OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Communications Magazine is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G Systems: Principles, Applications, and Research Directions	505
Digital-Twin-Enabled 6G: Vision, Architectural Trends, and Future Directions	261
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Three Myths and Two Critical Questions	237
Digital Twin for 5G and Beyond	221
IEEE 802.15.3d: First Standardization Efforts for Sub-Terahertz Band Communications toward 6G	198
The Road to 6G: Ten Physical Layer Challenges for Communications Engineers	189
From Semantic Communication to Semantic-Aware Networking: Model, Architecture, and Open Problems	169
Intelligence and Learning in O-RAN for Data-Driven NextG Cellular Networks	168
Near-Field MIMO Communications for 6G: Fundamentals, Challenges, Potentials, and Future Directions	166
Securing Critical Infrastructures: Deep-Learning-Based Threat Detection in IIoT	157
Semantics-Empowered Communication for Networked Intelligent Systems	146
Reconfigurable, Intelligent, and Sustainable Wireless Environments for 6G Smart Connectivity	138
Toward Multi-Functional 6G Wireless Networks: Integrating Sensing, Communication, and Security	135
Data Collection in MI-Assisted Wireless Powered Underground Sensor Networks: Directions, Recent Advances, and Challenges	132
Toward End-to-End, Full-Stack 6G Terahertz Networks	132
Positioning in 5G Networks	119
Terahertz Wireless Communications for 2030 and Beyond: A Cutting-Edge Frontier	115
Position Location for Futuristic Cellular Communications: 5G and Beyond	114
Wireless Communications for Collaborative Federated Learning	113
LEO Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond: How Will They Reshape Vertical Domains?	108
Intelligent Omni-Surfaces for Full-Dimensional Wireless Communications: Principles, Technology, and Implementation	107
Toward Self-Learning Edge Intelligence in 6G	105
THz Radio Communication: Link Budget Analysis toward 6G	101
From Federated to Fog Learning: Distributed Machine Learning over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks	99
1-Bit Massive MIMO Transmission: Embracing Interference with Symbol-Level Precoding	98

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Rich Scattering Wireless Communications: Recent Experiments, Challenges, and Opportunities	97
5G Deployment: Standalone vs. Non-Standalone from the Operator Perspective	92
Opportunities of Federated Learning in Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Industrial Systems	91
On the Path to 6G: Embracing the Next Wave of Low Earth Orbit Satellite Access	90
High Altitude Platform Station Based Super Macro Base Station Constellations	89
Toward 6G with Connected Sky: UAVs and Beyond	86
Toward a 6G AI-Native Air Interface	84
NOMA for Next-Generation Massive IoT: Performance Potential and Technology Directions	81
The Role of Digital Twin in Optical Communication: Fault Management, Hardware Configuration, and Transmission Simulation	81
Next Generation Mega Satellite Networks for Access Equality: Opportunities, Challenges, and Performance	76
Communication-Computation Trade-off in Resource-Constrained Edge Inference	74
Toward Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems: Digital Twin Meets Artificial Intelligence	73
Virtual Influencers in Online Social Media	72
Six Key Challenges for Beam Management in 5.5G and 6G Systems	71
IEEE 802.11be: Wi-Fi 7 Strikes Back	70
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Free-Space Optical Communications	70
50G-PON: The First ITU-T Higher-Speed PON System	65
Aerial Platforms with Reconfigurable Smart Surfaces for 5G and Beyond	64
Wireless Energy Transfer in RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems: Opportunities and Challenges	64
Terahertz Line-of-Sight MIMO Communication: Theory and Practical Challenges	61
5Growth: An End-to-End Service Platform for Automated Deployment and Management of Vertical Services over 5G Networks	60
Advancements in Vehicular Communication Technologies: C-V2X and NR-V2X Comparison	60
6G Wireless Communications: From Far-Field Beam Steering to Near-Field Beam Focusing	59
