Sensor Networks
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
The Sensor Networks section covers topics, original research and peer-reviewed articles related to the latest research and development in the field of sensor networks. It is an interdisciplinary domain that consists of wireless and wired communication, algorithms and protocols as well as energy sources to supply these networks. The section covers theoretical and experimental problems, especially considering the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) applications that allow several devices to connect in a smart way. In general, this section aims to provide researchers with a platform to publish their scientific work that can influence the scientific community as well as the general public.
Potential Topics include but not limited:
- Smart sensor networks
- Power consumption/energy harvesting sensor networks
- Energy-autonomous and low-power systems for IoT
- TinyML – Tiny machine learning on sensors
- Cross-layer optimization
- Sensor network nodes
- Wireless sensor networks
- Routing protocols in sensor networks
- Embedded networked sensors
- Software-defined networks
- Underwater sensor networks
- Distributed sensor networks
- Ad hoc networks
- Industrial monitoring
- Sensor network security, privacy and threat detection
- Data calibration and fault tolerance
- Sensor network data fusion and data aggregation
- Sensor node localization
- Medium access control (MAC) protocols for sensor networks
- Artificial intelligence in sensor networks
- Edge computing in wireless sensor networks
- Applications of sensor networks on area monitoring, health care monitoring, habitat monitoring, environmental/Earth sensing, etc.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Challenges and Future Trends in Electronics for Wireless Sensing Technology (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Sensor-Aid Localization and Applications (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Clustered Sensor Networks (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Process-Aware Cyber Security Management in the Industrial Internet of Things (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Advanced Communication and Networking Technologies for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs): 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Target Detection, Tracking and Identification Using Multi-Sensor Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Communications and Networking Based on Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Recent Advances in UAV Communications and Networks (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Wearable Sensors and IoT-Oriented Systems for Life Quality Improvement-Edition II (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Recent Developments in Wireless Network Technology (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advanced Millimeter Wave Antenna Systems for 5G and beyond 5G Wireless Communications (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Sensor-Fusion-Based Deep Interpretable Networks (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Low-Cost Sensors for Ambient Air Monitoring (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Privacy and Security in Sensor Networks (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Advances in Intelligent System Engineering for Smart Sensor Applications (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- 5G and 6G Networks: Advances in Self-Organizing, Cybersecurity and Privacy (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- IoT in Action: Practical IoT Applications and Advanced Security Solutions (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Application of UAV and Sensing in Precision Agriculture (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cyber–Physical–Social Sensing (CPSS) (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Wireless Sensor Networks for Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Security and Privacy in Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Energy Harvesting Systems for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Parallel and Edge Computing with Artificial Intelligence for Sensor Networks: Second Edition (Deadline: 10 October 2025)
- Intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks: Advancing Efficiency and Autonomy with Machine Learning (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Multiphysics Simulation and Design of Antennas and Devices for Next-Gen Wireless Sensor Networks (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Challenges and Future Trends of Smart Healthcare Based on AI-Empowered IoT (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Applications and Perspectives of Real-Time Data Collection in Sensor Networks (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Topical Advisory Panel Members’ Collection Series: Smart Cities in the Digital Age: Balancing Innovation and Security (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Applications of Sensor-Based IoT Network Monitoring and Wireless Communication (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advanced Massive MIMO and mmWave Communication Systems for Next-Generation Wireless Networks (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Blockchain-Based Solutions to Secure IoT (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Internet of Vehicles—Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advances of Wireless Network Security and Computing with Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Wireless Sensor Networks in Industrial/Agricultural Environments (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Intelligent Sensing Techniques for Detection of Attacks against Public Infrastructure (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Wireless Sensor Networks and Next-Generation Communication Technologies (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Efficient Resource Allocation in Wireless Sensor Networks (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Energy Harvesting Technologies for Wireless Sensors (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Multimodal Sensing and Computing and Their Monitoring Applications (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Advances in Communication Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Agentic and Explainable AI for Secure and Trustworthy Industrial IoT: Advances in Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Communication and the Cloud–Edge–IoT Continuum (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Distributed Computing Related to Sensor Networks (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Novel Sensing Technology and Networks for Music Learning and Education (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Recent Advances in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) and Long Range (LoRa) Network (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sensors and Techniques for Indoor Positioning and Localization: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in Wireless Sensor and Mobile Networks (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Microwave Circuit Design and Propagation in Microwave Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advanced Subsystems and Technologies for Space and Airborne Communication Networks (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Recent Advances in Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) (Deadline: 1 December 2025)
