Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Article	Citations
C-PFL: A committee-based personalized federated learning framework	266
Performance modelling and optimal stage assignment for multistage P4 switches	244
Editorial Board	218
A dynamic spectrum access scheme for Internet of Things with improved federated learning	203
The universal federator: A third-party authentication solution to federated cloud, edge, and fog	171
Terra: Low-latency and reliable event col	164
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for privacy-aware distributed CNN in heterogeneous IoT surveillance systems	134
DC-PUF: Machine learning-resistant PUF-based authentication protocol using dependency chain for resource-constraint IoT devices	121
A cooperative image object recognition framework and task offloading optimization in edge computing	119
Cooperative-centrality enabled investigations on edge-based trustworthy framework for cloud focused internet of things	116
Stackelberg game-based dynamic resource trading for network slicing in 5G networks	116
Editorial Board	114
Efficient solutions to the placement and chaining problem of User Plane Functions in 5G networks	110
Editorial Board	104
SRP: An Efficient Runtime Protection Framework for Blockchain-based Smart Contracts	104
Editorial Board	102
Integrated probabilistic clustering and Deep Reinforcement Learning for bias mitigation and device heterogeneity of Federated Learning in edge networks	99
CRAMP: Clustering-based RANs association and MEC placement for delay-sensitive applications	99
A gateway-assisted blockchain-based authentication scheme for internet-of-things	94
Green grant-free power allocation for ultra-dense Internet of Things: A mean-field perspective	94
Holistic survey on energy aware routing techniques for IoT applications	87
Striking the perfect balance: Multi-objective optimization for minimizing deployment cost and maximizing coverage with Harmony Search	87
Open RAN security: Challenges and opportunities	85
Hardening of network segmentation using automated referential penetration testing	83
SFTO-Guard: Real-time detection and mitigation system for slow-rate flow table overflow attacks	78

Mobility-aware fog computing in dynamic networks with mobile nodes: A survey	78
Two formal design solutions for the generalization of network segmentation	77
Community detection in complex network based on an improved random algorithm using local and global network information	73
Harnessing federated generative learning for green and sustainable Internet of Things	73
NOMA and future 5G & B5G wireless networks: A paradigm	73
A DDoS attack detection method based on IQR and DFFCNN in SDN	73
BRIP: Towards a privacy-preserving, trustworthy, and transparent ride-sharing system with semantic matching powered by blockchain and IPFS	72
Intelligent energy management with IoT framework in smart cities using intelligent analysis: An application of machine learning methods for complex networks and systems	71
Energy-efficient virtual-machine mapping algorithm (EViMA) for workflow tasks with deadlines in a cloud environment	71
A Stochastic Computational Graph with Ensemble Learning Model for solving Controller Placement Problem in Software-Defined Wide Area Networks	69
DeFinder: Error-sensitive testing of deep neural networks via vulnerability interpretation	68
Editorial Board	68
Label-aware learning to enhance unsupervised cross-domain rumor detection	67
Reducing cold start delay in serverless computing using lightweight virtual machines	66
A systematic review on energy efficiency in the internet of underwater things (IoUT): Recent approaches and research gaps	63
SAKA: Scalable authentication and key agreement scheme with configurable key evolution in edge-fog-multicloud computing environments	63
Intelligent routing optimization for SDN based on PPO and GNN	63
Constrained routing in multi-partite graph to solve VNF placement and chaining problem	60
Attenuating majority attack class bias using hybrid deep learning based IDS framework	60
Holistic resource management in UAV-assisted wireless networks: An optimization perspective	60
ALSketch: An adaptive learning-based sketch for accurate network measurement under dynamic traffic distribution	59
CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks	59
Exploring Blockchain-driven security in SDN-based IoT networks	55
Backscatter communication-based wireless sensing (BBWS): Performance enhancement and future applications	53
Caching or not: An online cost optimization algorithm for geodistributed data analysis in cloud environments	52
