Dear All,

We are organizing a Research Topic “Internet of Things in Extreme Environment” in Frontiers in Communications and Networks. Frontiers ranks as the 5th most-cited publisher among the 20 largest publishers in 2020 with more than 1.6 million citations. The new journal of Frontiers (Frontiers in Communications and Networks) publishes cutting edge research in telecommunication across different domains. The editorial board of Frontiers and Communications and Networks consist of global leading and active researchers in the field of wireless and wired communication systems and networks.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a revolutionary technology having a great impact on our society with numerous applications such as smart health, smart cities, smart building, and smart homes. Not only this, IoT devices, when embedded in extreme environments, such as oceans, mines, oil rigs, and space, can enable various other challenging applications, namely, climate monitoring, space exploration, detecting ground-water contamination, and smart agriculture. For example, the IoT devices in agriculture can generate early warnings to cope with the pests or notify regarding the soil moisture, thus mitigating the threat before it appears a crisis. While this hot topic is motivating researchers to propose different solutions, deploying the IoT devices and connecting them in extreme environments is considerably challenging.

This research topic is soliciting original research articles, reviews, perspectives, and opinions on IoT in extreme environments.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Communication, networking, and localization in Internet of Underwater Things
• Communication, networking, and localization in Internet of Underground Things
• Communication, networking, and localization in Internet of Space Things
• Communication, networking, and localization in In-vivo Health Sensors
• Network architecture for IoT in extreme environments
• Multi-modal sensing techniques
• IoT for Climate monitoring
• IoT for Precision agriculture
• Earth observation and space exploration using tiny satellites
• Bio-degradable IoT devices
• Energy harvesting in IoT networks

Proposed publication schedule:

Submission Deadlines

·      Abstract: 03^rd   October 2020

·      Manuscript: 03^rd   February 2021

Guest Editorial Board:

Nasir Saeed (Lead Guest Editor), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA, Email: [log in to unmask]
Xu Wang (Co-Lead Guest Editor), Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom, Email: [log in to unmask]
Sadia Din, Kyungpook National University, South Korea, Email: [log in to unmask]
Abdul Salam, Purdue University, United States, Email: [log in to unmask]
Alexander Vavoulas, University of Thessaly, Greece, Email: [log in to unmask]
Xin Su, Hohai University, China, Email: [log in to unmask]