WSNs (wireless sensor networks) received tremendous interests from both academics and industries in the last

decade. Recent advances in wireless and electronic technologies have enabled a wide range of applications of WSNs in military sensing, traffic surveillance, target tracking, environment monitoring, healthcare monitoring, and so on. There are many new challenges for the design of WSNs to meet requirements of various applications.

This special issue provides a timely venue to publish new research results and new development of systems in WSNs. All papers submitted to this Special Issue underwent a rigorous peer review process and only 3 papers were finally selected by the Guest Editors. There are 2 invited papers from famous experts in specific areas of WSNs. These authors represent academic and research institutions from USA, UK, Germany, Italy, etc..

Cite: Hai Liu, Xiuzhen Cheng, and Xiaohua Jia, "Special Issue on New Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks," Journal of Communications, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 353-354, 2011. Doi: 10.4304/jcm.6.5.353-354