Heterogeneous IoT/LTE ProSe virtual infrastructure for disaster situations	51
Efficient application mapping approach based on grey wolf optimization for network on chip	50
OverShard: Scaling blockchain by full sharding with overlapping network and virtual accounts	46
Online dynamic replication and placement algorithms for cost optimization of online social networks in two-tier multi-cloud	46
A survey on data plane programming with P4: Fundamentals, advances, and applied research	46
Securing the Industrial Internet of Things against ransomware attacks: A comprehensive analysis of the emerging threat landscape and detection mechanisms	45
Computation offloading in mobile edge computing networks: A survey	45
Editorial Board	44
AI for AI-based intrusion detection as a service: Reinforcement learning to configure models, tasks, and capacities	44
Privacy-preserving and Verifiable Federated Learning with weighted average aggregation in edge computing	43
Addressing security requirements in industrial IoT: A robust three-factor authentication scheme with enhanced features	43
Comprehensive phishing detection: A multi-channel approach with variants TCN fusion leveraging URL and HTML features	42
Fatriot: Fault-tolerant MEC architecture for mission-critical systems using a SmartNIC	41
Optimizing disaster response with UAV-mounted RIS and HAP-enabled edge computing in 6G networks	41
Deep Reinforcement Learning based reliable spectrum sensing under SSDF attacks in Cognitive Radio networks	41
Spectrum allocation method for millimeter-wave train-ground communication in high-speed rail based on multi-agent attention	40
Energy-efficient performance optimization in Kubernetes microservices using Generalized Stochastic Petri Net	39
Secure event-triggered control for vehicle platooning against dual deception attacks	39
ReinFog: A Deep Reinforcement Learning empowered framework for resource management in edge and cloud computing environments	38
AntCom: An effective and efficient anti-tracking system with dynamic and asymmetric communication channel	37
A dynamic state sharding blockchain architecture for scalable and secure crowdsourcing systems	37
Data reconstruction applications for IoT air pollution sensor networks using graph signal processing	37
Editorial Board	36
Editorial Board	36
Variational Deep Clustering approaches for anomaly-based cyber-attack detection	36

Knowledge reuse in edge computing environments	35
Device and network driven cellular networks architecture and mobility management technique for fog computing-based mobile communication system	35
FlexMon: A flexible and fine-grained traffic monitor for programmable networks	35
ST-MemA: Leveraging Swin Transformer and memory-enhanced LSTM for encrypted traffic classification	34
A comprehensive survey on reinforcement-learning-based computation offloading techniques in Edge Computing Systems	34
Artificial intelligence-enhanced zero-knowledge proofs for privacy-preserving digital forensics in cloud environments	34
Balancing function performance and cluster load in serverless computing: A reinforcement learning solution	33
Optimizing the quality of information of networked machine learning agents	33
Intelligent congestion control in 5G URLLC Software-Defined Networks using adaptive resource management via Reinforced Dueling Deep Q-Networks	32
A review of graph-powered data quality applications for IoT monitoring sensor networks	32
Socially-aware and energy-efficient resource allocation and power control for D2D multicast content distribution	32
Survey of prominent blockchain development platforms	31
RVC: A reputation and voting based blockchain consensus mechanism for edge computing-enabled IoT systems	31
Towards blockchain-IoT based shared mobility: Car-sharing and leasing as a case study	31
EBDL: Effective blockchain-based covert storage channel with dynamic labels	30
A bargain game theory assisted interest packet forwarding strategy for information centric network	30
An online bi-objective scheduling algorithm for service provisioning in cloud computing	30
Editorial Board	30
An online service provisioning strategy for container-based cloud brokers	30
Comprehensive review on congestion detection, alleviation, and control for IoT networks	29
ELA-RCP: An energy-efficient and load balanced algorithm for reliable controller placement in software-defined networks	29
A systematic review of blockchain scalability: Issues, solutions, analysis and future research	28
