OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Network is 9. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Enhancing Account Privacy in Blockchain-Based IoT Access Control via Zero Knowledge Proof	622
Pricing for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks: Models and Principles	178
A Lean Networking Framework (LeaNet): Potential Technical Space and Approaches for Latency Sensitive Mobile Services	163
RoPe-Door: Towards Robust and Persistent Backdoor Data Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning	141
Digital Twin Enabled 6G Cell-Free Multi-Function Reconfigurable Metasurfaces Communications: Concepts, Challenges and Future Directions	114
Enabling Application-Aware Traffic Engineering in IPv6 Networks	106
Supporting Next-Generation Network Management with Intelligent Moving Devices	105
Audio-Based Security Techniques for Secure Device-to-Device Communications	105
A Secure Neural Network Inference Framework for Intelligent Connected Vehicles	103
Integrated Sensing and Communications in Terahertz Systems: A Theoretical Perspective	101
[Front cover]	93
ComSoc Training	92
Cover 2	88
Scanning the Literature	87
Comsoc Publications	86
Federated Imitation Learning: A Cross-Domain Knowledge Sharing Framework for Traffic Scheduling in 6G Ubiquitous IoT	84
Wireless Multi-Interface Connectivity with Deep Learning-Enabled User Devices: An Energy Efficiency Perspective	84
Table of Contents	83
Space-Terrestrial Integrated Time-Sensitive Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Open Issues	83
Table of Contents	83
Network Slicing for Zero-Touch Networks: A Top-Notch Technology	79
GO SPACE: Researcher Positions in Space Communications	75
Network Slicing for 5G with UE State Based Allocation and Blockchain Approach	72
Secure Semantic Communications: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunities	71
Edge Intelligence for Smart Metro Systems: Architecture and Enabling Technologies	68

5G for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) in Europe: Targeting Cross-Border Corridors	64
Blockchain-Aided Decentralized Trust Management of Edge Computing: Toward Reliable Off-Chain and On-Chain Trust	63
Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled 6G	63
DT-SFC-6G: Digital Twins Assisted Service Function Chains in Softwarized 6G Networks for Emerging V2 X	62
Toward Seamless Localization and Communication: A Satellite-UAV NTN Architecture	62
FLeS: A Federated Learning-Enhanced Semantic Communication Framework for Mobile AIGC-Driven Human Digital Twins	61
Federated Analytics: Opportunities and Challenges	61
Input and Output Matter: Malicious Traffic Detection With Explainability	56
Generative AI for Advanced UAV Networking	56
TDM-PON-Based Optical Access Network for Tactile Internet, 5G, and Beyond	53
The Universal Fog Proxy: A Third-party Authentication Solution for Federated Fog Systems with Multiple Protocols	52
Scanning the Literature	52
IEEE Foundation	51
IEEE App	51
Table of Contents	51
IEEE Access	49
[Back inside cover - Advertisement]	49
Practical Applicability of PLA for Industrial Wireless Networks: Gaps and Directions	48
Exploring Edge-driven Collaborative Fine-tuning Towards Customized AIGC Services	47
Direct-V2X Support with 5G Network-Based Communications: Performance, Challenges and Solutions	47
Blockchain-Enabled Network Sharing for O-RAN in 5G and Beyond	46
System Wide Vulnerability and Trust in Multi-Component Communication System Software	46
Toward RIS-Enhanced Integrated Terrestrial/Non-Terrestrial Connectivity in 6G	45
Internet of Behavior and Explainable AI Systems for Influencing IoT Behavior	45
An Asynchronous Entanglement Distribution Protocol for Quantum Networks	44
mMTC Deployment over Sliceable Infrastructure: The Megasense Scenario	43
IEEE Membership	43
Quantum Networks with Multiple Service Providers: Transport Layer Protocols and Research Opportunities	43
Collaborative Cross System AI: Toward 5G System and Beyond	43
Making Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces More Intelligent: A Roadmap Through Reservoir Computing	42
Design of Attack and Defense Framework for 1553B-based Integrated Electronic Systems	40
Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing: Challenges and Solutions	40
Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface in 6G: Design Guidelines and Future Perspectives	40
Emulation of Quantum Key Distribution Networks	39
Toward the Internet of Medical Things for Real-Time Health Monitoring Over Wi-Fi	39
Digital-Analog Transmission Framework for Task-Oriented Semantic Communications	38
Asynchronous Semi-Supervised Federated Learning with Provable Convergence in Edge Computing	38
Computing Meets Network: COIN-Aware Offloading for Data-Intensive Blind Source Separation	37
