OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Network is 10. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Table of Contents	210
ComSoc Training	162
Cover 2	148
Scanning the Literature	138
Audio-Based Security Techniques for Secure Device-to-Device Communications	136
Supporting Next-Generation Network Management with Intelligent Moving Devices	132
A Secure Neural Network Inference Framework for Intelligent Connected Vehicles	117
Wireless Multi-Interface Connectivity with Deep Learning-Enabled User Devices: An Energy Efficiency Perspective	110
Comsoc Publications	108
GO SPACE: Researcher Positions in Space Communications	92
Edge Intelligence for Smart Metro Systems: Architecture and Enabling Technologies	89
Network Slicing for Zero-Touch Networks: A Top-Notch Technology	79
A Lean Networking Framework (LeaNet): Potential Technical Space and Approaches for Latency Sensitive Mobile Services	79
Enabling Application-Aware Traffic Engineering in IPv6 Networks	76
Enhancing Account Privacy in Blockchain-Based IoT Access Control via Zero Knowledge Proof	75
Toward Seamless Localization and Communication: A Satellite-UAV NTN Architecture	70
Generative AI for Advanced UAV Networking	70
DT-SFC-6G: Digital Twins Assisted Service Function Chains in Softwarized 6G Networks for Emerging V2 X	69
Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled 6G	69
Blockchain-Aided Decentralized Trust Management of Edge Computing: Toward Reliable Off-Chain and On-Chain Trust	64
Space-Terrestrial Integrated Time-Sensitive Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Open Issues	59
Digital Twin Enabled 6G Cell-Free Multi-Function Reconfigurable Metasurfaces Communications: Concepts, Challenges, and Future Directions	59
Secure Semantic Communications: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunities	59
Pricing for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks: Models and Principles	59
Input and Output Matter: Malicious Traffic Detection With Explainability	58

TDM-PON-Based Optical Access Network for Tactile Internet, 5G, and Beyond	58
FLeS: A Federated Learning-Enhanced Semantic Communication Framework for Mobile AIGC-Driven Human Digital Twins	57
RoPe-Door: Toward Robust and Persistent Backdoor Data Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning	57
Integrated Sensing and Communications in Terahertz Systems: A Theoretical Perspective	56
Near-Field ISAC for THz Wireless Systems	56
Federated Analytics: Opportunities and Challenges	56
IEEE App	55
IEEE Foundation	54
IEEE Access	54
Scanning the Literature	54
Toward Privacy-Preserving Spatial Crowdsourcing: From Offline to Online	53
Emulation of Quantum Key Distribution Networks	53
IEEE ComSoc Publications	52
Toward Autonomous Network Management: An Intelligent and Secure Agentic Framework for Network Configuration	51
Direct-V2X Support with 5G Network-Based Communications: Performance, Challenges and Solutions	50
Anomaly-Flow: A Multi-domain Federated Generative Adversarial Network for Distributed Denial-of-Service Detection	49
Quantum Networks with Multiple Service Providers: Transport Layer Protocols and Research Opportunities	49
IEEE Membership	49
System Wide Vulnerability and Trust in Multi-Component Communication System Software	48
Practical Applicability of PLA for Industrial Wireless Networks: Gaps and Directions	48
Exploring Edge-Driven Collaborative Fine-Tuning Toward Customized AIGC Services	47
Bio-Inspired Routing Protocols: The Path to On-Demand UAV Networks	46
Toward RIS-Enhanced Integrated Terrestrial/Non-Terrestrial Connectivity in 6G	46
An Asynchronous Entanglement Distribution Protocol for Quantum Networks	45
Edge-Enabled Anti-Noise Telepathology Imaging Reconstruction Technology in Harsh Environments	45
Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing: Challenges and Solutions	45
Federated Retrieval-Augmented Generation-Based LLM for Enhanced Cyber Threat Detection in the Internet-of-Energy	45
Internet of Behavior and Explainable AI Systems for Influencing IoT Behavior	43
Digital-Analog Transmission Framework for Task-Oriented Semantic Communications	43
Blockchain-Enabled Network Sharing for O-RAN in 5G and Beyond	43
Asynchronous Semi-Supervised Federated Learning with Provable Convergence in Edge Computing	43
Unraveling Spherical Wavefront Complexities: A New Channel Estimation Paradigm for Near-Field Communications via Generative Adversarial Networks	40
Toward the Internet of Medical Things for Real-Time Health Monitoring Over Wi-Fi	40
Magnetic Induction-Based Target Localization in Underground Endogenous Environment: Recent Challenges	40
Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface in 6G: Design Guidelines and Future Perspectives	40
Making Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces More Intelligent: A Roadmap Through Reservoir Computing	40
