Towards Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks: Recent Trends and Advances
A special issue of Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (ISSN 2079-9268).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: algorithmic study of wireless sensor networks in terms of routing protocols; energy efficiency; congestion avoidance; coverage maximization; multiobjective optimization
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Interests: algorithm design; approximation algorithms; algorithmic mechanism design; game theory; optimization algorithms for wireless sensor networks
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) display an unceasingly evolving range of applications due to their ability to monitor ambient conditions in areas of interest of almost any kind. However, the functionality of WSNs is severely obstructed because of the extreme energy limitations of their sensor nodes. Therefore, the extension of the lifetime of WSNs is a subject of crucial importance. For this reason, energy sustainability in WSNs is pursued by using numerous research methods ranging from energy saving to energy harvesting and energy transfer.
The aim of this Special Issue is to host scientific articles that are associated with the state of the art, standards, experimentations, implementations, scientific innovations, research trends, new research proposals, and case studies regarding the energy sustainability of WSNs. The papers submitted should be original, and should neither have already been published nor under review in any other conference or journal. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Energy saving in WSNs via power optimization;
- Energy saving in WSNs via low power modules (sensors, processors, transceivers, etc.);
- Energy saving in WSNs via passive sensors;
- Energy saving in WSNs via dynamic voltage scaling;
- Energy saving in WSNs via cognitive radio;
- Energy saving in WSNs via adaptive transmission power control;
- Energy saving in WSNs via directional antennas;
- Energy saving in WSNs via short communication links;
- Energy saving in WSNs via rechargeable batteries;
- Energy saving in WSNs via supercapacitors;
- RF-based energy harvesting for WSNs;
- Light-based energy harvesting for WSNs;
- Thermal-based energy harvesting for WSNs;
- Flow-based energy harvesting for WSNs;
- Biomass-based energy harvesting for WSNs;
- Mechanical-based energy harvesting for WSNs;
- Human-based energy harvesting for WSNs;
- Wireless energy transfer in WSNs via inductive coupling;
- Wireless energy transfer in WSNs via electromagnetic radiation;
- Wireless energy transfer in WSNs via magnetic resonant coupling;
- Energy saving in WSNs via energy-efficient routing protocols;
- Energy saving in WSNs via duty cycling methods;
- Energy saving in WSNs via data driven methods.
Prof. Dr. Dionisis Kandris
Dr. Eleftherios Anastasiadis
Dr. Georgios Siamantas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wireless sensor networks
- energy sustainability
- energy efficiency
- energy harvesting
- wireless energy transfer
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