Antenna Design and Sensors for Internet of Things

Dear Colleagues,

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm is going to play an important role in modern and future communication systems. The main objective of IoT is to bring together people, data, processes, and things in order to fulfill the needs of human daily lives. It is a great opportunity for incorporating many different and heterogeneous systems in the development of a plethora of digital services for homes, health, agriculture, smart cities, factories, and transportation systems. Connecting all physical things in IoT will be done by wireless communication networks. The main challenges of communication systems for IoT include the need for reliable connectivity, the great number of frequency bands to support it, energy efficiency and cost. Thus, the antenna system will be a critical part of the smart devices. To make them intelligent, sensors will be added to IoT devices.

For each application, the choice of the antenna system presents a key design challenge.  Several factors need to be examined such as cost, antenna size, shape, and placement and other antenna performances (radiation efficiency, impedance matching, gain, etc.). IoT modules incorporate more and more wireless technologies. This makes the integration of antennas an increasingly significant challenge. Antenna designers face the constraints of maintaining reasonable performance in ever-shrinking footprints and under extreme interference conditions. The growth of Internet of Things and smart industrial applications creates many scientific and engineering challenges that call for innovative research efforts from both academia and industry in order to develop efficient, cost-effective, scalable, and reliable antenna systems for IoT. This Special Issue brings together researchers from academic and industrial domains to improve the field of IoT and its applications.

The main focus of this Special Issue is on the research challenges relating to the design and integration of antennas and sensors for Internet of Things.

Prof. Halim Boutayeb
Prof. Divitha Seetharamdoo
Guest Editors

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