OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of IEEE Network is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Pricing for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks: Models and Principles	686
Digital Twin Enabled 6G Cell-Free Multi-Function Reconfigurable Metasurfaces Communications: Concepts, Challenges and Future Directions	190
Audio-Based Security Techniques for Secure Device-to-Device Communications	131
Supporting Next-Generation Network Management with Intelligent Moving Devices	128
A Secure Neural Network Inference Framework for Intelligent Connected Vehicles	116
ComSoc Training	112
Cover 2	110
Scanning the Literature	104
Comsoc Publications	102
Wireless Multi-Interface Connectivity with Deep Learning-Enabled User Devices: An Energy Efficiency Perspective	102
Table of Contents	94
Table of Contents	92
TDM-PON-Based Optical Access Network for Tactile Internet, 5G, and Beyond	87
GO SPACE: Researcher Positions in Space Communications	87
Enhancing Account Privacy in Blockchain-Based IoT Access Control via Zero Knowledge Proof	86
Secure Semantic Communications: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunities	75
A Lean Networking Framework (LeaNet): Potential Technical Space and Approaches for Latency Sensitive Mobile Services	74
FLeS: A Federated Learning-Enhanced Semantic Communication Framework for Mobile AIGC-Driven Human Digital Twins	69
Federated Imitation Learning: A Cross-Domain Knowledge Sharing Framework for Traffic Scheduling in 6G Ubiquitous IoT	67
Integrated Sensing and Communications in Terahertz Systems: A Theoretical Perspective	65
Space-Terrestrial Integrated Time-Sensitive Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Open Issues	63
RoPe-Door: Toward Robust and Persistent Backdoor Data Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning	63
Edge Intelligence for Smart Metro Systems: Architecture and Enabling Technologies	62
DT-SFC-6G: Digital Twins Assisted Service Function Chains in Softwarized 6G Networks for Emerging V2 X	61
Toward Seamless Localization and Communication: A Satellite-UAV NTN Architecture	61

Enabling Application-Aware Traffic Engineering in IPv6 Networks	59
Blockchain-Aided Decentralized Trust Management of Edge Computing: Toward Reliable Off-Chain and On-Chain Trust	55
Input and Output Matter: Malicious Traffic Detection With Explainability	54
Network Slicing for Zero-Touch Networks: A Top-Notch Technology	53
Generative AI for Advanced UAV Networking	53
Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled 6G	51
Federated Analytics: Opportunities and Challenges	51
IEEE App	50
The Universal Fog Proxy: A Third-party Authentication Solution for Federated Fog Systems with Multiple Protocols	50
Scanning the Literature	50
IEEE Foundation	48
System Wide Vulnerability and Trust in Multi-Component Communication System Software	46
[Back inside cover - Advertisement]	46
An Asynchronous Entanglement Distribution Protocol for Quantum Networks	46
IEEE Access	46
Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing: Challenges and Solutions	44
Computing Meets Network: COIN-Aware Offloading for Data-Intensive Blind Source Separation	44
Edge-Enabled Anti-Noise Telepathology Imaging Reconstruction Technology in Harsh Environments	44
Making Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces More Intelligent: A Roadmap Through Reservoir Computing	41
Quantum Networks with Multiple Service Providers: Transport Layer Protocols and Research Opportunities	41
IEEE Membership	41
mMTC Deployment over Sliceable Infrastructure: The Megasense Scenario	41
Digital-Analog Transmission Framework for Task-Oriented Semantic Communications	40
Asynchronous Semi-Supervised Federated Learning with Provable Convergence in Edge Computing	40
Toward RIS-Enhanced Integrated Terrestrial/Non-Terrestrial Connectivity in 6G	39
Bio-Inspired Routing Protocols: The Path to On-Demand UAV Networks	39
Anomaly-Flow: A Multi-domain Federated Generative Adversarial Network for Distributed Denial-of-Service Detection	39
Exploring Edge-Driven Collaborative Fine-Tuning Toward Customized AIGC Services	39
Metaverse-Inspired Cybertwin-Based Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	39
Direct-V2X Support with 5G Network-Based Communications: Performance, Challenges and Solutions	39
Emulation of Quantum Key Distribution Networks	38
Towards Autonomous Network Management: An Intelligent and Secure Agentic Framework for Network Configuration	37
Toward Privacy-Preserving Spatial Crowdsourcing: From Offline to Online	37
Internet of Behavior and Explainable AI Systems for Influencing IoT Behavior	37
Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface in 6G: Design Guidelines and Future Perspectives	36
Blockchain-Enabled Network Sharing for O-RAN in 5G and Beyond	36