- IoT and Sensor Technologies for Healthcare (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Advanced Mobile Edge Computing in 5G Networks (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Architectures, Protocols and Algorithms of Sensor Networks—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Security, Privacy and Threat Detection in Sensor Networks (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Architecture and Protocol Design for Wireless Sensor Network (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Signal Detection and Processing of Sensor Arrays (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Intelligent Wheels: AI, Next-Generation Networks, and Federated Learning in the Era of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Seismic Detection and Monitoring (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- IoT-Enabled Healthcare Systems: Intelligent Diagnosis and Telemonitoring (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Sensor Networks and Communication with AI (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Feature Papers in the 'Sensor Networks' Section 2025 (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Data Privacy, Security, and Trust in New Technological Trends—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sensor-Based Computational Intelligence and Security Technologies, and Their Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communication Networks 2024–2025 (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Integrated Sensing, Communications, and Computing: Enabling Technologies and Applications for Intelligent Communication Networks and Low-Altitude Economy (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Signal Processing for Integrated Sensing and Communications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Antennas for Wireless Communications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Feature Review Papers in the ‘Sensor Networks’ Section 2024–2025 (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Recent Trends and Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- UAV and Sensor Applications for Navigation and Positioning—2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
- Smart Sensing, Innovative Analysis and Optimal Operation of Distribution Systems (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
- Distributed Sensor Networks: Emerging Technologies, Methods and Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Wireless Sensor Networks for the Development of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Advanced Robust Processing Techniques and Sensor Technologies for Complex Radio Frequency Signals (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Recent Advances in Smart Mobile Sensing Technology (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensors (Deadline: 10 February 2026)
- Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Traffic, Driving and Transportation (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- New Advances in Beam-Forming for Sensor Networks (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Intelligent Control of Cyber-Physical Networks: Complex Sensing Networks, Neuromorphic Sensing, and Machine Learning (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Security, Privacy and Trust in Wireless Sensor Networks (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Application, Optimization and Security for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things (IoTs) (Deadline: 1 March 2026)
- AI-Powered RF Sensing and Signal Intelligence: Advances in Detection and Classification Techniques (Deadline: 1 March 2026)
- Advancements in Autonomous Navigation Systems for UAVs (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Computing and Applications for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Next-Generation IoT Sensor Systems: Integrating Distributed Intelligence and Decentralised Trust (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Advanced Connectivity Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Advanced Applications of WSNs and the IoT—2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Blockchain Technology for Internet of Things (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Cybersecurity in Healthcare and Medical Devices (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Intelligent and Secure Wireless Network Sensing: Techniques, Architectures, and Real-World Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Advanced Edge Computing in Wireless Sensor Network (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Sensor Enabled Smart Energy Solutions (Deadline: 10 April 2026)
- Reinforcement Learning and Intelligent Systems in Sensor Networks and Applications (Deadline: 10 April 2026)
- Security and Privacy in Next-Generation Mobile Networks: Challenges, Solutions, and Innovations (Deadline: 20 April 2026)
- Sensor-Based IoT Systems: Edge Intelligence, Trust Management, and Applications (Deadline: 15 May 2026)
- Cybersecurity and Trustworthiness in IoT Devices (Deadline: 26 May 2026)
- Anomaly Detection and Fault Diagnosis in Sensor Networks (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Cryptography and Security in IoT and Sensor Networks
- Cyber Situational Awareness in Computer Networks
- Fog/Edge Computing based Smart Sensing System (Closed)
- IoT and Smart Homes
- Machine Learning and AI for Sensors
- Sensing Technology in Smart Agriculture
- Smart Communication Protocols and Algorithms for Sensor Networks (Closed)
- Smart Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (Closed)
- Underwater Sensor Networks and Internet of Underwater Things (Closed)
- Wireless Sensor Networks towards the Internet of Things
