Broadband Mobile Communication System

Dear Colleagues,

Passive body area networks (PBAN) are emerging as wireless body area networks (WBANs) and passive Internet of Things (pIoT) technologies in the evolution of intelligent connectivity, particularly within healthcare, personal monitoring, and sustainable industrial applications. PBANs enable real-time, low-power data collection using wearable and implantable sensors, revolutionizing personalized healthcare and biomedical monitoring. Meanwhile, PBAN systems, which operate without batteries by harnessing energy from the environment, offer massively scalable and maintenance-free solutions for applications in smart environments, logistics, and asset tracking.

This Special Issue aims to explore innovative designs, protocols, and implementations that integrate WBAN and pIoT with next-generation communication systems such as 5G-Advanced and 6G. We welcome contributions that address key challenges such as ultra-low power operation, miniaturization, security, reliability, and seamless integration into broader IoT ecosystems.

The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Energy-efficient and battery-less communication protocols for PBAN;
• Miniaturized and biocompatible sensor design and integration;
• RF energy harvesting, backscatter, and ambient energy-aware systems;
• Ultra-reliable low-latency (URLLC) and massive machine-type (mMTC) communication for medical and IoT applications;
• Security, privacy, and trust in sensitive and passive data environments;
• AI-driven adaptive and predictive management for body-area and passive networks;
• Prototypes, demonstrators, and real-world deployments in healthcare, smart cities, and industrial automation.

Dr. Zhuang Ling
Guest Editor

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