Edge-Enabled Anti-Noise Telepathology Imaging Reconstruction Technology in Harsh Environments	36
Metaverse-Inspired Cybertwin-Based Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	36
Towards Privacy-preserving Spatial Crowdsourcing: from Offline to Online	36
Bio-Inspired Routing Protocols: The Path to On-Demand UAV Networks	36
Intent-Oriented Network Slicing with Hypergraphs	35
Global-Local AI Coordinated Learning over Optical Access Networks for Scalable H2M/R Collaborations	35
Blockchain-Based Secure Communication for Space Information Networks	35
Decentralized Federated Learning for UAV Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Opportunities	35
Customized Slicing for 6G: Enforcing Artificial Intelligence on Resource Management	35
ComSoc Training	35
Semantic Communication in Non-Terrestrial Networks: A Future-Ready Paradigm	34
[Back inside cover]	34

Call for Papers	34
Cover 2	34
Distributed Task Scheduling for Wireless Powered Mobile Edge Computing: A Federated-Learning-Enabled Framework	34
IEEE Network masthead	33
In-Network Neural Networks: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation	33
Toward Smart and Efficient Service Systems: Computational Layered Federated Learning Framework	33
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Network under Interference toward 6G Applications	33
Providing Location Information at Edge Networks: A Federated Learning-Based Approach	33
Comsoc Training	33
Integrated Non-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Quantum Anonymous Networks	32
Towards Edge General Intelligence via Large Language Models: Opportunities and Challenges	32
SAV6: A Novel Inter-AS Source Address Validation Protocol for IPv6 Internet	32
Large Language Models for Networking: Workflow, Advances and Challenges	31
Incentive Mechanism and Semantic Communication for Edge Computing-Assisted Metaverse	31
Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Empowered Ride-Sharing System Optimization	31
Efficient and Trusted Data Sharing in a Sharding-Enabled Vehicular Blockchain	31
Deep Neural Network Feature Designs for RF Data-Driven Wireless Device Classification	30
Deploying Intrusion Detection on In-Vehicle Networks: Challenges and Opportunities	30
Network Optimization Aspects of Autonomous Vehicles: Challenges and Future Directions	30
Auto-CIoV: Autonomous Connected Internet of Vehicles Security Requirements, Open Challenges with Future Research Directions	30
[Back cover - IEEE Advertisement]	29
Women in Engineering	29
The Research and Analysis on Controlling the Number of VPN Routes Through VPN Prefix Outbound Route Filter (ORF) Mechanism	29
Scanning the Literature	29
Guest Editorial: Next-Generation Optical Access Networks to Support Super-Broadband Services and 5G/6G Mobile Networks	29
Quantum Communications and Networking: Series 2	28
PUF-Based Lightweight Authentication Framework for Large-Scale IoT Devices in Distributed Cloud	28
Harmonizing Artificial Intelligence with Radio Access Networks: Advances, Case Study, and Open Issues	28
Guest Editorial: Federated Optimizations and Networked Edge Intelligence	28
Evolving Intelligent Reflector Surface Toward 6G for Public Health: Application in Airborne Virus Detection	28
Streamlined Transmission: A Semantic-Aware XR Deployment Framework Enhanced by Generative AI	27
A New Vision of Wireless Edge Caching Networks (WECNs): Issues, Technologies, and Open Research Trends	27
Federated and Asynchronized Learning for Autonomous and Intelligent Things	27
Advancing O-RAN to Facilitate Intelligence in V2X	26
Exploring the Privacy-Energy Consumption Tradeoff for Split Federated Learning	26
Over-the-Air Computation for Distributed Systems: Something Old and Something New	26
SCAXR: Empowering Scalable Multi-User Interaction for Heterogeneous XR Devices	26
k-Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions	26
Blockchain-Enabled Intelligent Vehicular Edge Computing	26
Scalable Self-Sovereign Identity Architecture	26
Quantum Network Tomography	26
Large Language Models for Networking: Applications, Enabling Techniques, and Challenges	26
Interdependent Cell-Free and Cellular Networks: Thinking the Role of Cell-Free Architecture for 6G	25
Cell-Free IoT With Non-Orthogonal Random Pilots: Key Research and Future Directions	25
Intelligent Resource Management at the Edge for Ubiquitous IoT: An SDN-Based Federated Learning Approach	25
Task-Oriented Integrated Sensing, Computation and Communication for Wireless Edge AI	25
Massive Unsourced Random Access for NGMA: Architectures, Opportunities, and Challenges	25
Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks: Architectures, Key Techniques, and Experimental Progress	24
