OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Network is 13. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
ComSoc Training	230
Cover 2	225
Scanning the Literature	173
Comsoc Publications	167
GO SPACE: Researcher Positions in Space Communications	164
FLeS: A Federated Learning-Enhanced Semantic Communication Framework for Mobile AIGC-Driven Human Digital Twins	139
DT-SFC-6G: Digital Twins Assisted Service Function Chains in Softwarized 6G Networks for Emerging V2 X	124
Digital Twin Enabled 6G Cell-Free Multi-Function Reconfigurable Metasurfaces Communications: Concepts, Challenges, and Future Directions	117
Blockchain-Aided Decentralized Trust Management of Edge Computing: Toward Reliable Off-Chain and On-Chain Trust	116
Pricing for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks: Models and Principles	102
Near-Field ISAC for THz Wireless Systems	102
RoPe-Door: Toward Robust and Persistent Backdoor Data Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning	98
Toward Seamless Localization and Communication: A Satellite-UAV NTN Architecture	96
Secure Semantic Communications: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunities	94
Network Slicing for Zero-Touch Networks: A Top-Notch Technology	92
Generative AI for Advanced UAV Networking	91
Space-Terrestrial Integrated Time-Sensitive Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Open Issues	90
Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled 6G	89
Semantic Communication Meets Heterogeneous Network: Emerging Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges	87
A Lean Networking Framework (LeaNet): Potential Technical Space and Approaches for Latency Sensitive Mobile Services	87
Input and Output Matter: Malicious Traffic Detection With Explainability	86
TeleMath: A Benchmark for Large Language Models in Telecom Mathematical Problem Solving	85
Enhancing Account Privacy in Blockchain-Based IoT Access Control via Zero Knowledge Proof	84
Audio-Based Security Techniques for Secure Device-to-Device Communications	81
Supporting Next-Generation Network Management with Intelligent Moving Devices	77

Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory	77
Table of Contents	75
A Secure Neural Network Inference Framework for Intelligent Connected Vehicles	73
Integrated Sensing and Communications in Terahertz Systems: A Theoretical Perspective	71
IEEE App	67
Wireless Multi-Interface Connectivity with Deep Learning-Enabled User Devices: An Energy Efficiency Perspective	67
IEEE Women in Engineering	67
IEEE Foundation	67
IEEE ComSoc Publications	66
IEEE Access	66
IEEE Membership	65
Internet of Behavior and Explainable AI Systems for Influencing IoT Behavior	65
Federated Retrieval-Augmented Generation-Based LLM for Enhanced Cyber Threat Detection in the Internet-of-Energy	64
Bio-Inspired Routing Protocols: The Path to On-Demand UAV Networks	64
Asynchronous Semi-Supervised Federated Learning with Provable Convergence in Edge Computing	64
Magnetic Induction-Based Target Localization in Underground Endogenous Environment: Recent Challenges	63
Unraveling Spherical Wavefront Complexities: A New Channel Estimation Paradigm for Near-Field Communications via Generative Adversarial Networks	63
Direct-V2X Support with 5G Network-Based Communications: Performance, Challenges and Solutions	62
Emulation of Quantum Key Distribution Networks	61
Metaverse-Inspired Cybertwin-Based Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	61
Toward RIS-Enhanced Integrated Terrestrial/Non-Terrestrial Connectivity in 6G	58
Practical Applicability of PLA for Industrial Wireless Networks: Gaps and Directions	58
Toward the Internet of Medical Things for Real-Time Health Monitoring Over Wi-Fi	56
Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface in 6G: Design Guidelines and Future Perspectives	56
Toward Privacy-Preserving Spatial Crowdsourcing: From Offline to Online	55
An Asynchronous Entanglement Distribution Protocol for Quantum Networks	54
From Edge Screening to Cloud Adjudication: Intelligent Multimodal Anomaly Detection in Large-Scale Sensor-Cloud Networks	54
Digital-Analog Transmission Framework for Task-Oriented Semantic Communications	54
Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing: Challenges and Solutions	53
System Wide Vulnerability and Trust in Multi-Component Communication System Software	52
Blockchain-Enabled Network Sharing for O-RAN in 5G and Beyond	52
Toward Autonomous Network Management: An Intelligent and Secure Agentic Framework for Network Configuration	52
Anomaly-Flow: A Multi-Domain Federated Generative Adversarial Network for Distributed Denial-of-Service Detection	51
Edge-Enabled Anti-Noise Telepathology Imaging Reconstruction Technology in Harsh Environments	50
Quantum Networks with Multiple Service Providers: Transport Layer Protocols and Research Opportunities	48
