Digital Communications and Networks

Article	Citations
Performance analysis and comparison of PoW, PoS and DAG based blockchains	168
Attacks and defences on intelligent connected vehicles: a survey	123
Privacy preservation in permissionless blockchain: A survey	114
A survey on deep learning for textual emotion analysis in social networks	88
Survey on recent advances in IoT application layer protocols and machine learning scope for research directions	75
A survey on user-centric cell-free massive MIMO systems	72
Trust management-based and energy efficient hierarchical routing protocol in wireless sensor networks	71
Towards asynchronous federated learning for heterogeneous edge-powered internet of things	68
An ensemble deep learning model for cyber threat hunting in industrial internet of things	62
An intelligent task offloading algorithm (iTOA) for UAV edge computing network	58
A comprehensive layered approach for implementing internet of things-enabled smart grid: A survey	58
Towards a blockchain-SDN-based secure architecture for cloud computing in smart industrial IoT	57
A blockchain-empowered AAA scheme in the large-scale HetNet	57
A survey on communication protocols and performance evaluations for Internet of Things	56
A survey on deploying mobile deep learning applications: A systemic and technical perspective	52
Machine learning-based real-time visible fatigue crack growth detection	51
Security and privacy issues of physical objects in the IoT: Challenges and opportunities	49
Deep learning for the internet of things: Potential benefits and use-cases	47
Smart industrial IoT empowered crowd sensing for safety monitoring in coal mine	47
A review of optimization methods for computation offloading in edge computing networks	46
Machine learning-based zero-touch network and service management: a survey	45
Feature extraction for machine learning-based intrusion detection in IoT networks	44
A new technology perspective of the Metaverse: Its essence, framework and challenges	44
Reconfigurable intelligent surface: design the channel – a new opportunity for future wireless networks	44
A blockchain and IoT-based lightweight framework for enabling information transparency in supply chain finance	44

Dynamic traffic congestion pricing and electric vehicle charging management system for the internet of vehicles in smart cities	44
A new adaptive co-site broadband interference cancellation method with auxiliary channel	42
Lightweight authentication protocol for e-health clouds in IoT-based applications through 5G technology	42
Extended Kalman Filter-based localization algorithm by edge computing in Wireless Sensor Networks	42
Chiller faults detection and diagnosis with sensor network and adaptive 1D CNN	42
Dynamic defenses in cyber security: Techniques, methods and challenges	40
Help from space: grant-free massive access for satellite-based IoT in the 6G era	40
Research advances on blockchain-as-a-service: architectures, applications and challenges	38
Energy-efficient task offloading strategy in mobile edge computing for resource-intensive mobile applications	37
Network traffic classification: Techniques, datasets, and challenges	36
Intrusion detection and prevention system for an IoT environment	35
A blockchain based privacy-preserving federated learning scheme for Internet of Vehicles	35
Capability-based IoT access control using blockchain	35
Identifying influential nodes in social networks via community structure and influence distribution difference	34
A notary group-based cross-chain mechanism	34
An enhanced scheme for mutual authentication for healthcare services	33
Evolutionary privacy-preserving learning strategies for edge-based IoT data sharing schemes	33
Internet of things: Conceptual network structure, main challenges and future directions	33
Machine learning in vehicular networking: An overview	33
A survey on blockchain-based integrity auditing for cloud data	33
An analysis of energy consumption and carbon footprints of cryptocurrencies and possible solutions	33
Entropy-based redundancy analysis and information screening	32
Enhancing IoT anomaly detection performance for federated learning	32
Smart contract token-based privacy-preserving access control system for industrial Internet of Things	32
Safeguarding cross-silo federated learning with local differential privacy	32
IDS-INT: Intrusion detection system using transformer-based transfer learning for imbalanced network traffic	32
Building an interoperable space for smart agriculture	30
Green indoor optical wireless communication systems: Pathway towards pervasive deployment	30
Attention-based spatio-temporal graph convolutional network considering external factors for multi-step traffic flow prediction	30
