OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Wireless Communications is 10. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
IEEE Globecom Call for papers and proposals	439
Revisiting the System Energy Footprint and Power Efficiency on the Way to Sustainable 6G Systems	386
Comsoc Publications	320
Deep Learning for Secure Wireless Communications in Cyber Physical Systems	231
ComSoc Conferences	218
Wireless Masthead/Call for Papers	201
A Potpourri on Wireless Advances: Part 4	200
Cover 3	175
Call for Papers	147
Cover 3	146
Electromagnetic Information Theory: Fundamentals, Modeling, Applications, and Open Problems	138
Self-Adaptive RISs Beyond Free Space: Convergence of Localization, Sensing, and Communication Under Rich-Scattering Conditions	137
UAV-Assisted MEC with an Expandable Computing Resource Pool: Rethinking the UAV Deployment	132
Masthead	129
Diversified Service Oriented Multimedia Intelligent Transmission in 6G Space-Air-Ground-Ocean Heterogeneous Network	123
Sensing with Less Effort: Knowledge Transfer for Wireless Sensing by Unifying Feature Embeddings	110
IEEE App	108
Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Sustainable Energy Distribution for Wireless Communication	107
AI-Empowered Fluid Antenna Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions	105
Advancements in 5G New Radio TDD Cross Link Interference Mitigation	102
Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Wireless Networks: Deployment Architectures, Key Solutions, and Field Trials	101
Ubiquitous 6G Service Through Non-Terrestrial Networks	99
Federated Large Language Model: Solutions, Challenges and Future Directions	98
Metaopera: A Cross-Metaverse Interoperability Protocol	97
User Plane Design Approaches for 6G	96

Stacked Intelligent Metasurface-Aided MIMO Transceiver Design	96
Quantum CNN for Detection and Identification of UAV-Enabled Non-Terrestrial Networks	94
Cover 4	94
Digital Twin and Artificial Intelligence for Intelligent Planning and Energy-Efficient Deployment of 6G Networks in Smart Factories	92
ComSoc Training	88
IEEE WCNC	88
Scanning the Literature	87
Cooperative Hybrid Networks with Active Relays and RISs for B5G: Applications, Challenges, and Research Directions	86
IEEE Foundation	86
Call for Papers	82
Guest Editorial: Sustainable Big AI Model for Wireless Networks	82
Adaptive Model Aggregation in Federated Learning Based on Model Accuracy	81
Empowering Wireless Network Applications with Deep Learning-Based Radio Propagation Models	81
Artificial Intelligence Augmentation for Channel State Information in 5G and 6G	81
Implementation of Big AI Models for Wireless Networks with Collaborative Edge Computing	80
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Identification in Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges	78
Joint Optimization of Control and Communication in Autonomous UAV Swarms: Challenges, Potentials, and Framework	78
When Cache Meets Vehicular Edge Computing: Architecture, Key Issues, and Challenges	74
Implementing Graph Neural Networks Over Wireless Networks via Over-the-Air Computing: A Joint Communication and Computation Framework	74
Reconfigurable Massive MIMO: Harnessing the Power of the Electromagnetic Domain for Enhanced Information Transfer	73
How Cooperative Communication Distinguishes in Wireless Optical Systems	70
IEEE App	70
IoT Evolution: What's Next?	69
Table of Contents	67
Guest Editorial: Enhanced Fronthaul for 5G and Beyond	66
Digital Twin Assisted Intelligent Network Management for Vehicular Applications	66
Energy-Efficient Distributed Learning and Sharding Blockchain for Sustainable Metaverse	65
Blockchain-Empowered Lifecycle Management for AI-Generated Content Products in Edge Networks	65
Flexible-Position MIMO for Wireless Communications: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Future Directions	64
HAPS for 6G Networks: Potential Use Cases, Open Challenges, and Possible Solutions	64
IEEE Collabratec	63
Scanning the Literature	61
