Secure Low-Power and Energy-Efficient Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks
A Special Issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) belonging to the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2027 | Viewed by 49
Editors
Interests: IoT; wireless sensor network; energy-efficient MAC and routing protocols; UAV networks; network protocols
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2. Graduate School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology, Fukushima University, Fukushima 960-1248, Japan
Interests: information network; IoT; AI and its applications; IoT security; agent-based systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are a foundational technology for emerging applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities, environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, industrial automation, and healthcare systems. Despite their broad adoption, WSNs face critical challenges related to energy constraints, computational limitations, and security vulnerabilities. The design of secure communication protocols and energy-efficient mechanisms remains a key research focus, particularly for resource‑constrained sensor nodes operating in hostile or unattended environments.
This Special Issue will bring together state‑of‑the‑art research and practical innovations that address the dual challenges of security and energy efficiency in WSNs. We particularly encourage contributions that propose cross‑layer designs, lightweight cryptography, energy‑aware security mechanisms, and real‑world experimental validation.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Lightweight cryptographic algorithms for WSNs;
- Energy‑aware secure routing protocols;
- Secure data aggregation and fusion techniques;
- Secure communication and intrusion detection in WSNs;
- Authentication and key management in low‑power sensor networks;
- Trust, intrusion detection, and anomaly detection mechanisms;
- Physical‑layer security techniques for WSNs;
- Cross‑layer optimization for security and energy efficiency;
- Secure MAC and duty‑cycling protocols;
- Blockchain and distributed ledger techniques for WSN security;
- AI‑ and ML‑based security solutions for low‑power sensor nodes;
- Energy harvesting and secure power‑aware communication;
- Privacy preservation in WSN‑based IoT systems;
- Secure localization and time synchronization;
- Real‑world implementations, testbeds, and experimental evaluations;
Case studies in smart cities, healthcare, industrial IoT, and critical infrastructures.
Prof. Dr. Nurul Sarkar
Prof. Dr. Salahuddin Muhammad Salim Zabir
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- security and privacy
- IoT
- low-power
- energy-efficient
- wireless sensor networks
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