OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of IEEE Network is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
ComSoc Training	257
Cover 2	235
Scanning the Literature	184
Comsoc Publications	181
GO SPACE: Researcher Positions in Space Communications	153
Pricing for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks: Models and Principles	143
Table of Contents	129
A Lean Networking Framework (LeaNet): Potential Technical Space and Approaches for Latency Sensitive Mobile Services	123
Audio-Based Security Techniques for Secure Device-to-Device Communications	123
IEEE Women in Engineering	115
Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled 6G	113
TeleMath: A Benchmark for Large Language Models in Telecom Mathematical Problem Solving	104
Integrated Sensing and Communications in Terahertz Systems: A Theoretical Perspective	103
Wireless Multi-Interface Connectivity with Deep Learning-Enabled User Devices: An Energy Efficiency Perspective	103
Enhancing Account Privacy in Blockchain-Based IoT Access Control via Zero Knowledge Proof	98
A Secure Neural Network Inference Framework for Intelligent Connected Vehicles	94
RoPe-Door: Toward Robust and Persistent Backdoor Data Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning	94
From Isolated Minds to Networked Brains: Architecting the Internet of Brains	91
Network Slicing for Zero-Touch Networks: A Top-Notch Technology	91
DT-SFC-6G: Digital Twins Assisted Service Function Chains in Softwarized 6G Networks for Emerging V2 X	88
Generative AI for Advanced UAV Networking	86
Digital Twin Enabled 6G Cell-Free Multi-Function Reconfigurable Metasurfaces Communications: Concepts, Challenges, and Future Directions	83
Satellite NOMA for Direct-to-Cell Communications: Fundamentals, Protocols, and Opportunities	81
Toward Seamless Localization and Communication: A Satellite-UAV NTN Architecture	81
FLeS: A Federated Learning-Enhanced Semantic Communication Framework for Mobile AIGC-Driven Human Digital Twins	80

Near-Field ISAC for THz Wireless Systems	78
Leveraging Network Structure to Emulate Quantum Memory	77
Secure Semantic Communications: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunities	73
Semantic Communication Meets Heterogeneous Network: Emerging Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges	73
Space-Terrestrial Integrated Time-Sensitive Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Open Issues	72
Input and Output Matter: Malicious Traffic Detection With Explainability	71
Blockchain-Aided Decentralized Trust Management of Edge Computing: Toward Reliable Off-Chain and On-Chain Trust	71
IEEE App	70
IEEE Foundation	70
IEEE ComSoc Publications	69
IEEE Access	69
Toward Privacy-Preserving Spatial Crowdsourcing: From Offline to Online	68
Practical Applicability of PLA for Industrial Wireless Networks: Gaps and Directions	67
IEEE Membership	67
System Wide Vulnerability and Trust in Multi-Component Communication System Software	65
Federated Retrieval-Augmented Generation-Based LLM for Enhanced Cyber Threat Detection in the Internet-of-Energy	64
Exploring Edge-Driven Collaborative Fine-Tuning Toward Customized AIGC Services	61
Bio-Inspired Routing Protocols: The Path to On-Demand UAV Networks	61
Magnetic Induction-Based Target Localization in Underground Endogenous Environment: Recent Challenges	60
Metaverse-Inspired Cybertwin-Based Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	60
Asynchronous Semi-Supervised Federated Learning with Provable Convergence in Edge Computing	59
An Asynchronous Entanglement Distribution Protocol for Quantum Networks	57
Toward Autonomous Network Management: An Intelligent and Secure Agentic Framework for Network Configuration	57
From Edge Screening to Cloud Adjudication: Intelligent Multimodal Anomaly Detection in Large-Scale Sensor-Cloud Networks	56
Direct-V2X Support with 5G Network-Based Communications: Performance, Challenges and Solutions	56
Toward the Internet of Medical Things for Real-Time Health Monitoring Over Wi-Fi	56
Quantum Networks with Multiple Service Providers: Transport Layer Protocols and Research Opportunities	56
Toward RIS-Enhanced Integrated Terrestrial/Non-Terrestrial Connectivity in 6G	55
Unraveling Spherical Wavefront Complexities: A New Channel Estimation Paradigm for Near-Field Communications via Generative Adversarial Networks	55
Emulation of Quantum Key Distribution Networks	53
Anomaly-Flow: A Multi-Domain Federated Generative Adversarial Network for Distributed Denial-of-Service Detection	52
Internet of Behavior and Explainable AI Systems for Influencing IoT Behavior	52
Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing: Challenges and Solutions	51
ComSoc Training	51
Digital-Analog Transmission Framework for Task-Oriented Semantic Communications	51
Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface in 6G: Design Guidelines and Future Perspectives	51