Beyond 100 Gb/s Optoelectronic Terahertz Communications: Key Technologies and Directions	58
Network Digital Twin: Context, Enabling Technologies, and Opportunities	55
Holographic Communication Using Intelligent Surfaces	53
Geodesic Lens Antennas for 5G and Beyond	51
DBNS: A Distributed Blockchain-Enabled Network Slicing Framework for 5G Networks	50
Massive MIMO for Cellular-Connected UAV: Challenges and Promising Solutions	50
Location Awareness in Beyond 5G Networks	50
DeepSense 6G: A Large-Scale Real-World Multi-Modal Sensing and Communication Dataset	49
Positioning and Sensing for Vehicular Safety Applications in 5G and Beyond	48
MagicNet: The Maritime Giant Cellular Network	48
Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer for 6G Internet of Everything Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges	48
The Standardization of 5G-Advanced in 3GPP	47
5G Swarm Production: Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Concepts Enabled by Wireless Automation	46
Experimental Demonstrations of High-Capacity THz-Wireless Transmission Systems for Beyond 5G	44
THz-Empowered UAVs in 6G: Opportunities, Challenges, and Trade-offs	42
Communicate to Learn at the Edge	41
Metamaterial-Based Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: 3D Meta-Atoms Controlled by Graphene Structures	41
Ultra-Dense LEO Satellite-Based Communication Systems: A Novel Modeling Technique	41
Mechanism Design for Blockchain Storage Sustainability	40
AI-Assisted MAC for Reconfigurable Intelligent-Surface-Aided Wireless Networks: Challenges and Opportunities	39
Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G: Ten Key Machine Learning Roles	39
Greener Physical Layer Technologies for 6G Mobile Communications	38
LR-FHSS: Overview and Performance Analysis	38
End-to-End Intent-Based Networking	38
Novel System Design and Implementation for the Smart City Vertical Market	38
MIMO Evolution toward 6G: Modular Massive MIMO in Low-Frequency Bands	37
CNN Partitioning and Offloading for Vehicular Edge Networks in Web3	36

A Holistic Investigation of Terahertz Propagation and Channel Modeling toward Vertical Heterogeneous Networks	35
A Brain-Inspired In-Memory Computing System for Neuronal Communication via Memristive Circuits	35
Coherent Passive Optical Networks: Why, When, and How	35
Challenges and Opportunities of Future Rural Wireless Communications	35
Engineered Electromagnetic Metasurfaces in Wireless Communications: Applications, Research Frontiers and Future Directions	34
Enhancing RF Sensing with Deep Learning: A Layered Approach	34
Mobile Wireless Rechargeable UAV Networks: Challenges and Solutions	34
Orbital Edge Offloading on Mega-LEO Satellite Constellations for Equal Access to Computing	34
Ultra-Low Latency, Low Energy, and Massiveness in the 6G Era via Efficient CSIT-Limited Scheme	34
Integrating Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks: 3D Opportunities and Challenges	33
UAV Meets Integrated Sensing and Communication: Challenges and Future Directions	33
Blockchain-Based Security Framework for a Critical Industry 4.0 Cyber-Physical System	33
Multipath Scheduling for 5G Networks: Evaluation and Outlook	33
Machine Learning for Satellite Communications Operations	32
Integrated Access and Backhaul: A Key Enabler for 5G Millimeter-Wave Deployments	32
A Vision of an XR-Aided Teleoperation System toward 5G/B5G	32
Model Extraction Attacks and Defenses on Cloud-Based Machine Learning Models	32
Deployment and Evaluation of an Industry 4.0 Use Case over 5G	32
dApps: Distributed Applications for Real-Time Inference and Control in O-RAN	31
Reconfigurable-Intelligent-Surface-Assisted B5G/6G Wireless Communications: Challenges, Solution, and Future Opportunities	31
Toward Industry 5.0: Intelligent Reflecting Surface in Smart Manufacturing	31
Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation of Wireless Energy Transfer for the Internet of Everything in Digital Twins	31
Design and Implementation of a Flexible Neuromorphic Computing System for Affective Communication via Memristive Circuits	30
Network Tomography for Efficient Monitoring in SDN-Enabled 5G Networks and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities	30
