Human Body Communication and Wireless Sensing for Space and Challenging Environments
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2026 | Viewed by 2710
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This call-for-papers seeks original contributions on human body communication (HBC) and wireless sensing technologies for space applications and other extremely challenging environments, covering body area and intrabody communication as well as advanced wireless sensing systems.
The aim is to gather high-quality research that advances the understanding and practical implementation of HBC and wireless sensing in space and other harsh or mission-critical contexts. We invite the submission of papers addressing communication technologies that utilize the human body as a transmission medium, including galvanic coupling, capacitive coupling, electro-quasistatic, molecular, and electromagnetic methods, as well as wireless sensing techniques optimized for operation in space and other challenging environments.
Studies may focus on communication within the body (e.g., between implants or wearable sensors), between devices distributed on or near the body, and on wireless sensing systems designed for space platforms, remote habitats, and isolated or resource-constrained scenarios. Particular emphasis is placed on biomedical and healthcare applications, including continuous physiological monitoring, implantable medical devices, telemedicine systems, astronaut health monitoring, emergency medical support, and resilient health-monitoring infrastructures in extreme and remote settings.
We encourage submissions presenting experimental results, prototypes, testbed implementations, or simulation-based evaluations, alongside theoretical models, channel characterization studies, and performance validation in space-relevant and other extremely challenging environments.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Physical layer design;
- Signal propagation analysis;
- Interference management;
- Energy-efficient HBC and wireless sensing systems;
- Robust and resilient communication architectures for extreme scenarios;
- Innovative biomedical and healthcare applications;
- Space habitat and remote health monitoring systems.
This call aims to encourage multidisciplinary contributions spanning electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, healthcare technologies, signal processing, and applied physics, to advance the frontier of HBC and wireless sensing research for space and other extremely challenging environments. In addition to space-oriented research, contributions addressing terrestrial applications, such as remote healthcare, disaster response, industrial safety, critical infrastructure monitoring, and operation in harsh or resource-constrained environments on Earth, are also strongly encouraged. All submitted papers will undergo rigorous peer review to ensure their scientific quality and relevance to the Special Issue’s focus.
Dr. Pietro Savazzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human body communication
- body area communication
- intrabody communication
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