Advances in Wireless Communication Technologies for IoT Devices
A special issue of IoT (ISSN 2624-831X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 120
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wireless communications; signal processing; artificial intelligence
Interests: wireless communications; intelligent transportation system
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly expanding, with tens of billions of connected devices projected to shape our future smart cities, industries, homes, and environment. This exponential growth presents unprecedented challenges for wireless communication technologies, demanding low-power, wide-ranging, high-capacity, low-cost, and highly reliable solutions. No single technology can satisfy all these diverse requirements, leading to a dynamic ecosystem of complementary and converging innovations.
This Special Issue aims to provide cutting-edge research and review articles that address the latest advancements, challenges, and future trajectories in wireless technologies tailored for IoT applications. We seek to explore the entire spectrum, from long-range cellular and satellite solutions that connect remote assets to ultra-low-power backscatter communication for battery-less sensors, and the integration challenges within complex environments such as smart homes. The goal is to foster discussion on how these technologies can coexist, interoperate, and evolve to create a truly seamless and sustainable connected world.
We welcome the submission of high-quality original research articles and comprehensive review papers that align with, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- 5G-advanced/future 6G for cellular IoT.
- Next-generation LPWAN for optimized cost, coverage, and power consumption.
- Satellite IoT or non-terrestrial networks for IoT.
- Ambient backscatter and battery-free systems for IoT.
- AI/ML-driven wireless resource management for IoT.
- Advanced short-range networking for IoT.
- Joint communication and sensing (JCAS) for IoT.
- Security and privacy for constrained devices.
- Network slicing and edge intelligence for IoT.
Dr. Long Zhao
Dr. Rui Chen
Dr. Jie Mei
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. IoT is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- IoT
- cellular
- short-range networking
- satellite
- communication
- sensing
- AI
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