Mobile Communication in Wireless Sensors Networks
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 10608
Special Issue Editors
Interests: network protocols; network monitoring; network security; cybersecurity; Internet of Things; formal modelling and testing
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Interests: communication networks; wireless networks; monitoring; testing; formal methods; machine learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become increasingly relevant in many domains. Several reasons explain this relevance: the multiplicity of applications that are provided within the industry, as well as user needs in terms of services and new technologies.
Multiple and heterogeneous platforms exist based on IoT networks, and one may say that wireless sensor networks (WSN) dominate these platforms. Further, in many areas, mobile communications are needed in WSNs to ensure quality and reliability, despite the huge number of sensors and constrained resources.
Mobile WSNs are more versatile than static sensor networks as they can be deployed in any scenario and cope with rapid topology changes. Several challenges can be mentioned regarding these networks, including routing due to their dynamic topology; security and privacy since the data collected can be highly sensitive; bringing connectivity to such devices, which introduces security vulnerabilities; and validation and testing to ensure that models and implementations are correct. Other challenges regarding digital infrastructures and IoT intelligent mobility are also relevant.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to solicit papers from academia and industry with original and innovative contributions on all aspects of mobile communication in WSNs and IoT infrastructures that present and go beyond the state of the art, highlight challenges, and open new research perspectives.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Communication protocols;
- Routing protocols;
- Validation and verification techniques;
- Security and privacy issues;
- Localization of sensors and devices;
- Remote maintenance and control;
- Resilience;
- Digital infrastructures and IoT;
- Energy and mobile WSN;
- Hardware for mobile WSN;
- Mobile WSN and standards;
- Testbed, experiments, and industrial evaluations
Prof. Dr. Ana Rosa Cavalli
Prof. Dr. Stephane Maag
Dr. Fatiha Zaidi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mobile WSNs
- Internet of Things
- Communication protocols
- Security, resilience, and privacy
- Digital infrastructures
- Testbed, experiments, and industrial evaluations
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