OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Network is 11. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Table of Contents	204
Table of Contents	153
ComSoc Training	147
Cover 2	136
Scanning the Literature	132
Audio-Based Security Techniques for Secure Device-to-Device Communications	126
Supporting Next-Generation Network Management with Intelligent Moving Devices	115
A Secure Neural Network Inference Framework for Intelligent Connected Vehicles	111
Wireless Multi-Interface Connectivity with Deep Learning-Enabled User Devices: An Energy Efficiency Perspective	107
Comsoc Publications	106
GO SPACE: Researcher Positions in Space Communications	95
Input and Output Matter: Malicious Traffic Detection With Explainability	92
Edge Intelligence for Smart Metro Systems: Architecture and Enabling Technologies	88
Network Slicing for Zero-Touch Networks: A Top-Notch Technology	87
RoPe-Door: Toward Robust and Persistent Backdoor Data Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning	79
A Lean Networking Framework (LeaNet): Potential Technical Space and Approaches for Latency Sensitive Mobile Services	77
Enabling Application-Aware Traffic Engineering in IPv6 Networks	73
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	68
Enhancing Account Privacy in Blockchain-Based IoT Access Control via Zero Knowledge Proof	67
Toward Seamless Localization and Communication: A Satellite-UAV NTN Architecture	67
Generative AI for Advanced UAV Networking	66
Federated Analytics: Opportunities and Challenges	63
Near-Field ISAC for THz Wireless Systems	63
Pricing for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks: Models and Principles	58

Digital Twin Enabled 6G Cell-Free Multi-Function Reconfigurable Metasurfaces Communications: Concepts, Challenges, and Future Directions	58
Secure Semantic Communications: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunities	57
FLeS: A Federated Learning-Enhanced Semantic Communication Framework for Mobile AIGC-Driven Human Digital Twins	57
Space-Terrestrial Integrated Time-Sensitive Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Open Issues	56
DT-SFC-6G: Digital Twins Assisted Service Function Chains in Softwarized 6G Networks for Emerging V2 X	56
Integrated Sensing and Communications in Terahertz Systems: A Theoretical Perspective	55
TDM-PON-Based Optical Access Network for Tactile Internet, 5G, and Beyond	53
IEEE Foundation	53
IEEE App	53
Scanning the Literature	52
IEEE Access	52
mMTC Deployment over Sliceable Infrastructure: The Megasense Scenario	51
Toward Privacy-Preserving Spatial Crowdsourcing: From Offline to Online	50
Emulation of Quantum Key Distribution Networks	50
Unraveling Spherical Wavefront Complexities: A New Channel Estimation Paradigm for Near-Field Communications via Generative Adversarial Networks	49
IEEE ComSoc Publications	48
Magnetic Induction-Based Target Localization in Underground Endogenous Environment: Recent Challenges	48
Toward Autonomous Network Management: An Intelligent and Secure Agentic Framework for Network Configuration	48
Direct-V2X Support with 5G Network-Based Communications: Performance, Challenges and Solutions	47
Quantum Networks with Multiple Service Providers: Transport Layer Protocols and Research Opportunities	46
IEEE Membership	46
Anomaly-Flow: A Multi-domain Federated Generative Adversarial Network for Distributed Denial-of-Service Detection	46
Practical Applicability of PLA for Industrial Wireless Networks: Gaps and Directions	45
System Wide Vulnerability and Trust in Multi-Component Communication System Software	45
The Universal Fog Proxy: A Third-party Authentication Solution for Federated Fog Systems with Multiple Protocols	45
Exploring Edge-Driven Collaborative Fine-Tuning Toward Customized AIGC Services	45
Bio-Inspired Routing Protocols: The Path to On-Demand UAV Networks	44
Making Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces More Intelligent: A Roadmap Through Reservoir Computing	44
Edge-Enabled Anti-Noise Telepathology Imaging Reconstruction Technology in Harsh Environments	43
Toward RIS-Enhanced Integrated Terrestrial/Non-Terrestrial Connectivity in 6G	43
Toward the Internet of Medical Things for Real-Time Health Monitoring Over Wi-Fi	42
Blockchain-Enabled Network Sharing for O-RAN in 5G and Beyond	41