Quality-aware multi-task allocation based on location importance in mobile crowdsensing	28
Intelligent aerial video streaming: Achievements and challenges	28
Efficient privacy-preserving ML for IoT: Cluster-based split federated learning scheme for non-IID data	28
A lightweight SEL for attack detection in IoT/IIoT networks	28
Enhancement of cellular networks via an improved clustering technique with D2D communication for mission-critical applications	27
CPS: Cross-interface network Partitioning and Scheduling towards QoS-aware data flow delivery in multimedia IoT	27
Network Coding-based Resilient Routing for Maintaining Data Security and Availability in Software-Defined Networks	27
Skin lesion classification using modified deep and multi-directional invariant handcrafted features	27
A state lossless scheduling strategy in distributed stream computing systems	27
Large-scale web tracking and cookie compliance: Evaluating one million websites under GDPR with AI categorization	26
CPSketch: A ‘couple’ sketch-based heavy flow detection method	26
Design, implementation, and performance evaluation of an earliest-deadline-first packet scheduling scheme in P4 hardware switches	26
Recent advances in energy management for Green-IoT: An up-to-date and comprehensive survey	26
A comprehensive plane-wise review of DDoS attacks in SDN: Leveraging detection and mitigation through machine learning and deep learning	26
Controller load optimization strategies in Software-Defined Networking: A survey	26
DQN-based intelligent controller for multiple edge domains	25
Broadcast/multicast delivery integration in B5G/6G environments	25
Energy-efficient hierarchical dynamic depth adjustment routing protocol for UWSN with distributed sink mobility and semantic self-healing	25
Editorial Board	25
Firm social management system for supporting IoT users in application environment	25
A survey on security issues in IoT operating systems	25
RICH: Strategy-proof and efficient coflow scheduling in non-cooperative environments	24
Data transmission reduction using prediction and aggregation techniques in IoT-based wireless sensor networks	24
Reinforcement learning-based dynamic routing using mobile sink for data collection in WSNs and IoT applications	24
Device-to-device communication in 5G heterogeneous network based on game-theoretic approaches: A comprehensive survey	24
MUSE: MUlti-lead Sub-beat ECG for remote AI based atrial fibrillation detection	24
Unfolding the blockchain era: Timeline, evolution, types and real-world applications	24
A novel secure and distributed architecture for privacy-preserving healthcare system	23
An efficient and lightweight identity-based scheme for secure communication in clustered wireless sensor networks	23
ParallelC-Store: A committee structure-based reliable parallel storage mechanism for permissioned blockchain sharding	23
AI-enhanced blockchain technology: A review of advancements and opportunities	23
DNCCQ-PPO: A dynamic network congestion control algorithm based on deep reinforcement learning for XQUIC	23
End-to-end active queue management with Named-Data Networking	22
DBASC: Decentralized blockchain-based architecture with integration of smart contracts for secure communication in VANETs	22
Distributed enhanced multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition for cluster analysis in wireless sensor network	22
Network traffic feature representation with contrastive learning for traffic engineering in hybrid software defined networks	22
Light up that Droid! On the effectiveness of static analysis features against app obfuscation for Android malware detection	22
Bitcoin attacks: A comprehensive study	22
Predictive safe delivery with machine learning and digital twins collaboration for decentralized crowdsourced systems	21
Efficient congestion control scheme based on caching strategy in NDN	21
A robust authentication scheme for remote diagnosis and maintenance in 5G V2N	20
Neglected infrastructures for 6G—Underwater communications: How mature are they?	20
Evolving techniques in cyber threat hunting: A systematic review	20
Node cooperation for workload offloading in a fog computing network via multi-objective optimization	20
Clear data, clear roads: Imputing missing data for enhanced intersection flow of connected autonomous vehicles	19
Active RIS-assisted task partitioning and offloading for industrial edge computing	19
A Contextual Multi-Armed Bandit approach for NDN forwarding	19
OpenDriver: An open-road driver state detection benchmark	19
Energy and density-based stable election routing protocol for wireless IoT network	19
