IoT and Networking Technologies for Smart Mobile Systems
A special issue of Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (ISSN 2224-2708). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications and Networking".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Internet of Things; mobile computing; network security
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: Intelligent Internet of Things (IIoT); Mobile Computing; Distributed Computing; Ubiquitous Computing
Interests: human gait recognition and analysis based on vision; human body image generation and generative models; perception issues in embodied intelligence systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) and networking technologies has revolutionized smart mobile systems, enabling seamless connectivity, real-time data processing, and intelligent decision-making across diverse applications such as smart cities, healthcare, transportation, and industrial automation. This Special Issue aims to explore cutting-edge technologies, challenges, and future trends in IoT-driven smart mobile systems, with a focus on low-power sensing and communication, edge intelligence, collaborative learning, and 5G/6G networking.
Key topics include the following:
- Ultra-low-power IoT communication (e.g., backscatter, RF harvesting) for energy-efficient edge devices.
- Mobile edge computing (MEC) for latency-sensitive AI-empowered IoT applications, including task offloading and distributed learning.
- 5G/6G-enabled IoT architectures, leveraging massive MIMO, D2D communication, and network slicing.
- AI-driven IoT optimization, covering smart sensing, QoS management, security, and resource allocation in dynamic environments.
- Heterogeneous IoT integration, addressing interoperability, scalability, and real-time sensing challenges.
Prof. Dr. Chengwen Luo
Guest Editor
Dr. Xingyu Feng
Dr. Chao Fan
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- smart mobile systems
- 5G/6G networks
- mobile edge computing (MEC)
- low-power sensing and communication
- artificial intelligence (AI) in IoT
- task offloading
- QoS Optimization
- backscatter-based sensing and networking
- Industrial IoT (IIoT)
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