Metaverse-Inspired Cybertwin-Based Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	40
SAV6: A Novel Inter-AS Source Address Validation Protocol for IPv6 Internet	39
Intent-Oriented Network Slicing With Hypergraphs	39
Comsoc Training	39
ComSoc Training	39
Call for Papers	38
Toward Smart and Efficient Service Systems: Computational Layered Federated Learning Framework	38
Cover 2	38
IEEE Network masthead	38
Network Optimization Aspects of Autonomous Vehicles: Challenges and Future Directions	38
Toward Edge General Intelligence via Large Language Models: Opportunities and Challenges	37
Providing Location Information at Edge Networks: A Federated Learning-Based Approach	37
How Can Integrated Sensing and Communication Enable Generalizable Learning in 6G Networks?	37
Deploying Intrusion Detection on In-Vehicle Networks: Challenges and Opportunities	37

Scanning the Literature	37
Data-Driven Approaches for Cooperative Edge Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges	37
Toward LLM-Driven Adaptive Policy Orchestration for Host-Based Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Environments	37
Integrated Non-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Quantum Anonymous Networks	36
Global-Local AI Coordinated Learning over Optical Access Networks for Scalable H2M/R Collaborations	35
The Research and Analysis on Controlling the Number of VPN Routes Through VPN Prefix Outbound Route Filter (ORF) Mechanism	35
Efficient and Trusted Data Sharing in a Sharding-Enabled Vehicular Blockchain	34
Semantic Communication in Non-Terrestrial Networks: A Future-Ready Paradigm	34
Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Empowered Ride-Sharing System Optimization	33
Incentive Mechanism and Semantic Communication for Edge Computing-Assisted Metaverse	33
Women in Engineering	33
Auto-CIoV: Autonomous Connected Internet of Vehicles Security Requirements, Open Challenges with Future Research Directions	33
Large Language Models for Networking: Workflow, Advances, and Challenges	33
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Network under Interference toward 6G Applications	33
Quantum Communications and Networking: Series 2	33
Channel Modeling for Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Integrated Networks (SATIN)	32
Quantum Network Tomography	32
Table of Contents	32
Guest Editorial: Federated Optimizations and Networked Edge Intelligence	31
Federated and Asynchronized Learning for Autonomous and Intelligent Things	31
Massive Unsourced Random Access for NGMA: Architectures, Opportunities, and Challenges	31
SCAXR: Empowering Scalable Multi-User Interaction for Heterogeneous XR Devices	31
Distributed AI for Emerging Spectrum Management Technologies in 6G Networks	31
Scalable Self-Sovereign Identity Architecture	30
Guest Editorial: Next-Generation Optical Access Networks to Support Super-Broadband Services and 5G/6G Mobile Networks	30
AIORA: An AI-Native Multi-Stakeholder Orchestration Architecture for 6G Continuum	30
Task-Oriented Integrated Sensing, Computation and Communication for Wireless Edge AI	29
Exploring the Privacy-Energy Consumption Tradeoff for Split Federated Learning	29
A New Vision of Wireless Edge Caching Networks (WECNs): Issues, Technologies, and Open Research Trends	29
k-Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions	28
Advancing O-RAN to Facilitate Intelligence in V2X	28
PUF-Based Lightweight Authentication Framework for Large-Scale IoT Devices in Distributed Cloud	28
Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks: Architectures, Key Techniques, and Experimental Progress	28
Cell-Free IoT With Non-Orthogonal Random Pilots: Key Research and Future Directions	28
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Remote Entanglement Distribution Strategies in Quantum Networks	28
Interdependent Cell-Free and Cellular Networks: Thinking the Role of Cell-Free Architecture for 6G	28
Table of Contents	27
Full-Life Cycle Intent-Driven Network Verification: Challenges and Approaches	27
Over-the-Air Computation for Distributed Systems: Something Old and Something New	27
Large Language Models for Networking: Applications, Enabling Techniques, and Challenges	27
Streamlined Transmission: A Semantic-Aware XR Deployment Framework Enhanced by Generative AI	27
Women in Networks: Professor Cecilia Mascolo	26
Women in Engineering	26
Comsoc Membership	26
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research With the World!	26
Cover 2	26
Task-Oriented 6G Native-AI Network Architecture	26
Privacy Attacks and Defenses for Digital Twin Migrations in Vehicular Metaverses	25
Deterministic Networking Empowered Robotic Teleoperation	25
Artificial Noise Management for Securing Backscatter Communication Networks: Current Advances, Open Challenges, and Future Directions	25
Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing for 6G Networks: Fundamentals, Opportunities, and Challenges	25