Call for Papers	61
Large Language Model Enhanced Multi-Agent Systems for 6G Communications	61
Call for Papers	61
IEEE Collabratec	60
IEEE Medal of Honor	60
ComSoc Tech Committees	57
Resilient QUIC Protocol for Emerging Wireless Networks	55
Scalable On-Chain and Off-Chain Blockchain for Sharing Economy in Large-Scale Wireless Networks	55
Harnessing Web3 on Carbon Offset Market for Sustainability: Framework and A Case Study	54
Semantic Communications Toward Graph Data	53
Dynamic Sub-THZ Radio Channel Emulation: Principle, Challenges, and Experimental Validation	51
What + If = IEEE	51
Reinforcement Learning for Maritime Communications, by L. Xiao et al.	50
Comsoc Tech Committees	50
Wireless Communications: From Fundamentals to Beyond 5G, 3rd Edition	48
Spectrum Week 2024: DySPAN, SWIFT, NRDZ, SpectrumX, NSMA, WSRD	48
Scanning the Literature	48
Inter-Slice Radio Resource Allocation: An Online Convex Optimization Approach	47

A Potpourri on Wireless Advances: Part 2	47
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Sensing: Applications and Design Issues	46
Toward Energy-Efficient UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks Using an Artificial Intelligence Approach	46
Toward Energy Efficient RAN: From Industry Standards to Trending Practice	45
A Unified Blockchain-Semantic Framework for Wireless Edge Intelligence Enabled Web 3.0	45
Artificial Intelligence for Smart Resource Management in Multi-User Mobile Heterogeneous RF-Light Networks	45
Split Learning with Differential Privacy for Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks	44
User-Centric Data Management in Decentralized Internet of Behaviors System	44
Cover 2	43
Intelligent Reflective Surface Based 6G Communications for Sustainable Energy Infrastructure	43
UAV-BASED Dynamic FSO Access Networks: Technological Comparison, Design Considerations, and Future Directions	43
Table of Contents	43
Guest Editorial: Aerial Computing: Drones for Multi-Access Edge Computing	43
Cover 4	42
Federated-Learning-Driven Radio Access Networks	41
Cover 4	39
Scanning the Literature	38
Masthead	38
IEEE Foundation	37
Split Federated Learning Empowered Vehicular Edge Intelligence: Concept, Adaptive Design, and Future Directions	37
Comsoc Membership	37
Scanning the Literature	37
Secure Semantic Communication Model for Black-Box Attack Challenge Under Metaverse	36
Women in Engineering	36
IEEE World Forum IoT	36
Cover 4	35
Digital Twin in 6G: Embracing Comprehensive Network Intelligence	35
Comsoc Training-ORAN	35
Call for Papers	35
Front Cover	35
New Frontier of Communication Security on Radio Frequency Fingerprints Concealment	34
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Physical Layer Key Generation: Constructive or Destructive?	34
A Power Efficiency Metric for Comparing Energy Consumption in Future Wireless Networks in the Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Bands	34
Secure and Trusted Collaborative Learning Based on Blockchain for Artificial Intelligence of Things	34
Knowledge Transfer and Reuse: A Case Study of Ai-Enabled Resource Management in RAN Slicing	34
Large AI Model-Based Semantic Communications	33
A Generalized Semantic Communication System: From Sources to Channels	33
Realizing Ambient Backscatter Communications with Intelligent Surfaces in 6G Wireless Systems	33
Self-Evolving and Transformative Protocol Architecture for 6G	32
Integrated Communication and Computing Maritime Networks Design for Green Metaverse	32
Cross-View Human Intention Recognition for Human-Robot Collaboration	32
Counter UAV Swarms: Challenges, Considerations, and Future Directions in UAV Warfare	32
The Promise and Challenges of Computation Deduplication and Reuse at the Network Edge	31
Wavefront Hopping: An Enabler for Reliable and Secure Near Field Terahertz Communications in 6G and Beyond	31
Federated Learning for Digital Twin-Based Vehicular Networks: Architecture and Challenges	31
6G Localization and Sensing in the Near Field: Features, Opportunities, and Challenges	30