An Asynchronous Entanglement Distribution Protocol for Quantum Networks	41
Federated Retrieval-Augmented Generation-Based LLM for Enhanced Cyber Threat Detection in the Internet-of-Energy	40
Metaverse-Inspired Cybertwin-Based Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	40
Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface in 6G: Design Guidelines and Future Perspectives	39
Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing: Challenges and Solutions	39
Digital-Analog Transmission Framework for Task-Oriented Semantic Communications	39
Asynchronous Semi-Supervised Federated Learning with Provable Convergence in Edge Computing	39
Decentralized Federated Learning for UAV Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Opportunities	39
ComSoc Training	38
Internet of Behavior and Explainable AI Systems for Influencing IoT Behavior	38
Call for Papers	37
Toward LLM-Driven Adaptive Policy Orchestration for Host-Based Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Environments	37
IEEE Network masthead	37
SAV6: A Novel Inter-AS Source Address Validation Protocol for IPv6 Internet	37
Cover 2	37
Comsoc Training	37
Intent-Oriented Network Slicing With Hypergraphs	37
Toward Smart and Efficient Service Systems: Computational Layered Federated Learning Framework	36

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

Round Trip Time (RTT) Delay in the Internet: Analysis and Trends	23
When In-Network Computing Meets Distributed Machine Learning	23
Federated Learning on 5G Edge for Industrial Internet of Things	22
Enabling Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drones Operation Over Open RAN 5G Networks With Slicing	22
Intelligent Blockchain-Based Edge Computing via Deep Reinforcement Learning: Solutions and Challenges	22
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	22
Retraction Notice: Zero Touch Networks to Realize Virtualization: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects	22
IEEE Network Publication Information	22
Blockchain Function Virtualization: A New Approach for Mobile Networks Beyond 5G	22
Overbook in Advance, Trade in Future: Computing Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Device-Edge-Cloud Networks	22
LLM-Driven Real-Time Threat Prediction and Response for Internet of Energy (IoE)	21
Byzantine-Resilient Online Federated Learning with Applications to Network Traffic Classification	21
Joint Communication and Sensing System Performance Evaluation and Testbed: A Communication-Centric Approach	21
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning as a Service: Challenges and Opportunities	21
A Sustainable 3D Cube Surveillance and Pedestrian Monitoring Framework for Green AI Theme Park	21
Digital Twins Based on Quantum Networking	21
Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach	20
Secure Data Sharing for Autonomous Vehicles in Mobile Blockchain Networks	20
VHetNets for AI and AI for VHetNets: An Anomaly Detection Case Study for Ubiquitous IoT	20
Joint Communication, Sensing, and Computation Enabled 6G Intelligent Machine System	20
SIaTS: A Service Intent-Aware Task Scheduling Framework for Computing Power Networks	20
A Novel Generalized Meta Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Method for Autonomous Vehicles	20
Digital Twins for Maintaining QoS in Programmable Vehicular Networks	20
Collaborative Satellite-Terrestrial Edge Computing Network for Everyone-Centric Customized Services	19
In Situ and Crowd-Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Flows in Ephemeral Streams	19
NFT-Based Intelligence Networking for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantum Reinforcement Learning Approach	19
Table of Contents	19
Scanning the Literature	19
TC-Flow: Chain Flow Scheduling for Advanced Industrial Applications in Time-Sensitive Networks	19
IEEE Collabratec	19
Column Generation for Optimization Problems in Communication Networks	19
Facilitating Edge Intelligence via Joint Computing, Communications, and Sensing	19
Incentive Mechanisms in Federated Learning and A Game-Theoretical Approach	19
Table of Contents	19
Building Scalable and Flexible Virtual Networks on Programmable Data Plane	19
Comsoc Training	19
Call for Papers	18