Robot and its living space: A roadmap for robot development based on the view of living space	28
Survey on digital twins for Internet of Vehicles: Fundamentals, challenges, and opportunities	28
Securing color image transmission using compression-encryption model with dynamic key generator and efficient symmetric key distribution	28
Software defined satellite networks: A survey	28
An efficient hash-based authenticated key agreement scheme for multi-server architecture resilient to key compromise impersonation	28
The detection method of low-rate DoS attack based on multi-feature fusion	27
Internet of things intrusion detection model and algorithm based on cloud computing and multi-feature extraction extreme learning machine	27
An efficient data aggregation scheme with local differential privacy in smart grid	26
Can blockchain link the future?	25
Visually meaningful image encryption algorithm based on digital signature	25
Poisoning attacks and countermeasures in intelligent networks: Status quo and prospects	25
Fooling intrusion detection systems using adversarially autoencoder	25
Smart and collaborative industrial IoT: A federated learning and data space approach	24
Video transcoding for adaptive bitrate streaming over edge-cloud continuum	24
Light gradient boosting machine with optimized hyperparameters for identification of malicious access in IoT network	24
A blockchain-based trustworthy collaborative power trading scheme for 5G-enabled social internet of vehicles	24
Sports match prediction model for training and exercise using attention-based LSTM network	23
Challenge-based collaborative intrusion detection in software-defined networking: an evaluation	22
A synchronous duty-cycled reservation based MAC protocol for underwater wireless sensor networks	22
Learning-based joint UAV trajectory and power allocation optimization for secure IoT networks	22
Semi-asynchronous personalized federated learning for short-term photovoltaic power forecasting	22

Petahertz communication: Harmonizing optical spectra for wireless communications	22
FedCDR: Privacy-preserving federated cross-domain recommendation	22
Fast wireless sensor for anomaly detection based on data stream in an edge-computing-enabled smart greenhouse	22
Blockchain-based data transmission control for Tactical Data Link	22
A blockchain-empowered authentication scheme for worm detection in wireless sensor network	21
Edge robotics: are we ready? an experimental evaluation of current vision and future directions	21
A novel intrusion detection model for the CAN bus packet of in-vehicle network based on attention mechanism and autoencoder	21
Delay-CJ: A novel cryptojacking covert attack method based on delayed strategy and its detection	21
Task offloading mechanism based on federated reinforcement learning in mobile edge computing	20
Deep reinforcement learning-based resource allocation for D2D communications in heterogeneous cellular networks	20
EBAKE-SE: A novel ECC-based authenticated key exchange between industrial IoT devices using secure element	19
An intelligent and privacy-enhanced data sharing strategy for blockchain-empowered Internet of Things	19
Enhancing the robustness of object detection via 6G vehicular edge computing	19
Leveraging UAV-assisted communications to improve secrecy for URLLC in 6G systems	18
A statistical approach for enhancing security in VANETs with efficient rogue node detection using fog computing	18
Adversarial attacks and defenses for digital communication signals identification	18
DeepPOSE: Detecting GPS spoofing attack via deep recurrent neural network	18
User location privacy protection mechanism for location-based services	18
A secure spectrum auction scheme without the trusted party based on the smart contract	18
A blockchain-based audit approach for encrypted data in federated learning	18
Multi-objective optimization for task offloading based on network calculus in fog environments	17
A review on edge analytics: Issues, challenges, opportunities, promises, future directions, and applications	17
Toward intelligent wireless communications: Deep learning - based physical layer technologies	17
Joint position optimization, user association, and resource allocation for load balancing in UAV-assisted wireless networks	17
VPFL: A verifiable privacy-preserving federated learning scheme for edge computing systems	17
A novel slot scheduling technique for duty-cycle based data transmission for wireless sensor network	17
Towards improving detection performance for malware with a correntropy-based deep learning method	17
COVID-19 pandemic and the cyberthreat landscape: Research challenges and opportunities	17