IEEE App	30
Blockchain and Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Secure Cloud-Edge-End Collaboration in Power IoT	30
Blockchain and AI Enabled Configurable Reflection Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided Coexisting Drone-Terrestrial Networks	30
User-Centric Immersive Communications in 6G: A Data-Oriented Framework via Digital Twin	30
Front Cover	29
Data-Driven Flight Control of Internet-of-Drones for Sensor Data Aggregation Using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning	29
Cover 4	29
An Edge Computing Paradigm for Massive IoT Connectivity Over High-Altitude Platform Networks	29
Table of Contents	28
Comsoc Training	28
Resource Allocation for Near-Field Communications: Fundamentals, Tools, and Outlooks	28
Front Cover	28
Call for Papers	28
IEEE Collabratec	28
IEEE Foundation	28
ComSoc Open Journal	28
Call for Papers	28
Comsoc Membership	28
Cover 2	27
IEEE Collabratec	27
Cover 2	27
Lifecycle Management of Trustworthy AI Models in 6G Networks: the Reason Approach	26
Information Thermodynamics Communications	26
Scanning the Literature	26
Pipelined Neural Network Assisted Mobility Speed Estimation Over Doubly-Selective Fading Channels	26
Mobile Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges	26
Edge Computing Empowered Holographic Video Communication: A Multi-Objective Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Approach	26
Scanning the Literature	26
Communication Challenges in Infrastructure-Vehicle Cooperative Autonomous Driving: A Field Deployment Perspective	26
Integrating Sustainable Big AI: Quantum Anonymous Semantic Broadcast	25
Quantum Fusion Intelligence for Integrated Satellite-Ground Remote Sensing	25
Task-Oriented Communications for 6G: Vision, Principles, and Technologies	25
Rethinking Wireless Communication Security in Semantic Internet of Things	25
Intelligence-Endogenous Networks: Innovative Network Paradigm for 6G	25

Collaborative Sensing in Perceptive Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges	25
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Backscatter Communication: A New Frontier for Enabling 6G IoT Networks	24
Service Reservation and Pricing for Green Metaverses: A Stackelberg Game Approach	24
Multipath TCP Meets Reinforcement Learning: A Novel Energy-Efficient Scheduling Approach in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks	24
Guest Editorial: AI for Open Programmable Virtualized Networks in 6G	24
Evolution Toward 6G Multi-Band Wireless Networks: A Resource Management Perspective	24
Cover 3	23
Orthogonal Time Frequency Space and Predictive Beamforming-Enabled URLLC in Vehicular Networks	23
Call for Papers	23
Cover 2	23
Comsoc Membership	23
Call for Papers	23
Call for Papers	23
Cover 3	23
Front Cover	22
Guest Editorial: Deep Learning Driven Secure Communication for Cyber Physical Systems	22
An Open Approach to Autonomous Ran Fault Management	22
Wireless Interconnection Network for Post-Exascale High-Performance Computing	22
Enabling Sustainable Energy for Smart Environment Using 5G Wireless Communication and Internet of Things	22
Comsoc Training	21
Implementation of an IEEE 802.11ax-Based Maritime Mesh Network in the Red Sea	21
Intelligent Dynamic Spectrum Anti-Jamming Communications: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Perspective	21
Millimeter Wave Full-Duplex Systems: System-Level Evaluation and Over-the-Air Verification	21
Optimizing 5G-Advanced Networks for Time-Critical Applications: The Role of L4S	21
Quantum Game Theory Meets Quantum Networks	21
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Future Wireless Networks: A Channel Modeling Perspective	21
Comsoc Publications	21
Extensive Edge Intelligence for Future Vehicular Networks in 6G	21
Optical IRS for Visible Light Communication: From Optics Model to Association Model	21
Communication Beyond Transmitting Bits: Semantics-Guided Source and Channel Coding	21