Energy-efficient and Privacy-preserving Edge Intelligence for 6G-Empowered Intelligent Transportation Systems	24
Cover 2	24
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Remote Entanglement Distribution Strategies in Quantum Networks	24
Women in Engineering	24
Network Load Balancing With No Out-of-Order Packet for RoCE	24
Full-Life Cycle Intent-Driven Network Verification: Challenges and Approaches	24
Comsoc Membership	24
Women in Networks: Professor Cecilia Mascolo	24
Table of Contents	24
Deterministic Networking Empowered Robotic Teleoperation	23
Toward Distributed Collaborative Rendering Service for Immersive Mobile Web	23
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research With the World!	23
Secure Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access: An Interference Engineering Perspective	23
Round Trip Time (RTT) Delay in the Internet: Analysis and Trends	23
Trust in 5G and Beyond Networks	23
AI-Driven Multipath Transmission: Empowering UAV-Based Live Streaming	23
Computing Networks Enabled Semantic Communications	22
AI-SPACE: A Cloud-Edge Aggregated Artificial Intelligent Architecture for Tiansuan Constellation-Assisted Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks	22
When In-Network Computing Meets Distributed Machine Learning	22
Task-Oriented 6G Native-AI Network Architecture	22
An Overview and Future Directions on Physical-Layer Security for Cognitive Radio Networks	22
A Vision of 3GPP Wireless Sensing for Intelligent Vehicles: Scenarios, Architectures, Security Challenges, Solutions, and Future Trends	22
Deep Graph Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Edge Computing: Challenges and Solutions	22
Privacy Attacks and Defenses for Digital Twin Migrations in Vehicular Metaverses	21
FDSFL: Filtering Defense Strategies toward Targeted Poisoning Attacks in IIoT-Based Federated Learning Networking System	21
Network for AI and AI for Network: Challenges and Opportunities for Learning-Oriented Networks	21
Table of Contents	20
Empowering the V2X Network by Integrated Sensing and Communications: Background, Design, Advances, and Opportunities	20
Security and Privacy in Space-Air-Ocean Integrated Unmanned Surface Vehicle Networks	20
IEEE Foundation	20
Intent-Based Management of Next-Generation Networks: an LLM-Centric Approach	20
Account Service Network: A Unified Decentralized Web 3.0 Portal With Credible Anonymity	20

Enabling Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drones Operation Over Open RAN 5G Networks With Slicing	20
In Situ and Crowd-Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Flows in Ephemeral Streams	20
Toward the Age of Intelligent Vehicular Networks for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in 6G	20
Federated Learning on 5G Edge for Industrial Internet of Things	19
Overbook in Advance, Trade in Future: Computing Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Device-Edge-Cloud Networks	19
Collaborative Satellite-Terrestrial Edge Computing Network for Everyone-Centric Customized Services	19
Advancing End-to-End Programmable Networks: Exploring the Interplay of Generative AI with Opportunities and Challenges	19
Advancing Software-Defined Service-Centric Networking Toward In-Network Intelligence	19
ComSoc Membership	19
NFT-Based Intelligence Networking for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantum Reinforcement Learning Approach	19
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning as a Service: Challenges and Opportunities	19
VHetNets for AI and AI for VHetNets: An Anomaly Detection Case Study for Ubiquitous IoT	19
Byzantine-Resilient Online Federated Learning with Applications to Network Traffic Classification	19
Blockchain Function Virtualization: A New Approach for Mobile Networks Beyond 5G	19
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	19
Digital Twins for Maintaining QoS in Programmable Vehicular Networks	18
Digital Twins Based on Quantum Networking	18
The Security of Internet of Vehicles Network: Adversarial Examples for Trajectory Mode Detection	18
Joint Communication and Sensing System Performance Evaluation and Testbed: A Communication-Centric Approach	18
Congestion Control: A Renaissance with Machine Learning	18
A Novel Generalized Meta Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Method for Autonomous Vehicles	18
TC-Flow: Chain Flow Scheduling for Advanced Industrial Applications in Time-Sensitive Networks	18
Intelligent Blockchain-Based Edge Computing via Deep Reinforcement Learning: Solutions and Challenges	18
SIaTS: A Service Intent-Aware Task Scheduling Framework for Computing Power Networks	18
Secure Data Sharing for Autonomous Vehicles in Mobile Blockchain Networks	18
Joint Communication, Sensing, and Computation Enabled 6G Intelligent Machine System	18
Scanning the Literature	17