N-gram MalGAN: Evading machine learning detection via feature n-gram	16
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for edge information sharing in vehicular networks	16
IRS-enabled NOMA communication systems: A network architecture primer with future trends and challenges	16
A LoRa-based protocol for connecting IoT edge computing nodes to provide small-data-based services	16
Accurate threat hunting in industrial internet of things edge devices	16
Capacity maximizing in massive MIMO with linear precoding for SSF and LSF channel with perfect CSI	15
Directional neighbor discovery in mmWave wireless networks	15
DroidEnemy: Battling adversarial example attacks for Android malware detection	15
Moving target defense of routing randomization with deep reinforcement learning against eavesdropping attack	15
A deep learning based misbehavior classification scheme for intrusion detection in cooperative intelligent transportation systems	15
Cache in fog computing design, concepts, contributions, and security issues in machine learning prospective	15
Application of meta-learning in cyberspace security: a survey	15
Machine learning-enabled MIMO-FBMC communication channel parameter estimation in IIoT: A distributed CS approach	15
Adaptive multi-channel Bayesian graph attention network for IoT transaction security	15
3D placement of unmanned aerial vehicles and partially overlapped channel assignment for throughput maximization	15
A digital twins enabled underwater intelligent internet vehicle path planning system via reinforcement learning and edge computing	15
Energy-efficient task allocation for reliable parallel computation of cluster-based wireless sensor network in edge computing	15
Optimal dynamic spectrum allocation-assisted latency minimization for multiuser mobile edge computing	14
A dynamic incentive and reputation mechanism for energy-efficient federated learning in 6G	14
Joint offloading strategy based on quantum particle swarm optimization for MEC-enabled vehicular networks	14
Internet of robotic things for mobile robots: Concepts, technologies, challenges, applications, and future directions	14
A fixed clustering protocol based on random relay strategy for EHWSN	14
ICS-SVM: A user retweet prediction method for hot topics based on improved SVM	14
Blockchain-based DDoS attack mitigation protocol for device-to-device interaction in smart home	14
Bayonet-corpus: a trajectory prediction method based on bayonet context and bidirectional GRU	13
How AI-enabled SDN technologies improve the security and functionality of industrial IoT network: Architectures, enabling technologies, and opportunities	13
Smart object recommendation based on topic learning and joint features in the social internet of things	13
Image analysis and machine learning-based malaria assessment system	13
EA-DFPSO: An intelligent energy-efficient scheduling algorithm for mobile edge networks	13
An efficient resource optimization scheme for D2D communication	13
Information mining and similarity computation for semi- / un-structured sentences from the social data	13
A novel nest-based scheduling method for mobile wireless body area networks	12
Towards machine-learning-driven effective mashup recommendations from big data in mobile networks and the Internet-of-Things	12
Splitting and placement of data-intensive applications with machine learning for power system in cloud computing	12
A classification-based privacy-preserving decision-making for secure data sharing in Internet of Things assisted applications	12
Generating routes for autonomous driving in vehicle-to-infrastructure communications	12
A game-theoretic approach for federated learning: A trade-off among privacy, accuracy and energy	12
Design and optimization of an integrated MEMS gas chamber with high transmissivity	12
FedRec: Trusted rank-based recommender scheme for service provisioning in federated cloud environment	12
A data complementary method for thunderstorm point charge localization based on atmospheric electric field apparatus array group	12
Length matters: Scalable fast encrypted internet traffic service classification based on multiple protocol data unit length sequence with composite deep learning	12
A geographic routing protocol based on trunk line in VANETs	12
Robust resource allocation for NOMA-assisted heterogeneous networks	11
An autoencoder-based feature level fusion for speech emotion recognition	11
Theoretical analysis and comparison of OAM waves generated by three kinds of antenna array	11
RFID-based 3D human pose tracking: A subject generalization approach	11
UAV-supported intelligent truth discovery to achieve low-cost communications in mobile crowd sensing	11