Comsoc Training	50
Call for Papers	49
IEEE Network masthead	49
Network Optimization Aspects of Autonomous Vehicles: Challenges and Future Directions	48
Semantic Communication in Non-Terrestrial Networks: A Future-Ready Paradigm	48
Deploying Intrusion Detection on In-Vehicle Networks: Challenges and Opportunities	48
Scanning the Literature	48
Toward 6G: Spectrum Management in Low-Altitude Aerial Information Networks	48
Toward Smart and Efficient Service Systems: Computational Layered Federated Learning Framework	47
The Research and Analysis on Controlling the Number of VPN Routes Through VPN Prefix Outbound Route Filter (ORF) Mechanism	46
Bringing 6G Closer to People	45
Editor’s Note: January 2026	44
Toward LLM-Driven Adaptive Policy Orchestration for Host-Based Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Environments	44
An IoE-Powered Framework for Adaptive Energy-Security Trade-Off in IoT	44

Incentive Mechanism and Semantic Communication for Edge Computing-Assisted Metaverse	44
Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Empowered Ride-Sharing System Optimization	43
IEEE Women in Engineering	43
Benefits of a ComSoc Membership	43
IEEE Foundation	43
Quantum Receivers for Future Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks: Functions, Challenges, and Prospects	42
How Can Integrated Sensing and Communication Enable Generalizable Learning in 6G Networks?	42
Large AI Models for the Internet of Everything	42
State Engineering for Quantum Networks	42
Large Language Models for Networking: Workflow, Advances, and Challenges	42
Intent-Oriented Network Slicing With Hypergraphs	41
Providing Location Information at Edge Networks: A Federated Learning-Based Approach	41
Data-Driven Approaches for Cooperative Edge Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges	41
Integrated Non-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Quantum Anonymous Networks	40
Quantum Communications and Networking: Series 2	39
SAV6: A Novel Inter-AS Source Address Validation Protocol for IPv6 Internet	39
Women in Engineering	39
Auto-CIoV: Autonomous Connected Internet of Vehicles Security Requirements, Open Challenges with Future Research Directions	39
Toward Edge General Intelligence via Large Language Models: Opportunities and Challenges	39
Efficient and Trusted Data Sharing in a Sharding-Enabled Vehicular Blockchain	39
Task-Oriented Integrated Sensing, Computation and Communication for Wireless Edge AI	38
Table of Contents	38
IEEE Foundation	38
Guest Editorial: Federated Optimizations and Networked Edge Intelligence	38
PUF-Based Lightweight Authentication Framework for Large-Scale IoT Devices in Distributed Cloud	37
k-Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions	37
Channel Modeling for Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Integrated Networks (SATIN)	37
Cell-Free IoT With Non-Orthogonal Random Pilots: Key Research and Future Directions	37
Full-Life Cycle Intent-Driven Network Verification: Challenges and Approaches	37
Advancing O-RAN to Facilitate Intelligence in V2X	36
Massive Unsourced Random Access for NGMA: Architectures, Opportunities, and Challenges	36
Streamlined Transmission: A Semantic-Aware XR Deployment Framework Enhanced by Generative AI	36
ComSoc Technical and Emerging Technologies Committees	35
Synergizing Digital Twin and UAV for Intelligent Network Recovery and Management in Smart Cities	35
IEEE Xplore Digital Library	35
Distributed AI for Emerging Spectrum Management Technologies in 6G Networks	35
SCAXR: Empowering Scalable Multi-User Interaction for Heterogeneous XR Devices	35
Agent xG Core: Agentic AI for Next-Generation Mobile Core Network	35
The Synergy of Giants and Scouts—Edge-Enabled Collaboration Between Large-Scale and Lightweight Models in Sensor-Cloud Networks	35
AIORA: An AI-Native Multi-Stakeholder Orchestration Architecture for 6G Continuum	34
Exploring the Privacy-Energy Consumption Tradeoff for Split Federated Learning	34
A New Vision of Wireless Edge Caching Networks (WECNs): Issues, Technologies, and Open Research Trends	34
Quantum Network Tomography	34
Federated and Asynchronized Learning for Autonomous and Intelligent Things	34
Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks: Architectures, Key Techniques, and Experimental Progress	34
Interdependent Cell-Free and Cellular Networks: Thinking the Role of Cell-Free Architecture for 6G	34
Over-the-Air Computation for Distributed Systems: Something Old and Something New	34
Toward LLM Democratization: When LLM Meets P2P Network	34
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Remote Entanglement Distribution Strategies in Quantum Networks	34
Large Language Models for Networking: Applications, Enabling Techniques, and Challenges	33
Comsoc Membership	33
Cover 2	33