ComSoc Training	47
Exploring Edge-Driven Collaborative Fine-Tuning Toward Customized AIGC Services	47
Comsoc Training	46
SAV6: A Novel Inter-AS Source Address Validation Protocol for IPv6 Internet	46
Data-Driven Approaches for Cooperative Edge Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges	44
Call for Papers	44
Network Optimization Aspects of Autonomous Vehicles: Challenges and Future Directions	44
IEEE Network masthead	44
Editor’s Note: January 2026	43
Efficient and Trusted Data Sharing in a Sharding-Enabled Vehicular Blockchain	43
Quantum Receivers for Future Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks: Functions, Challenges, and Prospects	43
Scanning the Literature	43
Toward LLM-Driven Adaptive Policy Orchestration for Host-Based Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Environments	43
Deploying Intrusion Detection on In-Vehicle Networks: Challenges and Opportunities	42
Auto-CIoV: Autonomous Connected Internet of Vehicles Security Requirements, Open Challenges with Future Research Directions	42

The Research and Analysis on Controlling the Number of VPN Routes Through VPN Prefix Outbound Route Filter (ORF) Mechanism	42
Incentive Mechanism and Semantic Communication for Edge Computing-Assisted Metaverse	42
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Network under Interference toward 6G Applications	42
Bringing 6G Closer to People	41
Integrated Non-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Quantum Anonymous Networks	41
Toward Smart and Efficient Service Systems: Computational Layered Federated Learning Framework	41
An IoE-Powered Framework for Adaptive Energy-Security Trade-Off in IoT	40
Toward 6G: Spectrum Management in Low-Altitude Aerial Information Networks	40
Semantic Communication in Non-Terrestrial Networks: A Future-Ready Paradigm	40
Providing Location Information at Edge Networks: A Federated Learning-Based Approach	39
Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Empowered Ride-Sharing System Optimization	39
Intent-Oriented Network Slicing With Hypergraphs	39
How Can Integrated Sensing and Communication Enable Generalizable Learning in 6G Networks?	39
Women in Engineering	38
Large Language Models for Networking: Workflow, Advances, and Challenges	38
Toward Edge General Intelligence via Large Language Models: Opportunities and Challenges	38
Quantum Communications and Networking: Series 2	37
Scalable Self-Sovereign Identity Architecture	37
k-Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions	37
Distributed AI for Emerging Spectrum Management Technologies in 6G Networks	37
Guest Editorial: Federated Optimizations and Networked Edge Intelligence	37
Cell-Free IoT With Non-Orthogonal Random Pilots: Key Research and Future Directions	37
Table of Contents	37
Channel Modeling for Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Integrated Networks (SATIN)	37
LLM-Empowered Agentic AI for QoE-Aware Network Slicing Management in Industrial IoT	37
Full-Life Cycle Intent-Driven Network Verification: Challenges and Approaches	37
Quantum Network Tomography	36
PUF-Based Lightweight Authentication Framework for Large-Scale IoT Devices in Distributed Cloud	36
Federated and Asynchronized Learning for Autonomous and Intelligent Things	36
A New Vision of Wireless Edge Caching Networks (WECNs): Issues, Technologies, and Open Research Trends	36
AIORA: An AI-Native Multi-Stakeholder Orchestration Architecture for 6G Continuum	35
Streamlined Transmission: A Semantic-Aware XR Deployment Framework Enhanced by Generative AI	35
Exploring the Privacy-Energy Consumption Tradeoff for Split Federated Learning	35
Advancing O-RAN to Facilitate Intelligence in V2X	35
Task-Oriented Integrated Sensing, Computation and Communication for Wireless Edge AI	34
Over-the-Air Computation for Distributed Systems: Something Old and Something New	34
IEEE Foundation	34
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Remote Entanglement Distribution Strategies in Quantum Networks	34
Interdependent Cell-Free and Cellular Networks: Thinking the Role of Cell-Free Architecture for 6G	34
Massive Unsourced Random Access for NGMA: Architectures, Opportunities, and Challenges	34
SCAXR: Empowering Scalable Multi-User Interaction for Heterogeneous XR Devices	34
Comsoc Membership	33
Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks: Architectures, Key Techniques, and Experimental Progress	33
Table of Contents	33
Women in Networks: Professor Cecilia Mascolo	33
Large Language Models for Networking: Applications, Enabling Techniques, and Challenges	33
Women in Engineering	32
FDSFL: Filtering Defense Strategies toward Targeted Poisoning Attacks in IIoT-Based Federated Learning Networking System	32
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research With the World!	32
