithms, and future challenges. Both research articles and review articles are welcome for submission in the Special Issue. Following are some of the related topics (but not limited to) for the Special Issue:

• IoT applications and architectures;
• Intelligent transportation systems;
• Smart health care;
• Wireless communications for IoT data transmission;
• Security for IoT networks;
• Data analysis for IoT;
• Machine learning for IoT;
• Medium access protocols for IoT;
• Fog computing for IoT;
• Resource allocation in IoT.

Dr. Muhammad Awais Javed
Guest Editor

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