Toward the Age of Intelligent Vehicular Networks for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in 6G	25
Deep Graph Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Edge Computing: Challenges and Solutions	25
Round Trip Time (RTT) Delay in the Internet: Analysis and Trends	25
Computing Networks Enabled Semantic Communications	25
Energy-Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Edge Intelligence for 6G-Empowered Intelligent Transportation System	24
IEEE Women in Engineering	24
Account Service Network: A Unified Decentralized Web 3.0 Portal With Credible Anonymity	24
AI-Driven Multipath Transmission: Empowering UAV-Based Live Streaming	24
A Vision of 3GPP Wireless Sensing for Intelligent Vehicles: Scenarios, Architectures, Security Challenges, Solutions, and Future Trends	24
Network Load Balancing With No Out-of-Order Packet for RoCE	24
Lightweight Edge Caching in Blockchain-Empowered Vehicular Networks: Architecture, Solutions, and Challenges	24
Toward Distributed Collaborative Rendering Service for Immersive Mobile Web	24
FedGAD: Real-Time Anomaly Detection and Adaptive Defense With Federated GANs in 6G	24
Security and Privacy in Space-Air-Ocean Integrated Unmanned Surface Vehicle Networks	24
FDSFL: Filtering Defense Strategies toward Targeted Poisoning Attacks in IIoT-Based Federated Learning Networking System	23
AI-SPACE: A Cloud-Edge Aggregated Artificial Intelligent Architecture for Tiansuan Constellation-Assisted Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks	23
ComSoc Membership	23
LLM-Driven Real-Time Threat Prediction and Response for Internet of Energy (IoE)	23
SHIELDED: A Network-Aware Approach for Secure and Trustworthy Federated Learning	23
Empowering the V2X Network by Integrated Sensing and Communications: Background, Design, Advances, and Opportunities	23
Blockchain Function Virtualization: A New Approach for Mobile Networks Beyond 5G	23
IEEE Foundation	23
When In-Network Computing Meets Distributed Machine Learning	23
Intent-Based Management of Next-Generation Networks: an LLM-Centric Approach	23
Table of Contents	23
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	23
IEEE Network Publication Information	22
Secure Data Sharing for Autonomous Vehicles in Mobile Blockchain Networks	22
Overbook in Advance, Trade in Future: Computing Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Device-Edge-Cloud Networks	22

Byzantine-Resilient Online Federated Learning with Applications to Network Traffic Classification	21
A Sustainable 3D Cube Surveillance and Pedestrian Monitoring Framework for Green AI Theme Park	21
VHetNets for AI and AI for VHetNets: An Anomaly Detection Case Study for Ubiquitous IoT	21
NFT-Based Intelligence Networking for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantum Reinforcement Learning Approach	21
Retraction Notice: Zero Touch Networks to Realize Virtualization: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects	21
Incentive Mechanisms in Federated Learning and A Game-Theoretical Approach	21
TC-Flow: Chain Flow Scheduling for Advanced Industrial Applications in Time-Sensitive Networks	21
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning as a Service: Challenges and Opportunities	21
Digital Twins Based on Quantum Networking	21
Digital Twins for Maintaining QoS in Programmable Vehicular Networks	21
NeuroShield-IoE: A Cognitive, Quantum-Resilient, and Self-Evolving Cybersecurity Framework for the Internet of Energy	20
Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach	20
SIaTS: A Service Intent-Aware Task Scheduling Framework for Computing Power Networks	20
In Situ and Crowd-Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Flows in Ephemeral Streams	20
Advancing End-to-End Programmable Networks: Exploring the Interplay of Generative AI With Opportunities and Challenges	20
Enabling Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drones Operation Over Open RAN 5G Networks With Slicing	20
Federated Learning on 5G Edge for Industrial Internet of Things	19
Collaborative Satellite-Terrestrial Edge Computing Network for Everyone-Centric Customized Services	19
Table of Contents	19
Intelligent Blockchain-Based Edge Computing via Deep Reinforcement Learning: Solutions and Challenges	19
Joint Communication and Sensing System Performance Evaluation and Testbed: A Communication-Centric Approach	19
Scanning the Literature	19
A Novel Generalized Meta Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Method for Autonomous Vehicles	19
Column Generation for Optimization Problems in Communication Networks	19
IEEE Collabratec	19
How Matching Theory Enables Multi-access Edge Computing Adaptive Task Scheduling in IIoT	18
Facilitating Edge Intelligence via Joint Computing, Communications, and Sensing	18
Quantum-Empowered Federated Learning in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	18