AI-SPACE: A Cloud-Edge Aggregated Artificial Intelligent Architecture for Tiansuan Constellation-Assisted Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks	32
Cover 2	32
A Vision of 3GPP Wireless Sensing for Intelligent Vehicles: Scenarios, Architectures, Security Challenges, Solutions, and Future Trends	32
IEEE Women in Engineering	31
Round Trip Time (RTT) Delay in the Internet: Analysis and Trends	31
SHIELDED: A Network-Aware Approach for Secure and Trustworthy Federated Learning	31
Lightweight Edge Caching in Blockchain-Empowered Vehicular Networks: Architecture, Solutions, and Challenges	31
Security and Privacy in Space-Air-Ocean Integrated Unmanned Surface Vehicle Networks	31
Network Load Balancing With No Out-of-Order Packet for RoCE	31
Energy-Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Edge Intelligence for 6G-Empowered Intelligent Transportation System	30
KG-LLM: A Framework for Intrusion Detection in 6G Industrial Internet of Things	30
AI-Driven Multipath Transmission: Empowering UAV-Based Live Streaming	30
FedGAD: Real-Time Anomaly Detection and Adaptive Defense With Federated GANs in 6G	30
IEEE Membership	30
Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges in Internet of Energy (IoE)—Part 2	30
Empowering the V2X Network by Integrated Sensing and Communications: Background, Design, Advances, and Opportunities	30
IEEE Xplore Digital Library	30
Deterministic Networking Empowered Robotic Teleoperation	29
Toward Distributed Collaborative Rendering Service for Immersive Mobile Web	29
Account Service Network: A Unified Decentralized Web 3.0 Portal With Credible Anonymity	29
Artificial Noise Management for Securing Backscatter Communication Networks: Current Advances, Open Challenges, and Future Directions	29
When In-Network Computing Meets Distributed Machine Learning	29
Computing Networks Enabled Semantic Communications	29
Privacy Attacks and Defenses for Digital Twin Migrations in Vehicular Metaverses	28
Intent-Based Management of Next-Generation Networks: an LLM-Centric Approach	28
Deep Graph Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Edge Computing: Challenges and Solutions	28
Task-Oriented 6G Native-AI Network Architecture	28
Toward the Age of Intelligent Vehicular Networks for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in 6G	28
Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing for 6G Networks: Fundamentals, Opportunities, and Challenges	28
IEEE Foundation	27
Table of Contents	27

Intelligent Blockchain-Based Edge Computing via Deep Reinforcement Learning: Solutions and Challenges	26
Blockchain Function Virtualization: A New Approach for Mobile Networks Beyond 5G	26
IEEE Network Publication Information	26
Incentive Mechanisms in Federated Learning and A Game-Theoretical Approach	26
Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach	26
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	26
Enabling Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drones Operation Over Open RAN 5G Networks With Slicing	26
In Situ and Crowd-Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Flows in Ephemeral Streams	26
Retraction Notice: Zero Touch Networks to Realize Virtualization: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects	26
ComSoc Membership	26
Secure Data Sharing for Autonomous Vehicles in Mobile Blockchain Networks	25
LLM-Driven Real-Time Threat Prediction and Response for Internet of Energy (IoE)	25
Digital Twins for Maintaining QoS in Programmable Vehicular Networks	25
Multi-Agent Collaborative Reasoning via Cloud-Edge Framework	25
Overbook in Advance, Trade in Future: Computing Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Device-Edge-Cloud Networks	25
Byzantine-Resilient Online Federated Learning with Applications to Network Traffic Classification	25
VHetNets for AI and AI for VHetNets: An Anomaly Detection Case Study for Ubiquitous IoT	24
A Novel Generalized Meta Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Method for Autonomous Vehicles	24
Federated Learning on 5G Edge for Industrial Internet of Things	23
NeuroShield-IoE: A Cognitive, Quantum-Resilient, and Self-Evolving Cybersecurity Framework for the Internet of Energy	23
A Sustainable 3D Cube Surveillance and Pedestrian Monitoring Framework for Green AI Theme Park	23
Building Scalable and Flexible Virtual Networks on Programmable Data Plane	23
SIaTS: A Service Intent-Aware Task Scheduling Framework for Computing Power Networks	23
Scanning the Literature	23
Toward Quantum-Safe Scalable Networks: An Open, Standards-Aware Key Management Framework	23
Joint Communication and Sensing System Performance Evaluation and Testbed: A Communication-Centric Approach	23
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning as a Service: Challenges and Opportunities	23