Satellite-UAV Networks for 6G Control: A Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed Loop Perspective	18
Toward Next Generation Open Radio Access Networks: What O-RAN Can and Cannot Do!	18
IEEE Network Publication Information	18
Quantum-Empowered Federated Learning in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	18
Communication-Efficient and Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing Networks	18
Pioneering Air-Ground Integrated Mobility: A Knowledge-Driven Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network for 6G On-Demand Service	18
Special Issue Editorial: Generative AI for Secure Communications and Networking	18
IS2N: Intent-Driven Security Software-Defined Network With Blockchain	18
Agent-as-a-Service: An AI-Native Edge Computing Framework for 6G Networks	18
Deep Unrolling for Near-Field Channel Estimation: Challenges and Opportunities	18
IEEE ComSoc Training	18
Virtual Quantum Key Distribution Network Ecosystem: The National Czech QKD Network	18
Enabling Mobile AI Agent in 6G Era: Architecture and Key Technologies	17
Integration of Data Center into the Distributed Satellite Cluster Networks: Challenges, Techniques, and Trends	17
A Decentralized Collaborative Learning Approach in 5G+ Core Networks	17
Zero Trust Architecture Empowered Attack Detection Framework to Secure 6G Edge Computing	17
Standardization of Extended Reality (XR) over 5G and 5G-Advanced 3GPP New Radio	17
Coordinated Backdoor Attacks against Federated Learning with Model-Dependent Triggers	17
How Matching Theory Enables Multi-access Edge Computing Adaptive Task Scheduling in IIoT	17
Quality of Service in Quantum Networks	16
Deep Information Fusion-Driven POI Scheduling for Mobile Social Networks	16
[Front cover]	16
Blockchain-Assisted Intelligent Symbiotic Radio in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	16
An Effective Double-Layer Detection System Against Social Engineering Attacks	16
IEEE Future Networks	16
Comsoc Training	16
Large Multi-Modal Models (LMMs) as Universal Foundation Models for AI-Native Wireless Systems	16
NetGPT: An AI-Native Network Architecture for Provisioning Beyond Personalized Generative Services	16
[Back inside cover]	16
Integrated Sensing and Communications Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	16
Front cover	15
Table of Contents	15
Enabling 6G Applications in the Sky: Aeronautical Federation Framework	15
KlonetAI: Automating (Com)²Nets Management With Human Language Intents	15
Incentive Mechanisms for Mobile Edge Computing: Present and Future Directions	15
IEEE Access	15
ComSoc Tech Committees	15
Table of Contents	15
Meta-Networking: Beyond the Shannon Limit with Multi-Faceted Information	15
Integrated Communication and Navigation Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	15
ComSoc Membership	15
Cover 2	15
Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks: Architecture, Key Technologies, Measurement, and Open Issues	15
Federated-Learning-Aided Next-Generation Edge Networks for Intelligent Services	15
Joint Design of Beam Hopping and Multiple Access Based on Cognitive Radio for Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network	15
Semantic-Enabled 6G Communication: A Task-oriented and Privacy-preserving Perspective	14
Covert Communication for Cellular and X2U-Enabled UAV Networks with Active and Passive Wardens	14
A Reputation-Aided Lightweight Consensus Service Framework for Multi-Chain Metaverse	14
Web3.0 Data Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities	14
A Tensor-Based Computing and Optimization Model for Intelligent Edge Services	14
OTFS Enabled LEO Satellite Communications: A Promising Solution to Severe Doppler Effects	14
On Topology Design for the Quantum Internet	14
Towards Spectrum-Efficient 6G: Revolutionizing Beamforming with Vision and Deep Learning	14
Advancing Multi-Connectivity in Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Networks: Architectures, Challenges, and Applications	14
GainNet: Coordinates the Odd Couple of Generative AI and 6G Networks	14
WirelessGPT: A Generative Pre-Trained Multi-Task Learning Framework for Wireless Communication	14
Toward Blockchain-Based Trust and Reputation Management for Trustworthy 6G Networks	14
5G NR Sidelink Multi-Hop Transmission in Public Safety and Factory Automation Scenarios	14