An Effective Double-Layer Detection System Against Social Engineering Attacks	17
Column Generation for Optimization Problems in Communication Networks	17
Integration of Data Center into the Distributed Satellite Cluster Networks: Challenges, Techniques, and Trends	17
Blockchain-Enabled SLA Compliance for Crowdsourced Edge-Based Network Function Virtualization	17
Table of Contents	17
Facilitating Edge Intelligence via Joint Computing, Communications, and Sensing	17
Building Scalable and Flexible Virtual Networks on Programmable Data Plane	17
Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach	17
Incentive Mechanisms in Federated Learning and A Game-Theoretical Approach	17
How Matching Theory Enables Multi-access Edge Computing Adaptive Task Scheduling in IIoT	17
A Decentralized Collaborative Learning Approach in 5G+ Core Networks	17
Comsoc Membership	16
Satellite-UAV Networks for 6G Control: A Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed Loop Perspective	16
Virtual Quantum Key Distribution Network Ecosystem: The National Czech QKD Network	16
Guest Editorial: AI-Empowered Mobile Edge Computing in the Internet of Vehicles	16
Comsoc Training	16
IEEE Collabratec	16
Blockchain-Assisted Intelligent Symbiotic Radio in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	16
Toward Optimal MEC Resource Dimensioning for a Vehicle Collision Avoidance System: A Deep Learning Approach	16
Call for Papers	16
Table of Contents	16
Agent-as-a-Service: An AI-Native Edge Computing Framework for 6G Networks	16
Pioneering Air-Ground Integrated Mobility: A Knowledge-Driven Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network for 6G On-Demand Service	16
Large Multi-Modal Models (LMMs) as Universal Foundation Models for AI-Native Wireless Systems	15
Deep Information Fusion-Driven POI Scheduling for Mobile Social Networks	15
Quantum-Empowered Federated Learning in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	15
Toward Next Generation Open Radio Access Networks: What O-RAN Can and Cannot Do!	15
Pandemic Management for Diseases Similar to COVID-19 Using Deep Learning and 5G Communications	15
IS2N: Intent-Driven Security Software-Defined Network With Blockchain	15
An Overview of Uplink Access Techniques in Machine-Type Communications	15
Zero Trust Architecture Empowered Attack Detection Framework to Secure 6G Edge Computing	15
Quality of Service in Quantum Networks	15
Scalable Traffic Control Using Programmable Data Planes in a Space Information Network	15
Integrated Sensing and Communications Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	15
Standardization of Extended Reality (XR) over 5G and 5G-Advanced 3GPP New Radio	15
Byzantine Resistant Secure Blockchained Federated Learning at the Edge	15
NetGPT: An AI-Native Network Architecture for Provisioning Beyond Personalized Generative Services	15
Communication-Efficient and Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing Networks	14
Comsoc Training	14
Comsoc Membership	14
[Back inside cover]	14
Enabling Mobile AI Agent in 6G Era: Architecture and Key Technologies	14
Coordinated Backdoor Attacks against Federated Learning with Model-Dependent Triggers	14
Edge-Enabled Distributed Deep Learning for 5G Privacy Protection	14
On Topology Design for the Quantum Internet	14
IEEE Future Networks	14
[Front cover]	14
ECMER: Edge-Cloud Collaborative Personalized Multimodal Emotion Recognition Framework in the Internet of Vehicles	14
Enabling 6G Applications in the Sky: Aeronautical Federation Framework	13
Table of Contents	13
ComSoc Membership	13
ComSoc Tech Committees	13
5G NR Sidelink Multi-Hop Transmission in Public Safety and Factory Automation Scenarios	13
Integrated Communication and Navigation Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	13
IEEE Access	13
Cover 2	13
Guest Editorial: Next Generation Multiple Access for 6G	13
IoT NTN for Voice Services: Architectures, Protocols, and Challenges	13
IUP: Integrated and Programmable User Plane for Next-Generation Mobile Networks	13
Semantic-Enabled 6G Communication: A Task-oriented and Privacy-preserving Perspective	13
Front cover	13
Federated-Learning-Aided Next-Generation Edge Networks for Intelligent Services	13
A Systematic Exploration of Edge Computing-Enabled Metaverse	12
Blockchain-Based Public Key Infrastructure: A Transparent Digital Certification Mechanism for Secure Communication	12
A Reputation-Aided Lightweight Consensus Service Framework for Multi-Chain Metaverse	12
Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis of User Reviews in 5G Networks	12
OTFS Enabled LEO Satellite Communications: A Promising Solution to Severe Doppler Effects	12
Physical Layer Standardization for AI Data Centers: Challenges, Progress and Perspectives	12