Modulation Compression in Next Generation RAN: Air Interface and Fronthaul Trade-offs	30
Enabling Industrial IoT as a Service with Multi-Access Edge Computing	29
Movable Antennas for Wireless Communication: Opportunities and Challenges	29
QoS Prediction for 5G Connected and Automated Driving	29
Beyond 5G Without Obstacles: mmWave-over-Fiber Distributed Antenna Systems	29
5G for Railways: Next Generation Railway Dedicated Communications	28
A Paradigm Shift toward Semantic Communications	28
Charging Techniques for UAV-Assisted Data Collection: Is Laser Power Beaming the Answer?	28
The Internet of No Things: Making the Internet Disappear and "See the Invisible"	28
NOMA-Based IoT Networks: Impulsive Noise Effects and Mitigation	28
3GPP New Radio Release 16: Evolution of 5G for Industrial Internet of Things	28
Free-Space Optical Communications for 6G Wireless Networks: Challenges, Opportunities, and Prototype Validation	27
Edge Computing Assisted Autonomous Flight for UAV: Synergies between Vision and Communications	27
Wi-Fi Sensing Based on IEEE 802.11bf	27
Blockchain-Based Trust Edge Knowledge Inference of Multi-Robot Systems for Collaborative Tasks	27
Intelligent Communications for Tactile Internet in 6G: Requirements, Technologies, and Challenges	27
Toward the Distributed Implementation of Immersive Augmented Reality Architectures on 5G Networks	27
Deep-Learning-Aided RF Fingerprinting for NFC Security	27
Future Directions for Wi-Fi 8 and Beyond	26
Real-Time Digital Twins: Vision and Research Directions for 6G and Beyond	26
5G RAN Slicing: Dynamic Single Tenant Radio Resource Orchestration for eMBB Traffic within a Multi-Slice Scenario	26
Multiflow QUIC: A Generic Multipath Transport Protocol	26
6G Digital Twin Networks: From Theory to Practice	26
Space-Air-Ground FSO Networks for High-Throughput Satellite Communications	26
3D Aerial Highway: The Key Enabler of the Retail Industry Transformation	25
On the Topological Aspects of UAV-Assisted Post-Disaster Wireless Communication Networks	25
Applications of Physics-Informed Neural Network for Optical Fiber Communications	25
Conformal Transmitarrays for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Aided 6G Networks	25
Wireless Communication over an LED Channel	25
Federated Learning for Physical Layer Design	24
Integration of Radar Sensing into Communications with Asynchronous Transceivers	24
The Digital Divide in Canada and the Role of LEO Satellites in Bridging the Gap	24
A 5G New Radio for Balanced and Mixed IoT Use Cases: Challenges and Key Enablers in FR1 Band	24
Resource Rationing for Wireless Federated Learning: Concept, Benefits, and Challenges	24
In-Band Full-Duplex Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in Beyond 5G Networks	24
Energy Harvesting and Power Management for IoT Devices in the 5G Era	24
6G: Connectivity in the Era of Distributed Intelligence	23
Machine Learning and Analytical Power Consumption Models for 5G Base Stations	23
IoTrace: A Flexible, Efficient, and Privacy-Preserving IoT-Enabled Architecture for Contact Tracing	23
WiFi HaLow for Long-Range and Low-Power Internet of Things: System on Chip Development and Performance Evaluation	23
Cycle-Based Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Open Issues	23
Integrated Human Activity Sensing and Communications	23
Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning for Open RAN Slicing in 6G Networks	23
Full-Duplex Tactical Information and Electronic Warfare Systems	23
High-Mobility Satellite-UAV Communications: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Research Trends	22
Integrated Sensing and Communications: A Mutual Information-Based Framework	22
The NECOS Approach to End-to-End Cloud-Network Slicing as a Service	22
Space-Terrestrial Integrated Internet of Things: Challenges and Opportunities	22
Location-Based Analytics in 5G and Beyond	22
First Responders Got Wings: UAVs to the Rescue of Localization Operations in Beyond 5G Systems	22
AirSlice: A Network Slicing Framework for UAV Communications	22
Optical Wireless Communications for In-Body and Transdermal Biomedical Applications	21
DECT-2020 New Radio: The Next Step toward 5G Massive Machine-Type Communications	21