LLM-Empowered Agentic AI for QoE-Aware Network Slicing Management in Industrial IoT	33
Women in Engineering	33
Table of Contents	33
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research With the World!	33
SHIELDED: A Network-Aware Approach for Secure and Trustworthy Federated Learning	32
IEEE Women in Engineering	32
Deterministic Networking Empowered Robotic Teleoperation	32
IEEE Membership	31
A Vision of 3GPP Wireless Sensing for Intelligent Vehicles: Scenarios, Architectures, Security Challenges, Solutions, and Future Trends	31
Account Service Network: A Unified Decentralized Web 3.0 Portal With Credible Anonymity	31
KG-LLM: A Framework for Intrusion Detection in 6G Industrial Internet of Things	31
IEEE Xplore Digital Library	31
Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges in Internet of Energy (IoE)—Part 2	31
AI-SPACE: A Cloud-Edge Aggregated Artificial Intelligent Architecture for Tiansuan Constellation-Assisted Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks	30
Round Trip Time (RTT) Delay in the Internet: Analysis and Trends	30
Privacy Attacks and Defenses for Digital Twin Migrations in Vehicular Metaverses	30
Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing for 6G Networks: Fundamentals, Opportunities, and Challenges	30
Network Load Balancing With No Out-of-Order Packet for RoCE	30
Computing Networks Enabled Semantic Communications	30
FedGAD: Real-Time Anomaly Detection and Adaptive Defense With Federated GANs in 6G	30
Artificial Noise Management for Securing Backscatter Communication Networks: Current Advances, Open Challenges, and Future Directions	30
FDSFL: Filtering Defense Strategies toward Targeted Poisoning Attacks in IIoT-Based Federated Learning Networking System	29
Toward the Age of Intelligent Vehicular Networks for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in 6G	29
AI-Driven Multipath Transmission: Empowering UAV-Based Live Streaming	29
Energy-Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Edge Intelligence for 6G-Empowered Intelligent Transportation System	28
Toward Distributed Collaborative Rendering Service for Immersive Mobile Web	28
Intent-Based Management of Next-Generation Networks: an LLM-Centric Approach	28
Lightweight Edge Caching in Blockchain-Empowered Vehicular Networks: Architecture, Solutions, and Challenges	27

Security and Privacy in Space-Air-Ocean Integrated Unmanned Surface Vehicle Networks	27
Task-Oriented 6G Native-AI Network Architecture	27
Deep Graph Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Edge Computing: Challenges and Solutions	26
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	26
IEEE Foundation	26
Table of Contents	26
Retraction Notice: Zero Touch Networks to Realize Virtualization: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects	26
When In-Network Computing Meets Distributed Machine Learning	26
IEEE Network Publication Information	26
ComSoc Membership	26
NeuroShield-IoE: A Cognitive, Quantum-Resilient, and Self-Evolving Cybersecurity Framework for the Internet of Energy	25
Enabling Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drones Operation Over Open RAN 5G Networks With Slicing	25
In Situ and Crowd-Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Flows in Ephemeral Streams	25
NFT-Based Intelligence Networking for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantum Reinforcement Learning Approach	25
VHetNets for AI and AI for VHetNets: An Anomaly Detection Case Study for Ubiquitous IoT	25
Advancing End-to-End Programmable Networks: Exploring the Interplay of Generative AI With Opportunities and Challenges	25
LLM-Driven Real-Time Threat Prediction and Response for Internet of Energy (IoE)	24
Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach	24
Digital Twins Based on Quantum Networking	24
Byzantine-Resilient Online Federated Learning with Applications to Network Traffic Classification	24
Blockchain Function Virtualization: A New Approach for Mobile Networks Beyond 5G	24
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning as a Service: Challenges and Opportunities	24
Federated Learning on 5G Edge for Industrial Internet of Things	24
Toward Quantum-Safe Scalable Networks: An Open, Standards-Aware Key Management Framework	24
Overbook in Advance, Trade in Future: Computing Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Device-Edge-Cloud Networks	24
Multi-Agent Collaborative Reasoning via Cloud-Edge Framework	24
A Novel Generalized Meta Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Method for Autonomous Vehicles	24
Digital Twins for Maintaining QoS in Programmable Vehicular Networks	24
Intelligent Blockchain-Based Edge Computing via Deep Reinforcement Learning: Solutions and Challenges	23
Joint Communication and Sensing System Performance Evaluation and Testbed: A Communication-Centric Approach	23
