Application of Wireless Sensor Networks in Accredited Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

For a while now, there has been a tendency to monitor all kinds of production processes (Industry 4.0), of logistic processes, our physical activity, the evolution of our health, our eating habits, our sleep habits, our energy consumption, etc. Our daily lives are dotted with smart monitoring devices in charge of providing a large amount of data concerning many aspects of our lives and activities. Current technology allows classical monitoring, but also activity and lifestyle monitoring. This allows us to anticipate the appearance of problems or adversities that can be avoided or minimized by making the right decisions well in advance.  

IoT devices (Internet of Things) make the development of health, sport, and home-care applications easy. Classical monitoring includes issues such as air pollution, the environment, water quality, parking occupancy, traffic monitoring, and many others. In fact, different approaches have emerged, focusing on other, more novel aspects, such as reliability, quality assurance, accreditation of responsibilities, custody assurance, etc. Current WSN monitoring applications are not only in charge of data collection, but also of guaranteeing its integrity, certifying the processes carried out, and guaranteeing full transparent traceability. The integration of monitoring systems with both certification tools and smart contracts is a further step in the evolution of this type of system, where it is not only a question of monitoring the state of a certain process or activity, but of guaranteeing the authenticity and veracity of the information acquired, and of attesting to its veracity and of safeguarding the corresponding evidences. This Special Issue will explore new and visionary applications in wireless sensor network monitoring. Contributions that address but are not restricted to the following topics are welcome:

• Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) applications: patient monitoring, elderly monitoring, health assistants, e-nurse, smart and assisted self-care, etc.
• Smart cities monitoring applications: social pattern identification, governance impact monitoring, informational ecosystem discovery and sharing, participatory applications, etc.
• Mobility monitoring: dynamic proposition of travel routes according to individual user parameters (phobias, phyllia, allergies, etc.), event-driven mobility due to culture, sport or traditional events, monitoring the environment of people with intellectual disabilities, mobility difficulties (Parkinson disease) or reduced mobility in order to facilitate their mobility through active policies.
• Drone surveillance and monitoring: unmanned systems (US) in cooperation with wireless sensor networks, optimal data collection, inspection, and monitoring of power transmission lines, critical infrastructure monitoring, large area monitoring, collaborative monitoring.
• Structural health monitoring: damage detection and characterization for engineering structures, monitoring of the changes demonstrated by a material, or certain properties of a structural system.
• Environmental monitoring: early fire detection, landslide detection, detection and monitoring of floods and river overflows, forest monitoring, etc.
• Athlete monitoring: fatigue and recovery monitoring in high-performance sport, smart heart rate monitoring for sports, evaluation of people’s movement, etc.
• Multi-sensor fusion approaches
• Blockchain-based certification for smart monitoring systems.

Prof. Dr. José Javier Astrain
Prof. Dr. Alberto Córdoba
Prof. Dr. Jesus Villadangos
Guest Editors

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• Wireless sensor network (WSN)
• Monitoring
• Smart contracts
• Certification
• Medical Internet of Things
• Mobility monitoring
• Structural health monitoring
• Environmental monitoring
• Unmanned aerial vehicles