Enhancing Physical Layer Communication Security Through Generative AI with Mixture of Experts	20
Collaborative Beamforming for UAV Networks Exploiting Swarm Intelligence	20
Front Cover	20
Toward AI-Enabled NextG Networks with Edge Intelligence-Assisted Microservice Orchestration	20
Next Steps for the 3 GHz Band	20
RIS-Based IMT-2030 Testbed for MmWave Multi-Stream Ultra-Massive MIMO Communications	20
Outsourced Data Integrity Checking with Practical Key Update in Edge-Cloud Resilient Networks	20
Integrative Federated Learning and Zero-Trust Approach for Secure Wireless Communications	20
Online Truthful Mechanism Design in Wireless Communication Networks	20
Generative AI for Secure and Privacy-Preserving Mobile Crowdsensing	20
Front Cover	19
5G and Beyond Technology-Enabled Remote Health	19
ComSoc Training	19
IEEE Medal of Honor	19
End to End AI Architecture for Next Generation Network	19
Call for Papers	19
ComSoc Open Journal	19
Everyday Living Assisted by 6G Applications and Solutions	19
IEEE What If	18
Table of Contents	18
On the Mutuality Between Localization and Channel Modeling in Sub-THz	18
Comsoc AW Training	18
Decentralizing Authentication for Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges in Web 3.0 Era	18
IEEE Collabratec	18
Call for Papers	18
IEEE Wireless Communications masthead	18
Harnessing Coding Theory for Reliable Network Quantum Communication	18
Toward the Use of Re-configurable Intelligent Surfaces in VLC Systems: Beam Steering	17
World Radiocommunications Conference 2023, WRC-23	17
Women in Engineering	17
QoE Sustainability on 5G and Beyond 5G Networks	17
Actions at the Edge: Jointly Optimizing the Resources in Multi-Access Edge Computing	17
Near-Field Communications: Research Advances, Potential, and Challenges	17
Toward Federated-Learning-Enabled Visible Light Communication in 6G Systems	17
Semantic Communication Meets Edge Intelligence	17
ComSoc Publications	17
Information-Theoretic Secure Key Sharing for Wide-Area Mobile Applications	16
Multi-Link Operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs	16
Deep Generative Model and Its Applications in Efficient Wireless Network Management: A Tutorial and Case Study	16
Space Simultaneous Information and Power Transfer: An Enhanced Technology for Miniaturized Satellite Systems	16
Enabling AI-Generated Content Services in Wireless Edge Networks	16
Secure and Reliable Transfer Learning Framework for 6G-Enabled Internet of Vehicles	16
Integrated Sensing and Communication with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Opportunities, Applications, and Future Directions	16
Table of Contents	15
ComSoc Publications	15
IEEE World Forum	15
Women in Engineering	15
[Back inside cover - IEEE Adveretisement]	15
Call for Papers	14
Applying Visible Light Communication Co-location in Nuclear Power Plant: Architecture and Key Technologies	14
Transfer Learning for Distributed Intelligence in Aerial Edge Networks	14
Secure Beamforming for IRS-Enhanced NOMA Networks	14
Call for Papers	14
Cover 3	14
Deep Learning Driven Buffer-Aided Cooperative Networks for B5G/6G: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Opportunities	14
Comsoc Training	14
Publish your work in the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COMS) [Front inside cover]	14
Toward Multi-User Access Fairness in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Wireless Networks	14
O-RAN's Role in Shaping 6G: Industry Perspectives on Open and Smart RAN	14
RIS-Based on-the-Air Semantic Communications — A Diffractional Deep Neural Network Approach	13
Task-Oriented Metaverse Design in the 6G Era	13
From Digital Twin to Metaverse: The Role of 6G Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications with Multi-Tier Computing	13
Graphene-Based Wireless Agile Interconnects for Massive Heterogeneous Multi-Chip Processors	13
Wireless Network Analytics for the New Era of Spectrum Patrolling and Monitoring	13
Deep-Learning-Empowered Breast Cancer Auxiliary Diagnosis for 5GB Remote E-Health	13