Practical Applicability of PLA for Industrial Wireless Networks: Gaps and Directions	36
Toward the Internet of Medical Things for Real-Time Health Monitoring Over Wi-Fi	35
Decentralized Federated Learning for UAV Networks: Architecture, Challenges, and Opportunities	35
ComSoc Training	35
Distributed Task Scheduling for Wireless Powered Mobile Edge Computing: A Federated-Learning-Enabled Framework	34
In-Network Neural Networks: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation	34
Comsoc Training	34
Global-Local AI Coordinated Learning over Optical Access Networks for Scalable H2M/R Collaborations	34
Integrated Non-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Quantum Anonymous Networks	34
Call for Papers	34
Incentive Mechanism and Semantic Communication for Edge Computing-Assisted Metaverse	34
Cover 2	34
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Network under Interference toward 6G Applications	33
SAV6: A Novel Inter-AS Source Address Validation Protocol for IPv6 Internet	33

IEEE Network masthead	33
Towards Edge General Intelligence via Large Language Models: Opportunities and Challenges	33
Providing Location Information at Edge Networks: A Federated Learning-Based Approach	33
Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Empowered Ride-Sharing System Optimization	33
The Research and Analysis on Controlling the Number of VPN Routes Through VPN Prefix Outbound Route Filter (ORF) Mechanism	32
Network Optimization Aspects of Autonomous Vehicles: Challenges and Future Directions	32
Efficient and Trusted Data Sharing in a Sharding-Enabled Vehicular Blockchain	32
Auto-CIoV: Autonomous Connected Internet of Vehicles Security Requirements, Open Challenges with Future Research Directions	32
Scanning the Literature	32
Deploying Intrusion Detection on In-Vehicle Networks: Challenges and Opportunities	32
Toward Smart and Efficient Service Systems: Computational Layered Federated Learning Framework	31
Intent-Oriented Network Slicing With Hypergraphs	31
Customized Slicing for 6G: Enforcing Artificial Intelligence on Resource Management	31
Toward LLM-driven Adaptive Policy Orchestration for Host-based Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Environments	31
[Back cover - IEEE Advertisement]	30
Semantic Communication in Non-Terrestrial Networks: A Future-Ready Paradigm	30
Women in Engineering	30
Large Language Models for Networking: Workflow, Advances and Challenges	30
Guest Editorial: Next-Generation Optical Access Networks to Support Super-Broadband Services and 5G/6G Mobile Networks	30
Guest Editorial: Federated Optimizations and Networked Edge Intelligence	29
Evolving Intelligent Reflector Surface Toward 6G for Public Health: Application in Airborne Virus Detection	29
Quantum Communications and Networking: Series 2	29
A New Vision of Wireless Edge Caching Networks (WECNs): Issues, Technologies, and Open Research Trends	29
PUF-Based Lightweight Authentication Framework for Large-Scale IoT Devices in Distributed Cloud	28
k-Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions	28
Table of Contents	28
Advancing O-RAN to Facilitate Intelligence in V2X	28
Over-the-Air Computation for Distributed Systems: Something Old and Something New	27
Interdependent Cell-Free and Cellular Networks: Thinking the Role of Cell-Free Architecture for 6G	27
Cell-Free IoT With Non-Orthogonal Random Pilots: Key Research and Future Directions	27
Channel Modeling for Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Integrated Networks (SATIN)	26
Quantum Network Tomography	26
Task-Oriented Integrated Sensing, Computation and Communication for Wireless Edge AI	26
Massive Unsourced Random Access for NGMA: Architectures, Opportunities, and Challenges	26
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Remote Entanglement Distribution Strategies in Quantum Networks	26
Exploring the Privacy-Energy Consumption Tradeoff for Split Federated Learning	26
Federated and Asynchronized Learning for Autonomous and Intelligent Things	26
Streamlined Transmission: A Semantic-Aware XR Deployment Framework Enhanced by Generative AI	26
Distributed AI for Emerging Spectrum Management Technologies in 6G Networks	26
Scalable Self-Sovereign Identity Architecture	26
SCAXR: Empowering Scalable Multi-User Interaction for Heterogeneous XR Devices	25
Large Language Models for Networking: Applications, Enabling Techniques, and Challenges	25
Table of Contents	25
Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks: Architectures, Key Techniques, and Experimental Progress	25
Full-Life Cycle Intent-Driven Network Verification: Challenges and Approaches	25
Women in Networks: Professor Cecilia Mascolo	25
Intelligent Resource Management at the Edge for Ubiquitous IoT: An SDN-Based Federated Learning Approach	25
Energy-efficient and Privacy-preserving Edge Intelligence for 6G-Empowered Intelligent Transportation Systems	25
