Symmetry in IoT Service Enhancement Supported by Smart Communication with Space

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, IoT (Internet of Things) applications have been widely used in various industries to provide convenient services that use sensors or RFID to collect data and send control messages to actuators. However, when the sensors and actuators are located in remote areas that are not serviced by the ground access network, the sensors and actuators are sparsely distributed. In those cases, securing IoT services in the region is a key technical challenge. Data communication between the Earth and space (e.g., satellites) has traditionally been carried out over dedicated links using intelligent communications based on shared Internet-Protocol-based communications, which have many advantages over dedicated links and can cover these remote areas. Such space-IoT networks are beneficial to support the deployment and the practice of IoT applications to enhance the availability of IoT services.

IPv6 support for satellites can be extended to interoperability between spacecraft and sensors/actuators to enable data transfer in space. However, improving the overall communication efficiency of the overall space-IoT systems in heterogeneous networks is still an important issue. In addition, communication systems in space typically have much higher latency than wired networks and may not be able to meet the quality of service (QoS) requirements of all IoT services. Furthermore, the movement of spacecraft has caused mobility management problems, which is also an important technical challenge for IoT service enhancement with space.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Communication frameworks or models for space-IoT networks;
• Protocol design for smart communication with space and IoT;
• Resource management for smart communication networks with space and IoT;
• Smart data communication supporting IoT applications;
• Mobility management network architecture in the smart space communication environment;
• Privacy and security challenges in space-IoT networks;
• New generated services in space-IoT networks;
• Dynamic scheduling for IoT applications considering the movement of the spacecraft;
• Service enhancement with space for IoT applications;
• Simulation frameworks and tools for space-IoT applications.

Prof. Dr. Lianyong Qi
Guest Editor

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