Smart Applications of 5G Network

Dear Colleagues,

The wide-spread of 5G-enabled smart applications will allow people with handheld devices to experience high Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) down at the street level where it really matters. Therefore, 5G will greatly impact how future smart cities are being designed both at the technological and infrastructure level. It is also time that such a significant breakthrough in wireless communication is also reflected in the smart application context and introduced as “5G-enabled Smart Applications”. This novel concept is defined as “The transformation of smart applications towards user-centric, personalized intelligent systems with high capacity, seamless functionalities and compatibility with the 5G networks anyhow, anytime and anywhere”. With a rise in 5G-enabled smartphones, wearable devices, Internet of Things (IoT), the surge in the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR)/(AR) have provided aspiration for people to lead a better Quality of Life (QoL). Some of the sectors that can benefit from 5G-enabled smart applications are public areas, transportation systems, home systems, to name a few.

This Special Issue of Electronics aims to present state-of-the-art papers in the domain of 5G-enabled smart applications and their impact in smart cities. We invite researchers to contribute with innovative and original research papers or insightful review papers. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Security, privacy and trust in 5G-enabled smart applications;
• Ambient Assisted Living (AAL);
• The role of 5G in smart cities;
• 5G-enabled smart transportation;
• 5G-enabled smart homes;
• 5G-enabled smart living;
• 5G-enabled smart health;
• 5G digital health smart application for COVID prevention and control;
• 5G-enabled smart education;
• Smart users experience using 5G network.

Dr. Sara Paiva
Dr. Ikram Rehman
Dr. Nagham Saeed
Dr. Waqar Asif
Guest Editors

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