5G/6G Networks for Wireless Communication and IoT—2nd Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 27
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Interests: 5G; D2D; MTC/M2M; Internet of Things
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Interests: 5G; eHealth; virtualization; network security; D2D
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Interests: virtualization; Internet of Things; 5G; edge computing; distributed artificial inelligence
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Interests: 5G; mmWave; sidelink; Internet of Things; D2D
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the first edition of our Special Issue entitled “5G/6G Networks for Wireless Communication and IoT”, we again invite our international colleagues to contribute their expertise, insight, and findings in the form of original research articles and reviews to its second edition.
Although fifth-generation (5G) networks are still in the deployment phase, researchers are already investigating the upcoming sixth-generation (6G). It is generally agreed that the requirements of future wireless networks will be primarily determined by the applications they will have to support. Therefore, it is crucial to conduct thorough research and analysis on the technologies most suitable to ensure the key requirements of 6G networks and to understand what the characteristics of the 6G should be in order to bring more benefits compared to previous generations.
As for the potential use cases of 6G networks, the Internet of Things (IoT) has recently received great attention and is set to take a leading role in the future. Smart devices that exploit connectivity offered by mobile wireless networks are currently deployed everywhere and impact various contexts, so adapting the IoT to new concepts, such as the Internet of Everything (IoE), the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), and the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), is extremely important.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather insights on the main characteristics and technologies that 5G/6G networks must embed to meet the requirements of legacy and modern IoT-related applications for their proliferation in the near future.
This Special Issue will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Requirements, use cases, and enabling technologies of future 6G networks;
- Evolution of wireless networks from 5G to 6G;
- Measurement frameworks for 5G/6G;
- The role of cloud computing in 6G networks application;
- Edge computing for context-awareness in 6G-oriented IoT applications;
- Spectrum sharing in beyond 5G networks;
- Terahertz communications;
- Programmable and virtualized networks for 5G/6G;
- Group communications in 5G/6G;
- Energy efficiency in 5G/6G-enabled IoT networks;
- Machine learning/artificial intelligence for network management in 5G/6G networks;
- Non-terrestrial network-aided communications in 6G;
- The IoE paradigm as an evolution of the IoT;
- Wearable IoT devices in future applications;
- The evolution of security protection mechanisms in cellular networks;
- Trust, security, and privacy in 6G and IoT.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Araniti
Dr. Chiara Suraci
Dr. Roberto Morabito
Dr. Antonino Orsino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 6G
- wireless communications
- IoT
- future applications
- network security and privacy
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