Comsoc Membership	25
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research With the World!	24
Cover 2	24
AI-Driven Multipath Transmission: Empowering UAV-Based Live Streaming	24
Women in Engineering	24
Network Load Balancing With No Out-of-Order Packet for RoCE	23
Security and Privacy in Space-Air-Ocean Integrated Unmanned Surface Vehicle Networks	23
A Vision of 3GPP Wireless Sensing for Intelligent Vehicles: Scenarios, Architectures, Security Challenges, Solutions, and Future Trends	23
When In-Network Computing Meets Distributed Machine Learning	23
AI-SPACE: A Cloud-Edge Aggregated Artificial Intelligent Architecture for Tiansuan Constellation-Assisted Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks	23
Privacy Attacks and Defenses for Digital Twin Migrations in Vehicular Metaverses	23
Toward Distributed Collaborative Rendering Service for Immersive Mobile Web	23
Round Trip Time (RTT) Delay in the Internet: Analysis and Trends	23
Deep Graph Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Edge Computing: Challenges and Solutions	23
IEEE Women in Engineering	22
Computing Networks Enabled Semantic Communications	22
Artificial Noise Management for Securing Backscatter Communication Networks: Current Advances, Open Challenges, and Future Directions	22
Network for AI and AI for Network: Challenges and Opportunities for Learning-Oriented Networks	22
Account Service Network: A Unified Decentralized Web 3.0 Portal With Credible Anonymity	22
Empowering the V2X Network by Integrated Sensing and Communications: Background, Design, Advances, and Opportunities	22
Toward the Age of Intelligent Vehicular Networks for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in 6G	22
FDSFL: Filtering Defense Strategies toward Targeted Poisoning Attacks in IIoT-Based Federated Learning Networking System	22
Intent-Based Management of Next-Generation Networks: an LLM-Centric Approach	22
Deterministic Networking Empowered Robotic Teleoperation	22
Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing for 6G Networks: Fundamentals, Opportunities, and Challenges	22
FedGAD: Real-Time Anomaly Detection and Adaptive Defense with Federated GANs in 6G	22
Task-Oriented 6G Native-AI Network Architecture	22
Enabling Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drones Operation Over Open RAN 5G Networks With Slicing	21
IEEE Foundation	21
ComSoc Membership	21
Table of Contents	21
Blockchain Function Virtualization: A New Approach for Mobile Networks Beyond 5G	21

A Sustainable 3D Cube Surveillance and Pedestrian Monitoring Framework for Green AI Theme Park	20
IEEE Network Publication Information	20
Advancing End-to-End Programmable Networks: Exploring the Interplay of Generative AI with Opportunities and Challenges	20
Secure Data Sharing for Autonomous Vehicles in Mobile Blockchain Networks	20
Federated Learning on 5G Edge for Industrial Internet of Things	20
A Novel Generalized Meta Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Method for Autonomous Vehicles	20
Overbook in Advance, Trade in Future: Computing Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Device-Edge-Cloud Networks	20
NFT-Based Intelligence Networking for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantum Reinforcement Learning Approach	20
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	20
Joint Communication and Sensing System Performance Evaluation and Testbed: A Communication-Centric Approach	20
In Situ and Crowd-Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Flows in Ephemeral Streams	19
Collaborative Satellite-Terrestrial Edge Computing Network for Everyone-Centric Customized Services	19
Intelligent Blockchain-Based Edge Computing via Deep Reinforcement Learning: Solutions and Challenges	19
Retraction Notice: Zero Touch Networks to Realize Virtualization: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects	19
VHetNets for AI and AI for VHetNets: An Anomaly Detection Case Study for Ubiquitous IoT	19
Advancing Software-Defined Service-Centric Networking Toward In-Network Intelligence	19
Digital Twins for Maintaining QoS in Programmable Vehicular Networks	19
Digital Twins Based on Quantum Networking	19
Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach	19
TC-Flow: Chain Flow Scheduling for Advanced Industrial Applications in Time-Sensitive Networks	19
How Matching Theory Enables Multi-access Edge Computing Adaptive Task Scheduling in IIoT	18
Column Generation for Optimization Problems in Communication Networks	18
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning as a Service: Challenges and Opportunities	18
Incentive Mechanisms in Federated Learning and A Game-Theoretical Approach	18
Scanning the Literature	18
Blockchain-Enabled SLA Compliance for Crowdsourced Edge-Based Network Function Virtualization	18
