Sensor-Aid Localization and Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2023) | Viewed by 666
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 5G mobile communication; real-time systems; connected vessel; e-freight; IoT-based monitoring; port community systems; terminal operating systems
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Interests: cutting-edge and disruptive technologies for supply chain optimization; solutions for data aggregation and virtualization; service-oriented architectures design; terrestrial and satellite communications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial verticals are facing a new era as the Internet of Things (IoT) allows billions of smart and embedded devices to seamlessly connect, be managed and securely interact over the underlying network. As a matter of fact, IoT-based solutions for distributed monitoring produce a huge amount of data that need to be managed in large-scale and integrated infrastructures, featuring a continuous stream of information originating from embedded systems and smart IoT devices, going through digital platforms, and reaching final user applications. Aspects such as energy harvesting, longer battery life, more precise geolocalization, and more efficient and secure hardware solutions should be further investigated and explored in the IoT domain.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect scientific and technical contributions discussing industrial applications exploiting sensor-aid localization techniques. The vertical Industry 4.0 domains to be considered include (but are not limited to): smart cities, healthcare, multi-modal transportation and supply chain (including seaports and container terminals as nodes), manufacturing, and smart agriculture.
More precisely, we will publish original works which properly consider some of the following topics (not an exhaustive list):
- IoT-oriented device/sensor network for monitoring purposes.
- Cellular networks (e.g., LTE, 5G/mMTC), narrowband communications (LoRA, Sigfox, visible light communications, NB-IoT, etc.), new communication protocols and paradigms, network resources optimization, network function virtualization (NFV), software-defined networks (SDNs).
- 5G networks permitting UE localization (i.e., from 3GPP R16 onward) and beyond.
- Multi-access edge computing providing cloud computing capabilities at the edge of the cellular network allowing security-critical and time-sensitive data handling
- Radar-based localization.
- Platforms for data storage, access, and management (e.g., consider M2M platforms).
- Integration between satellite and terrestrial localization information (e.g., considering enhanced PNT capabilities).
- Distributed ledger technologies and data trustworthiness.
- Data aggregation and data virtualization tools.
- Fault-tolerance, security and privacy in networked sensor applications and systems.
- Data management and analytics, including data quality and its integrity.
- Back-end and front-end technologies for application implementation (e.g., relying on service-oriented architectures (SOAs).
- New data models and semantics.
Dr. Paolo Pagano
Dr. Alexandr Tardo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- IoT
- M2M communications
- SOA
- SDN
- NFV
- DVL
- DLT
- 5G networks
- MEC
- data integrity and trustworthiness
