Trends and Prospects for Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT

Dear Colleagues,

The use of the wireless sensor networks (WSN), especially as part of the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) systems and applications, has experienced an exponential growth during recent years. More and more monitoring and management systems are using such approaches, including robotic systems, automated systems and a variety of others. This period has seen the accomplishment of a continuous integration between sensing devices, communication and management networks and automated systems. This trend is driven not only by progress in computing and sensing technologies, such as technological progress in low-energy consumption and energy harvesting, but also in the new capabilities offered by the new communications systems generations, such as 5 / 6G systems that are currently under development. This has given additional support with the increase in automated systems capabilities, based on new achievements in artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) achievements. Additionally, it is expected that all these trends will be accelerated by the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the overloading of supply chains. Moreover, the impact of the present war in the Eastern Europe and the tensions from East Asia are accelerating the developments in the areas of green technology and enhanced energy management.

Targeting all the elements highlighted above, the present Special Issue intends to contribute to dealing with the challenges in and evolutions of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and their applications.

Prof. Dr. Octavian Fratu
Prof. Dr. Simona Halunga
Dr. Albena Mihovska
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Poulkov
Guest Editors

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• wireless sensor networks (WSN)
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN)
• 5G & 6G Cellular WSN
• ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC)
• critical infrastructure
• smart applications
• edge/fog computing