A multi-point collaborative DDoS defense mechanism for IIoT environment	11
Joint optimization for secure ambient backscatter communication in NOMA-enabled IoT networks	11
Efficient pipelined flow classification for intelligent data processing in IoT	11
Clustering-based label estimation for network anomaly detection	11
Adaptive delay-energy balanced partial offloading strategy in Mobile Edge Computing networks	11

Research on optimal intelligent routing algorithm for IoV with machine learning and smart contract	10
Semantic segmentation-based semantic communication system for image transmission	10
Unintentional forking analysis in wireless blockchain networks	10
On the design of an AI-driven secure communication scheme for internet of medical things environment	10
Public integrity verification for data sharing in cloud with asynchronous revocation	10
Performance evaluation of a two-way relay network with energy harvesting and hardware noises	10
A novel fault-tolerant scheduling approach for collaborative workflows in an edge-IoT environment	10
A credibility-aware swarm-federated deep learning framework in internet of vehicles	10
AFSTGCN: Prediction for multivariate time series using an adaptive fused spatial-temporal graph convolutional network	10
Time to forge ahead: The Internet of Things for healthcare	10
Multi-stage online task assignment driven by offline data under spatio-temporal crowdsourcing	10
Improving the utility of locally differentially private protocols for longitudinal and multidimensional frequency estimates	10
Substring-searchable attribute-based encryption and its application for IoT devices	10
SMDP-based sleep policy for base stations in heterogeneous cellular networks	9
Deep learning for joint channel estimation and feedback in massive MIMO systems	9
352-Gbit/s single line rate THz wired transmission based on PS-4096QAM employing hollow-core fiber	9
User scheduling and power allocation for downlink multi-cell multi-carrier NOMA systems	9
An Ethereum-based solution for energy trading in smart grids	9
AQROM: A quality of service aware routing optimization mechanism based on asynchronous advantage actor-critic in software-defined networks	9
GRADE: Deep learning and garlic routing-based secure data sharing framework for IIoT beyond 5G	9
ED-SWE: Event detection based on scoring and word embedding in online social networks for the internet of people	9
Jointly optimizing user clustering, power management, and wireless channel allocation for NOMA-based Internet of Things	9
Blockchain-based continuous data integrity checking protocol with zero-knowledge privacy protection	9
Prototyping low-cost automatic weather stations for natural disaster monitoring	9
Federated learning based QoS-aware caching decisions in fog-enabled internet of things networks	9
Generative adversarial network-based atmospheric scattering model for image dehazing	9
Comparing the efficiency of artificial neural networks in sEMG-based simultaneous and continuous estimation of hand kinematics	9
Detection and defending the XSS attack using novel hybrid stacking ensemble learning-based DNN approach	9
A survey on semantic communications: Technologies, solutions, applications and challenges	8
Resource allocation for sum-rate maximization in NOMA-based generalized spatial modulation	8
A survey on blockchain-enabled federated learning and its prospects with digital twin	8
Secure K-Nearest neighbor queries in two-tiered mobile wireless sensor networks	8
Review on application progress of federated learning model and security hazard protection	8
Joint offloading decision and resource allocation in vehicular edge computing networks	8
Hadoop-based secure storage solution for big data in cloud computing environment	8
A comprehensive survey on Segment Routing Traffic Engineering	8
Information security through controlled quantum teleportation networks	8
ML-SLD: A message-level stateless design for cloud-native 5G core network	8
Demand-aware mobile bike-sharing service using collaborative computing and information fusion in 5G IoT environment	8
Software defined intelligent satellite-terrestrial integrated networks: Insights and challenges	8
Applying blockchain-based method to smart contract classification for CPS applications	8
Depressive semantic awareness from vlog facial and vocal streams via spatio-temporal transformer	8
UAV-assisted cooperative offloading energy efficiency system for mobile edge computing	8
UAV-assisted data collection for wireless sensor networks with dynamic working modes	7
Blockchain-based fog radio access networks: Architecture, key technologies, and challenges	7