Collaborative Satellite-Terrestrial Edge Computing Network for Everyone-Centric Customized Services	23
IEEE Collabratec	23
NFT-Based Intelligence Networking for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantum Reinforcement Learning Approach	23
Digital Twins Based on Quantum Networking	23
Column Generation for Optimization Problems in Communication Networks	23
Advancing End-to-End Programmable Networks: Exploring the Interplay of Generative AI With Opportunities and Challenges	23
Table of Contents	23
Toward Energy-Sustainable Networked Blue Economy via Underwater Acoustic Backscatter	22
Table of Contents	22
IEEE Network Publication Information	22
Comsoc Training	22
Dynamic Behaviors of High-Speed Coherent Optical Access Networks: Fine-Grained Rate Adaptation, Monitoring, and Encryption	22
Virtual Quantum Key Distribution Network Ecosystem: The National Czech QKD Network	22
LLM-Driven On-Demand AI Service Provision in 6G Networks	22
Call for Papers	22
Facilitating Edge Intelligence via Joint Computing, Communications, and Sensing	22
IEEE ComSoc Training	22
Deep Information Fusion-Driven POI Scheduling for Mobile Social Networks	22
Standardization of Extended Reality (XR) over 5G and 5G-Advanced 3GPP New Radio	21
Quality of Service in Quantum Networks	21
An Effective Double-Layer Detection System Against Social Engineering Attacks	21
Special Issue Editorial: Generative AI for Secure Communications and Networking	21
Integrated AI and Metaverse Rendering for 6G Vehicular Networks: New Perspectives and Technical Solutions	21
NetGPT: An AI-Native Network Architecture for Provisioning Beyond Personalized Generative Services	21
Deep Unrolling for Near-Field Channel Estimation: Challenges and Opportunities	21
Pioneering Air-Ground Integrated Mobility: A Knowledge-Driven Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network for 6G On-Demand Service	20
IS2N: Intent-Driven Security Software-Defined Network With Blockchain	20
Blockchain-Assisted Intelligent Symbiotic Radio in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	20
Benefits of a ComSoc Membership	20
Satellite-UAV Networks for 6G Control: A Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed Loop Perspective	20
IEEE Network Magazine Publication Information	20
How Matching Theory Enables Multi-access Edge Computing Adaptive Task Scheduling in IIoT	20
IZeRO-NF: Intelligent-Controlled Zero-Redundancy Heterogeneous Network Functions for 6GC Endogenous Security	20
Integrated Sensing and Communications Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	19
Zero Trust Architecture Empowered Attack Detection Framework to Secure 6G Edge Computing	19
Enabling Mobile AI Agent in 6G Era: Architecture and Key Technologies	19
Communication-Efficient and Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing Networks	19
Large Multi-Modal Models (LMMs) as Universal Foundation Models for AI-Native Wireless Systems	19
Toward Next Generation Open Radio Access Networks: What O-RAN Can and Cannot Do!	19
Comsoc Training	19
A Decentralized Collaborative Learning Approach in 5G+ Core Networks	19
Agent-as-a-Service: An AI-Native Edge Computing Framework for 6G Networks	19
Quantum-Empowered Federated Learning in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	19
Integration of Data Center into the Distributed Satellite Cluster Networks: Challenges, Techniques, and Trends	19
IEEE ComSoc Training	18
A Novel Oracle-Aided Industrial IoT Blockchain: Architecture, Challenges, and Potential Solutions	18
Physical Layer Standardization for AI Data Centers: Challenges, Progress, and Perspectives	18
Table of Contents	18
KlonetAI: Automating (Com)²Nets Management With Human Language Intents	18
Front cover	18
IEEE Access	18
Meta-Networking: Beyond the Shannon Limit with Multi-Faceted Information	18
Incentive Mechanisms for Mobile Edge Computing: Present and Future Directions	18
Integrated Communication and Navigation Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	18
5G NR Sidelink Multi-Hop Transmission in Public Safety and Factory Automation Scenarios	18
IEEE Future Networks	18
ComSoc Tech Committees	18
Scanning the Literature/Edited by Xiaohua Tian	18
Cover 2	18
IUP: Integrated and Programmable User Plane for Next-Generation Mobile Networks	18
OTFS Enabled LEO Satellite Communications: A Promising Solution to Severe Doppler Effects	18
Generative AI-Enabled Vehicular Networks: Fundamentals, Framework, and Case Study	18
ComSoc Membership	18
Table of Contents	18
UAV-Aided Covert Federated Learning Networks	17
Enabling 6G Applications in the Sky: Aeronautical Federation Framework	17
Toward Blockchain-Based Trust and Reputation Management for Trustworthy 6G Networks	17
Toward Spectrum-Efficient 6G: Revolutionizing Beamforming With Vision and Deep Learning	17