The Multidimensional Network
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2721
Special Issue Editors
Interests: distributed systems; Ad Hoc networking; Internet of Battlefield Things; federated deep learning; network science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In modern smart city living, in disaster relief operations, in peace support operations and in other environments, interaction and cooperation among participating “entities” (i.e., humans, sensors, vehicles, etc.) become a relevant area of activity. However, each environment has a unique and independent OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) and operates its chain processes sequentially and at different speeds which constitutes inefficient parallel execution.
The Multidimensional Network is a multi-space operations concept that inextricably links all diverse domains (land, sea, air, space, cyberspace, electromagnetic spectrum) through a multi-angle, redundant and real-time network. Based on that network-centric interagency and overarching domain headquarters, humans, sensors, and vehicles form the nodes of a network that enables the exercise of command and control, the distributed conduct of operations, the acquisition of high-quality and real-time awareness, and so on.
The multidimensional network introduces a six-dimensional network paradigm that connects all six aforementioned domains into a dynamic network and shares situational awareness and communicates data collected in one domain to the other domains instantly. Thus, aspects of communications/networking, unmanned (aerial, underwater, land) vehicle management, security issues, distributed computing, and data of (high) volume, (wide) variety, (high) velocity, value, (questionable) veracity and (fast) variability data are involved.
This Special Issue will discuss this trending topic and present innovative solutions for the implementation of the multidimensional network and unveil its importance to researchers, the defense industry, civil protection and other communities.
Dr. Dimitrios Papakostas
Dr. Dimitrios Katsaros
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 6G/5G communications
- Ad Hoc networking
- deep learning
- security
- Internet of Things
- blockchains
- UAV technology
- distributed computing/systems
- big data technology