Efficient Decoders for Short Block Length Codes in 6G URLLC	21
5G New Radio for Automotive, Rail, and Air Transport	20
Human-Robot Cooperation for Autonomous Vehicles and Human Drivers: Challenges and Solutions	20

Can High Altitude Platform Stations Make 6G Sustainable?	20
Design and Implementation of 5G e-Health Systems: Technologies, Use Cases, and Future Challenges	20
Beyond QUIC v1: A First Look at Recent Transport Layer IETF Standardization Efforts	20
Molecular Physical Layer for 6G in Wave-Denied Environments	20
Design of Edge Computing for 5G-Enabled Tactile Internet-Based Industrial Applications	20
A High-End IoT Devices Framework to Foster Beyond-Connectivity Capabilities in 5G/B5G Architecture	20
5G-CLARITY: 5G-Advanced Private Networks Integrating 5GNR, WiFi, and LiFi	20
The Role of Time in a Robotic Swarm: A Joint View on Communications, Localization, and Sensing	19
Signal Detection for Molecular Communication: Model-Based vs. Data-Driven Methods	19
Forecasting Automated Guided Vehicle Malfunctioning with Deep Learning in a 5G-Based Industry 4.0 Scenario	19
T6CONF: Digital Twin Networking Framework for IPv6-Enabled Net-Zero Smart Cities	19
Radio Frequency Identification and Sensing: Integration of Wireless Powering, Sensing, and Communication for IIoT Innovations	19
Phased Array Metantennas for Satellite Communications	19
Millimeter-Wave Communications: Recent Developments and Challenges of Hardware and Beam Management Algorithms	19
A General Channel Model for Integrated Sensing and Communication Scenarios	19
An Open Source Testbed for Virtualized Communication Networks	19
Beginning of the Journey Toward 6G: Vision and Framework	19
Photoacoustic Communication from the Air to Underwater Based on Low-Cost Passive Relays	19
OAM-SWIPT for IoE-Driven 6G	19
Channel Autoencoder for Wireless Communication: State of the Art, Challenges, and Trends	19
Public and Non-Public Network Integration for 5Growth Industry 4.0 Use Cases	19
Game-Theoretic Learning Anti-Jamming Approaches in Wireless Networks	19
Long-Range Microwave Links Guided by Evaporation Ducts	19
Federated Learning at the Network Edge: When Not All Nodes Are Created Equal	18
QUIC-EST: A QUIC-Enabled Scheduling and Transmission Scheme to Maximize VoI with Correlated Data Flows	18
Supervised-learning-Based QoE Prediction of Video Streaming in Future Networks: A Tutorial with Comparative Study	18
Automating Optical Network Fault Management with Machine Learning	18
Sub-THz Wireless Transport Layer for Ubiquitous High Data Rate	18
Envisioning a Future-Proof Global 6G from Business, Regulation, and Technology Perspectives	18
Radio Frequency Fingerprint Identification for Device Authentication in the Internet of Things	17
Infectious Disease Transmission via Aerosol Propagation from a Molecular Communication Perspective: Shannon Meets Coronavirus	17
Integrated Access and Backhaul in Millimeter-Wave Cellular: Benefits and Challenges	17
Federated-Learning-Empowered Semi-Supervised Active Learning Framework for Intrusion Detection in ZSM	17
Access Frameworks and Application Scenarios for Hybrid VLC and RF Systems: State of the Art, Challenges, and Trends	17
Security Issues and Possible Solutions of Future-Oriented Optical Access Networks for 5G and Beyond	16
Isolation Forest-Based Mechanism to Defend against Interest Flooding Attacks in Named Data Networking	16
Smart Contracts in the 5G Roaming Architecture: The Fusion of Blockchain with 5G Networks	16
RISs and Sidelink Communications in Smart Cities: The Key to Seamless Localization and Sensing	16
Edge Learning with Timeliness Constraints: Challenges and Solutions	16
Multi-Cloud Connectivity for Kubernetes in 5G Networks	16
DRX in New Radio Unlicensed: A Step Beyond 5G Wireless	16
Index of Low-Power Wide Area Networks: A Ranking Solution toward Best Practice	16
Radio Dynamic Zones: Motivations, Challenges, and Opportunities to Catalyze Spectrum Coexistence	16
Space Mobile Networks: Satellite as Core and Access Networks for B5G	16
Traffic Prediction and Random Access Control Optimization: Learning and Non-Learning-Based Approaches	16
Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz OAM Discrete-Lens Antennas for 5G and Beyond	15