Multipoint communication using a fog-robotic coordinated nodal conveying system for wireless networks	19
TridentShell: An enhanced covert and scalable backdoor injection attack on web applications	19
MTD-FRD: Malicious traffic detection method based on feature representation and conditional diffusion model	19
NTP-INT: Network traffic prediction-driven in-band network telemetry for high-load switches	18
DIMY: Enabling privacy-preserving contact tracing	18
DAPNEML: Disease-diet associations prediction in a NEtwork using a machine learning based approach	18
Preemptive admission control mechanism for strict QoS guarantee to life-saving emergency traffic in wireless LANs	18
Lurking in the shadows: Unsupervised decoding of beaconing communication for enhanced cyber threat hunting	18
Synchronizing real-time and high-precision LDoS defense of learning model-based in AIoT with programmable data plane, SDN	18

TD-RA policy-enforcement framework for an SDN-based IoT architecture	18
Living on the edge: A survey of Digital Twin-Assisted Task Offloading in safety-critical environments	18
A survey of privacy-preserving offloading methods in mobile-edge computing	17
A cost aware topology formation scheme for latency sensitive applications in edge infrastructure-as-a-service paradigm	17
USAGE : Uncertain flow graph and spatio-temporal graph convolutional network-based saturation attack detection method	17
A survey of longitudinal changes in cellular network architecture: The good, the bad, and the ugly	17
Review of healthcare industry 4.0 application-based blockchain in terms of security and privacy development attributes: Comprehensive taxonomy, open issues and challenges and recommended solution	17
Editorial Board	17
Security and privacy of industrial big data: Motivation, opportunities, and challenges	17
Blockchain for unmanned underwater drones: Research issues, challenges, trends and future directions	16
SSBM: A spatially separated boxes-based multi-tab website fingerprinting model	16
The convergence of Digital Twins and Distributed Ledger Technologies: A systematic literature review and an architectural proposal	16
Towards defining industry 5.0 vision with intelligent and softwarized wireless network architectures and services: A survey	16
An open-source implementation and validation of 5G NR configured grant for URLLC in ns-3 5G LENA: A scheduling case study in industry 4.0 scenarios	16
On challenges of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks: A comprehensive survey of requirements, applications, and security issues	16
REPS-AKA3: A secure authentication and re- authentication protocol for LTE networks	16
5G/6G-enabled metaverse technologies: Taxonomy, applications, and open security challenges with future research directions	16
Task offloading paradigm in mobile edge computing-current issues, adopted approaches, and future directions	16
Enhanced energy efficiency in UAV-assisted Mobile Edge Computing through improved hybrid nature-inspired algorithm for task offloading	15
A progressive learning method on unknown protocol behaviors	15
A systematic review of federated learning: Challenges, aggregation methods, and development tools	15
Anomalous state detection in radio access networks: A proof-of-concept	15
A comprehensive survey on channel hopping and scheduling enhancements for TSCH networks	15
Bidirectional utilization of blockchain and privacy computing: Issues, progress, and challenges	15
A service function chain mapping scheme based on functional aggregation in space-air-ground integrated networks	15
Multi-UAV aided energy-aware transmissions in mmWave communication network: Action-branching QMIX network	15
Deep Neural Networks meet computation offloading in mobile edge networks: Applications, taxonomy, and open issues	15
From cloud to edge: dynamic placement optimization of business processes in IIoT networks	15
Enhanced multi-objective gorilla troops optimizer for real-time multi-user dependent tasks offloading in edge-cloud computing	15
Dynamic resource management in integrated NOMA terrestrial–satellite networks using multi-agent reinforcement learning	15
MATE: A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for Traffic Engineering in Hybrid Software Defined Networks	15
Exploiting web content semantic features to detect web robots from weblogs	15
Community Detection method based on Random walk and Multi objective Evolutionary algorithm in complex networks	15
A deep density based and self-determining clustering approach to label unknown traffic	15