Challenges and Future Trends in Antenna Technologies for Communications and Sensing
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 504
Special Issue Editor
Interests: communications and electronic systems; noise measurement and modeling; antenna analysis and design; electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic interference; ultra-wideband technology; radio wave propagation; computational electromagnetics
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Dear Colleagues,
Antennas are crucial components of any wireless communication and sensing system as the transducers coupling between signals on an electronic device and an electromagnetic wave in free space. In addition, antenna technologies have been widely used for various communications and sensing applications. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present the challenges and future trends in antenna technologies for communications and sensing.
To further promote the development of this area, we invite researchers to contribute with original research manuscripts, as well as review articles, focused on recent advances in the design and performance analysis of antennas used in communications and sensing. Future research directions and open problems are also suggested.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Antenna for wideband communication and sensing;
- New 5G/6G antennas;
- Antenna technologies for wireless sensor networks and IoT;
- Wide scanning antenna arrays;
- Antenna measurements;
- Sensor antennas.
Prof. Dr. Qingsheng Zeng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antenna measurements
- antenna sensor
- wireless communication
- broadband antennas
- communication and sensing
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