Collaborative Satellite-Terrestrial Edge Computing Network for Everyone-Centric Customized Services	23
Toward Intent-Driven Autonomous UMEC: An LLM-Based Cognitive Agent for Closed-Loop Trajectory Orchestration	23
Seeing is Communicating: A Unified Visual Compression Method for Image-Text Multimodal Semantic Communication	23
IEEE Collabratec	23
A Sustainable 3D Cube Surveillance and Pedestrian Monitoring Framework for Green AI Theme Park	23
Secure Data Sharing for Autonomous Vehicles in Mobile Blockchain Networks	23
Incentive Mechanisms in Federated Learning and A Game-Theoretical Approach	23
Table of Contents	23
SIaTS: A Service Intent-Aware Task Scheduling Framework for Computing Power Networks	23
Table of Contents	22
Call for Papers	22
IZeRO-NF: Intelligent-Controlled Zero-Redundancy Heterogeneous Network Functions for 6GC Endogenous Security	22
Column Generation for Optimization Problems in Communication Networks	22
Comsoc Training	22
IEEE ComSoc Training	22
IEEE Network Magazine Publication Information	22
How Matching Theory Enables Multi-access Edge Computing Adaptive Task Scheduling in IIoT	22
Building Scalable and Flexible Virtual Networks on Programmable Data Plane	22
Scanning the Literature	22
IEEE Network Publication Information	22
Deep Unrolling for Near-Field Channel Estimation: Challenges and Opportunities	22
LLM-Driven On-Demand AI Service Provision in 6G Networks	22
Integrated AI and Metaverse Rendering for 6G Vehicular Networks: New Perspectives and Technical Solutions	21
Toward Energy-Sustainable Networked Blue Economy via Underwater Acoustic Backscatter	21
Special Issue Editorial: Generative AI for Secure Communications and Networking	21
Integration of Data Center into the Distributed Satellite Cluster Networks: Challenges, Techniques, and Trends	21
Benefits of a ComSoc Membership	21
Dynamic Behaviors of High-Speed Coherent Optical Access Networks: Fine-Grained Rate Adaptation, Monitoring, and Encryption	21
White-Box AI for Wireless Communications: Principles, Architectures, and Applications	21
Virtual Quantum Key Distribution Network Ecosystem: The National Czech QKD Network	21
Facilitating Edge Intelligence via Joint Computing, Communications, and Sensing	21
Communication-Efficient and Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing Networks	21
Pioneering Air-Ground Integrated Mobility: A Knowledge-Driven Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network for 6G On-Demand Service	20
NetGPT: An AI-Native Network Architecture for Provisioning Beyond Personalized Generative Services	20
Meta-Fluid Antennas-Aided ISAC: A New Paradigm for Future Multi-User Wireless Networks	20
IS2N: Intent-Driven Security Software-Defined Network With Blockchain	20
Enabling Mobile AI Agent in 6G Era: Architecture and Key Technologies	20
Quality of Service in Quantum Networks	20
Secure Semantic Communication for 6G: Architecture, Challenges, and Future Directions	20
An Effective Double-Layer Detection System Against Social Engineering Attacks	20
A Decentralized Collaborative Learning Approach in 5G+ Core Networks	20
Standardization of Extended Reality (XR) over 5G and 5G-Advanced 3GPP New Radio	20
Blockchain-Assisted Intelligent Symbiotic Radio in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	20
Integrated Sensing and Communications Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	20
An Overview of Fluid Antenna Systems: Fundamentals, Performance Analysis and Challenges	19
Agent-as-a-Service: An AI-Native Edge Computing Framework for 6G Networks	19
Comsoc Training	19
Software Defined Waveform for Interference Mitigation in Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks	19
Toward Next Generation Open Radio Access Networks: What O-RAN Can and Cannot Do!	19
Satellite-UAV Networks for 6G Control: A Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed Loop Perspective	19
IEEE Future Networks	19
Zero Trust Architecture Empowered Attack Detection Framework to Secure 6G Edge Computing	19
Quantum-Empowered Federated Learning in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	19
Large Multi-Modal Models (LMMs) as Universal Foundation Models for AI-Native Wireless Systems	19
Front cover	19
ComSoc Tech Committees	18
Table of Contents	18
TMM-Enhanced Reliable, Concealed and Secure ISAC Architecture for Smart Grid Networks	18
IUP: Integrated and Programmable User Plane for Next-Generation Mobile Networks	18
Table of Contents	18
Enabling 6G Applications in the Sky: Aeronautical Federation Framework	18
A Novel Oracle-Aided Industrial IoT Blockchain: Architecture, Challenges, and Potential Solutions	18
Meta-Networking: Beyond the Shannon Limit with Multi-Faceted Information	18
Collaborative Transformer Inference in Multi-Tier Multi-Node Edge Networks	18
ECMER: Edge-Cloud Collaborative Personalized Multimodal Emotion Recognition Framework in the Internet of Vehicles	18