Mobile and Wireless Networks
A special issue of Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (ISSN 2224-2708). This special issue belongs to the section "Wireless Control Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2018)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: communication networks (mobile, multimedia, software-defined); tactile internet; computer-mediated education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Our hyper-connected world relies increasingly on wireless networks incorporating hardware and software implementations. Wireless network research ranging from hardware to software solutions continue to progress in both, evolutionary and revolutionary fashions to deliver on an always-on, always-connected society promise for user- and machine-driven communications. These solutions range across the spectrum of far-reaching wide area mobile networks (4G, 5G) to short-range near-field communication (NFC) network types. They enable smart city solutions with the help of sensor networks (WSNs) and the Internet of Things (IoT) with machine to machine (or device to device) communications (M2M, D2D). Similarly, wireless personal area networks (WPANs), and wireless local area networks (WLANs) continue as staples of connected users, applications, and services alongside other untethered network types.
This special issue focuses on theoretical and implementation solutions across the wireless communications layer stack that address the challenges that wireless networks face, including power constraints, congested spectrums, security and reliability for mission-critical applications, or throughput and latency required for real-time services, to name but a few. Common solutions include the design of communications protocols, network architectures, resource allocation schemes, and cross-layer optimizations. Solution approaches could even include systems incorporating edge computing and/or machine learning approaches for increased qualities of service/experience (QoS/QoE) and be coupled in cyber-physical feedback systems.
This special issue solicits original work presented as research contribution, tutorial, or technical paper. Manuscripts should describe completed and unpublished work not currently under review elsewhere.
Dr. Patrick Seeling
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- spectrum usage and allocations for 4G, 5G, and beyond
- green wireless and mobile networks
- IoT, sensor networks, and big data applications in smart cities
- machine-to-machine (M2M) and device-to-device (D2D) communications
- network data analytics for communications optimizations and security
- quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) solutions for emerging services
- cooperative and heterogeneous wireless networks
- open source platforms and experimental validations with testbeds
- middleware and edge computing systems
- wireless software-defined networking
- mobile peer-to-peer systems and computing
- future directions of applications and services
