Energy Harvesting in Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Networks

Dear Colleagues,

A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) consists of many nodes that come together to form a network based on some requirements. Here, nodes act as both routers and hosts. The transmission is broadcasted within the transmission range. A sensor network consists of a group of small, powered devices and a wireless or wired networked infrastructure. The sensor devices record conditions of environments, such as industry, firm, hospital and many more. Nowadays, numerous sensors are used in many applications to make our lifestyle more comfortable. These sensors require electric energy for functioning. Nowadays, energy consumption is one of the key issues to develop a wireless network by using sensors. To periodically charge the mobile devices and sensors by using a power cord is always not possible. It also obstructs the operations of the devices. Energy harvesting is one of the popular approaches that can solve these issues as it powers sensors and mobile nodes. Here, the network is developed in such a manner that it can be self-sustaining by using energy harvesting from many sources, such as solar power, thermal energy, electromagnetic waves, wind energy and many more. The recent advances of green communication also require to develop energy harvesting based communication techniques. This has become one of the major requirements as the number of mobile nodes and sensors has increased rapidly, which consumes much power.

The intent of this Special Issue is to invite scholars, researchers and other innovators to collectively show their state-of-the-art knowledge and their cutting-edge innovations in the area of energy harvesting in MANET and sensor networks for next-generation computing and communication systems. Theoretical investigation and prototype implementation-based studies are particularly welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz
Dr. Suyel Namasudra
Guest Editors

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• Energy harvesting
• Energy scavenging
• Self-powered devices
• Sleep scheduling
• Energy cooperation and relaying
• QoS aware algorithms with energy harvesting
• Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology
• Wireless power enabled communications
• Hardware design and prototype
• Applications and future trends