SIaTS: A Service Intent-Aware Task Scheduling Framework for Computing Power Networks	18
The Security of Internet of Vehicles Network: Adversarial Examples for Trajectory Mode Detection	18
Table of Contents	18
An Effective Double-Layer Detection System Against Social Engineering Attacks	18
Byzantine-Resilient Online Federated Learning with Applications to Network Traffic Classification	18
Joint Communication, Sensing, and Computation Enabled 6G Intelligent Machine System	18
Facilitating Edge Intelligence via Joint Computing, Communications, and Sensing	18
A Decentralized Collaborative Learning Approach in 5G+ Core Networks	17
IEEE Collabratec	17
Virtual Quantum Key Distribution Network Ecosystem: The National Czech QKD Network	17
Comsoc Training	17
Agent-as-a-Service: An AI-Native Edge Computing Framework for 6G Networks	17
Standardization of Extended Reality (XR) over 5G and 5G-Advanced 3GPP New Radio	17
Building Scalable and Flexible Virtual Networks on Programmable Data Plane	17
Call for Papers	17
Quality of Service in Quantum Networks	17
Table of Contents	17
IS2N: Intent-Driven Security Software-Defined Network With Blockchain	16
Deep Information Fusion-Driven POI Scheduling for Mobile Social Networks	16
Coordinated Backdoor Attacks against Federated Learning with Model-Dependent Triggers	16
Large Multi-Modal Models (LMMs) as Universal Foundation Models for AI-Native Wireless Systems	16
Blockchain-Assisted Intelligent Symbiotic Radio in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	16
Integration of Data Center into the Distributed Satellite Cluster Networks: Challenges, Techniques, and Trends	16
Communication-Efficient and Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing Networks	16
Satellite-UAV Networks for 6G Control: A Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed Loop Perspective	16
Enabling Mobile AI Agent in 6G Era: Architecture and Key Technologies	16
[Back inside cover]	15
Pioneering Air-Ground Integrated Mobility: A Knowledge-Driven Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network for 6G On-Demand Service	15
Comsoc Training	15
NetGPT: An AI-Native Network Architecture for Provisioning Beyond Personalized Generative Services	15
Integrated Sensing and Communications Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	15
Toward Next Generation Open Radio Access Networks: What O-RAN Can and Cannot Do!	15
IEEE Future Networks	15
Zero Trust Architecture Empowered Attack Detection Framework to Secure 6G Edge Computing	15
Quantum-Empowered Federated Learning in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks	15
[Front cover]	14
Cover 2	14
Federated-Learning-Aided Next-Generation Edge Networks for Intelligent Services	14
Table of Contents	14
Key Technologies in 6G SAGS IoT: Shape-Adaptive Antenna and Radar-Communication Integration	14
Comsoc Membership	14
Front cover	14
IEEE Access	14
Table of Contents	14
ComSoc Membership	14
ComSoc Tech Committees	14
Integrated Communication and Navigation Enabled Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems	14
GainNet: Coordinates the Odd Couple of Generative AI and 6G Networks	14
A Systematic Exploration of Edge Computing-Enabled Metaverse	13
UAV-Aided Covert Federated Learning Networks	13
5G NR Sidelink Multi-Hop Transmission in Public Safety and Factory Automation Scenarios	13
Joint Design of Beam Hopping and Multiple Access Based on Cognitive Radio for Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network	13
Covert Communication for Cellular and X2U-Enabled UAV Networks with Active and Passive Wardens	13
A Reputation-Aided Lightweight Consensus Service Framework for Multi-Chain Metaverse	13
A Tensor-Based Computing and Optimization Model for Intelligent Edge Services	13
On Topology Design for the Quantum Internet	13
Meta-Networking: Beyond the Shannon Limit with Multi-Faceted Information	13
Blockchain-Based Public Key Infrastructure: A Transparent Digital Certification Mechanism for Secure Communication	13
Semantic-Enabled 6G Communication: A Task-oriented and Privacy-preserving Perspective	13
Physical Layer Standardization for AI Data Centers: Challenges, Progress and Perspectives	13
OTFS Enabled LEO Satellite Communications: A Promising Solution to Severe Doppler Effects	13
WirelessGPT: A Generative Pre-trained Multi-task Learning Framework for Wireless Communication	13
A Novel Oracle-Aided Industrial IoT Blockchain: Architecture, Challenges, and Potential Solutions	13
Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks: Architecture, Key Technologies, Measurement, and Open Issues	13
Goal-Oriented Semantic Communication and Networking	12
Comsoc Training	12
Reproducing ATT&CK Techniques and Lifecycles to Train Machine Learning Classifier	12
IEEE Women in Engineering	12
IEEE Foundation	12