Application, Optimization and Security for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things (IoTs)
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2025 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wireless sensor networks; parallel and distributed computing; workflow scheduling; cloud/green computing; cybersecurity
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Interests: systems control and optimization; intelligent transportation systems; smart cities; wireless networks and applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are distributed networks made up of spatially dispersed autonomous sensors that sense, monitor, and gather data from physical environments. Internet of Thing (IoT) frameworks facilitate the processing, analysis, and sharing of the data over interconnected devices and systems. WSNs and IoT technologies have transformed various sectors in our lives and works, offering innovative solutions for smart cities, healthcare, industrial automation, and more. However, to fully harness their potential, significant efforts and research are needed to further apply sensors to more advanced applications for optimizing energy consumption, enhancing security, addressing scalability challenges, etc.
This Special Issue aims to put together original research and review articles on recent advances, technologies, solutions, applications, and new challenges in the field of effective data processing, real-time communication, secure data management, and related areas that ensure WSNs and IoT systems operate efficiently and securely. Potential research topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Smart cities and home automation;
- Agriculture and industrial automation;
- Environmental monitoring and disaster management;
- Healthcare monitoring and wearable sensor technologies;
- Energy-efficient routing protocols;
- Data aggregation and coverage optimization;
- QoS (Quality of Service) optimization;
- Sensor deployment strategies and load balancing in IoT networks;
- Blockchain for IoT security;
- Intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) and intrusion detection systems (IDSs);
- Privacy, authentication, and confidentiality in wireless communications;
- Fault tolerance and reliability in WSNs;
- Sensing data analytics in cloud/edge/fog computing;
- Human–machine interaction and AI applications;
- Traffic monitoring and management optimization.
Dr. Yi Gu
Dr. Lei Miao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart cities and home automation
- agriculture and industrial automation
- environmental monitoring and disaster management
- healthcare monitoring and wearable sensor technologies
- energy-efficient routing protocols
- data aggregation and coverage optimization
- QoS (Quality of Service) optimization
- sensor deployment strategies and load balancing in IoT networks
- blockchain for IoT security
- intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) and intrusion detection systems (IDSs)
- privacy, authentication, and confidentiality in wireless communications
- fault tolerance and reliability in WSNs
- sensing data analytics in cloud/edge/fog computing
- human–machine interaction and AI applications
- traffic monitoring and management optimization
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