Advances in Architecture, Protocols and Challenges in Internet of Things

Dear Colleagues,

Driven by digitalization, the power of Internet of Things (IoT) is being unleashed. Statistica market research predicts that the global IoT market will be worth around USD 1.6 trillion by 2025. Many consumers are enjoying these increasingly comfortable, efficient and convenient smart devices.

Considering the vast amount of smart devices (such as sensors, actuators, smart phone, terminal device with computing, etc.) connected to IoT, determining how to collect and aggregate massive sensed data and transmit them to users’ data centers is increasingly critical. However, it is more important to analyze and process these raw data to abstract more valuable information in order to make reasonable decisions. Unfortunately, many issues and challenges remain unsolved or are yet to be fully addressed due to the unique features and complex application scenarios of IoT systems. Firstly, IoT requires more appropriate architecture to meet the ultra-high speed, ultra-low latency, and ultra-large connection characteristics of 5G, such as a knowledge and service oriented, a content-driven architecture. Secondly, designing efficient protocols to cater to the demand of edge computing and artificial intelligence is extremely challenging.

The goal of this Special Issue of Applied Sciences is to feature the latest advances and directions in IoT architecture, protocols and challenges for typical applications (i.e., smart cities, precision agriculture, smart grid, and intelligent transportation), their performance, demands and implications on future network design.

Papers should contain original results or review/tutorial content to be accessible to general audiences working in the field. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Scalable IoT architecture;
• Intelligent big IoT data solutions based on edge computing;
• Edge network virtualization;
• Protocols for IoT: energy efficiency, interoperability, autonomous management;
• Sensed data collection, management and analytics;
• Security, privacy and trust in IoT;
• Cloud computing and services for IoT;
• New IoT applications and use cases.

Dr. Weidong Fang
Dr. Chunsheng Zhu
Guest Editors

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