Interpreting AI for Networking: Where We Are and Where We Are Going	15
QoE-Driven Optimization in 5G O-RAN-Enabled HetNets for Enhanced Video Service Quality	15
Improving 802.11p for Delivery of Safety-Critical Navigation Information in Robot-to-Robot Communication Networks	15
Networking Based ISAC Hardware Testbed and Performance Evaluation	15
Rate-Splitting Multiple Access and Its Interplay with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces	15
Age of Information for the Cellular Internet of Things: Challenges, Key Techniques, and Future Trends	15
SDVEC: Software-Defined Vehicular Edge Computing with Ultra-Low Latency	15
BEAT: Blockchain-Enabled Accountable and Transparent Network Sharing in 6G	14
Intelligent Photovoltaic Power Forecasting Methods for a Sustainable Electricity Market of Smart Micro-Grid	14
Metasurface Manipulation Attacks: Potential Security Threats of RIS-Aided 6G Communications	14
THz Communications: A Catalyst for the Wireless Future	14
Deep-Learning-Based Blockchain for Secure Zero Touch Networks	14
Massively Parallel, Nonlinear Processing for 6G: Potential Gains and Further Research Challenges	14
Robotic Communications for 5G and Beyond: Challenges and Research Opportunities	14
A Path Towards an Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Framework	13
Secure Real-Time Multimedia Data Transmission from Low-Cost UAVs with A Lightweight AES Encryption	13
Approaching 6G Use Case Requirements with Multicasting	13
Zero Touch Realization of Pervasive Artificial Intelligence as a Service in 6G Networks	13
Bringing Network Coding into SDN: Architectural Study for Meshed Heterogeneous Communications	13
Quickest Detection and Forecast of Pandemic Outbreaks: Analysis of COVID-19 Waves	13
Enabling and Scaling of URLLC Verticals on 5G vRAN Running on COTS Hardware	13
Prototyping Visible Light Communication for the Internet of Things Using OpenVLC	13
Network Communication Protocol Design from the Perspective of Batched Network Coding	13
Unlock Self-Sustainability of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface in Wireless Powered IoT Networks	13
Situational Awareness for Autonomous Ships in the Arctic: mMTC Direct-to-Satellite Connectivity	13
Conflict Mitigation Framework and Conflict Detection in O-RAN Near-RT RIC	13
Security and Privacy Requirements for the Metaverse: A Metaverse Applications Perspective	13
Digital Twin for Open RAN: Toward Intelligent and Resilient 6G Radio Access Networks	13
The Proximity Radio Access Network for 5G and 6G	13
Artificial Intelligence Empowered Power Allocation for Smart Railway	13
Revisiting LTE LAA: Channel Access, QoS, and Coexistence with WiFi	13
Challenge-Response Physical Layer Authentication over Partially Controllable Channels	12
Non-Orthogonal Discrete Multi-Tone: Toward Higher Spectral Efficiency for Optical Networks	12
Exploiting Client Inference in Multipath TCP Over Multiple Cellular Networks	12
Toward Zero-Trust Security for the Metaverse	12
Terahertz Communications for Massive Connectivity and Security in 6G and Beyond Era	12
Toward Integrated Sensing and Communications in IEEE 802.11bf Wi-Fi Networks	12
Interplay of User Behavior, Communication, and Computing in Immersive Reality 6G Applications	12
Autonomous Network Slicing Prototype Using Machine-Learning-Based Forecasting for Radio Resources	12
Secure Federated Learning for Cognitive Radio Sensing	12
Is LEO-Based Positioning with Mega-Constellations the Answer for Future Equal Access Localization?	12
Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches to Network Slice Scaling and Placement: A Survey	12
A Decentralized Oracle Architecture for a Blockchain-Based IoT Global Market	12
eVTOL Communications and Networking in UAM: Requirements, Key Enablers, and Challenges	12
MIMO Operations in Molecular Communications: Theory, Prototypes, and Open Challenges	11
Energy Efficient Extreme MIMO: Design Goals and Directions	11
Massive MIMO in 5G: How Beamforming, Codebooks, and Feedback Enable Larger Arrays	11
Client-Side Optimization Strategies for Communication-Efficient Federated Learning	11
High-Altitude Platform Stations as IMT Base Stations: Connectivity from the Stratosphere	11