Agent-as-a-Service: An AI-Native Edge Computing Framework for 6G Networks	18
Special Issue Editorial: Generative AI for Secure Communications and Networking	18
Quality of Service in Quantum Networks	18
Building Scalable and Flexible Virtual Networks on Programmable Data Plane	18
Comsoc Training	18
Communication-Efficient and Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing Networks	18
IEEE ComSoc Training	18
A Decentralized Collaborative Learning Approach in 5G+ Core Networks	18
Pioneering Air-Ground Integrated Mobility: A Knowledge-Driven Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network for 6G On-Demand Service	18
Table of Contents	18
Call for Papers	18
Virtual Quantum Key Distribution Network Ecosystem: The National Czech QKD Network	18
IEEE Network Publication Information	18
Blockchain-Assisted Intelligent Symbiotic Radio in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	17
Deep Unrolling for Near-Field Channel Estimation: Challenges and Opportunities	17
Integration of Data Center into the Distributed Satellite Cluster Networks: Challenges, Techniques, and Trends	17
Satellite-UAV Networks for 6G Control: A Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed Loop Perspective	17
NetGPT: An AI-Native Network Architecture for Provisioning Beyond Personalized Generative Services	17
An Effective Double-Layer Detection System Against Social Engineering Attacks	17
Integrated Sensing and Communications Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	17
Toward Next Generation Open Radio Access Networks: What O-RAN Can and Cannot Do!	16
Deep Information Fusion-Driven POI Scheduling for Mobile Social Networks	16
IEEE Future Networks	16
ComSoc Tech Committees	16
IS2N: Intent-Driven Security Software-Defined Network With Blockchain	16
Large Multi-Modal Models (LMMs) as Universal Foundation Models for AI-Native Wireless Systems	16
Zero Trust Architecture Empowered Attack Detection Framework to Secure 6G Edge Computing	16
ComSoc Membership	16
Cover 2	16
LLM-Driven On-Demand AI Service Provision in 6G Networks	16
Enabling Mobile AI Agent in 6G Era: Architecture and Key Technologies	16
Comsoc Training	16
Front cover	16
Coordinated Backdoor Attacks against Federated Learning with Model-Dependent Triggers	16
Standardization of Extended Reality (XR) over 5G and 5G-Advanced 3GPP New Radio	16
Advancing Multi-Connectivity in Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Networks: Architectures, Challenges, and Applications	15
Guest Editorial: Next Generation Multiple Access for 6G	15
IEEE Access	15
UAV-Aided Covert Federated Learning Networks	15
On Topology Design for the Quantum Internet	15
Table of Contents	15
5G NR Sidelink Multi-Hop Transmission in Public Safety and Factory Automation Scenarios	15
ECMER: Edge-Cloud Collaborative Personalized Multimodal Emotion Recognition Framework in the Internet of Vehicles	15
Federated-Learning-Aided Next-Generation Edge Networks for Intelligent Services	15
IoT NTN for Voice Services: Architectures, Protocols, and Challenges	15
Incentive Mechanisms for Mobile Edge Computing: Present and Future Directions	15
Table of Contents	15
Towards Spectrum-Efficient 6G: Revolutionizing Beamforming with Vision and Deep Learning	15
Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks: Architecture, Key Technologies, Measurement, and Open Issues	15
KlonetAI: Automating (Com)²Nets Management With Human Language Intents	15
A Systematic Exploration of Edge Computing-Enabled Metaverse	15
Meta-Networking: Beyond the Shannon Limit with Multi-Faceted Information	14
Enabling 6G Applications in the Sky: Aeronautical Federation Framework	14
A Reputation-Aided Lightweight Consensus Service Framework for Multi-Chain Metaverse	14
A Tensor-Based Computing and Optimization Model for Intelligent Edge Services	14
IUP: Integrated and Programmable User Plane for Next-Generation Mobile Networks	14
Integrated Communication and Navigation Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	14
A Novel Oracle-Aided Industrial IoT Blockchain: Architecture, Challenges, and Potential Solutions	14
Scanning the Literature/Edited by Xiaohua Tian	14
Network Automation and Data Analytics in 3GPP 5G Systems	14
Covert Communication for Cellular and X2U-Enabled UAV Networks with Active and Passive Wardens	14
IEEE ComSoc Training	14
WirelessGPT: A Generative Pre-Trained Multi-Task Learning Framework for Wireless Communication	14
Web3.0 Data Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities	14
Joint Design of Beam Hopping and Multiple Access Based on Cognitive Radio for Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network	14
Physical Layer Standardization for AI Data Centers: Challenges, Progress and Perspectives	14
OTFS Enabled LEO Satellite Communications: A Promising Solution to Severe Doppler Effects	14