T2L: A traceable and trustable consortium blockchain for logistics	7
A broad learning-based comprehensive defence against SSDP reflection attacks in IoTs	7
A renewal theory based performance and configuration framework of the IEEE 802.11ah RAW mechanism	7
iPAS: A deep Monte Carlo Tree Search-based intelligent pilot-power allocation scheme for massive MIMO system	7
Game-theoretic physical layer authentication for spoofing detection in internet of things	7
Classification with ensembles and case study on functional magnetic resonance imaging	7
Twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient-based intelligent computation offloading for IoT	7
Big data in healthcare: Conceptual network structure, key challenges and opportunities	7
Ambient BackCom in beyond 5G NOMA networks: A multi-cell resource allocation framework	7
Users' experience matter: Delay sensitivity-aware computation offloading in mobile edge computing	7
Dynamic channel estimation-aware routing protocol in mobile cognitive radio networks for smart IIoT applications	7
Protecting the trust and credibility of data by tracking forgery trace based on GANs	7
Radio resource management in energy harvesting cooperative cognitive UAV assisted IoT networks: A multi-objective approach	7
Resource management at the network edge for federated learning	7
Secure and reliable computation offloading in blockchain-assisted cyber-physical IoT systems	7
Towards reinforcement learning in UAV relay for anti-jamming maritime communications	7
Digital twin- and extended reality-based telepresence for collaborative robot programming in the 6G perspective	7
Deep radio signal clustering with interpretability analysis based on saliency map	7
Request pattern change-based cache pollution attack detection and defense in edge computing	7
UTM: A trajectory privacy evaluating model for online health monitoring	7
Design and analysis of intrusion detection systems for wireless mesh networks	7
Learning-based user association and dynamic resource allocation in multi-connectivity enabled unmanned aerial vehicle networks	6
The analysis of coverage probability, ASE and EE in heterogeneous ultra-dense networks with power control	6
A mobility compensation method for drones in SG-eIoT	6
Privacy-preserving authentication scheme based on zero trust architecture	6
Achieving dynamic privacy measurement and protection based on reinforcement learning for mobile edge crowdsensing of IoT	6
An intelligent hybrid MAC protocol for a sensor-based personalized healthcare system	6
Extended context-based semantic communication system for text transmission	6
Decentralized content sharing in mobile ad-hoc networks: A survey	6
Field trial measurement and channel modeling for reconfigurable intelligent surface	6
A deep learning driven hybrid beamforming method for millimeter wave MIMO system	6
Automatic collaborative water surface coverage and cleaning strategy of UAV and USVs	6
Alamouti code based on block repetition in FBMC/OQAM systems	6
Graph neural network-based scheduling for multi-UAV-enabled communications in D2D networks	6
METAseen: Analyzing network traffic and privacy policies in Web 3.0 based Metaverse	6
On-chain is not enough: Ensuring pre-data on the chain credibility for blockchain-based source-tracing systems	6
Monitoring the security of audio biomedical signals communications in wearable IoT healthcare	6
Game theory in network security for digital twins in industry	6
Joint MAP channel estimation and data detection for OFDM in presence of phase noise from free running and phase locked loop oscillator	5
Improving resource-constrained IoT device lifetimes by mitigating redundant transmissions across heterogeneous wireless multimedia of things	5
Interworking between Modbus and internet of things platform for industrial services	5
Game theory-based attack and defense analysis in virtual wireless networks with jammers and eavesdroppers	5
Fast UAV path planning in urban environments based on three-step experience buffer sampling DDPG	5
Low-complexity soft-output signal detector based on adaptive pre-conditioned gradient descent method for uplink multiuser massive MIMO systems	5
Lightweight privacy-preserving truth discovery for vehicular air quality monitoring	5
Privacy-preserved learning from non-i.i.d data in fog-assisted IoT: A federated learning approach	5
Performance analysis of a hybrid optical CDMA/DWDM system against inter-symbol interference and four wave mixing	5
A label noise filtering and label missing supplement framework based on game theory	5
Network traffic identification in packet sampling environment	5
Guest editorial: Blockchain-enabled technologies for cyber-physical systems and big data applications	5