Ad Hoc Networks

Article	Citations
JamBIT: RL-based framework for disrupting adversarial information in battlefields	215
Reliable and cost-efficient session provisioning in CRNs using spectrum sensing as a service	209
LESCA: LightwEight Stream Cipher Algorithm for emerging systems	155
Data collection with a team of capacity-constrained unmanned aerial vehicles assisted by a mobile recharger	152
Performance of STAR-RIS-aided cooperative NOMA networks under Nakagami-	100
Robust attribute-based access control protocol over data-centric IoT–NDN networking	98
Editorial Board	94
Performance of MPTCP over emulated LEO satellite networks with ECMP routing	90
MBC-SS: A multi-band cooperative sidelink scheme for NR V2X networks	89
Hybrid fusion of Pietra–Ricci index detector information for cooperative spectrum sensing	83
Corrigendum to “Federated Learning assisted framework to periodically identify user communities in urban space” [Ad Hoc Networks 163 (2024) pp. 1-21/103589]	80
An intelligent positioning method for underwater vehicle under hydroacoustic noises	78
Optimization of ship engine room communication based on ray tracing method and ZigBee technology	77
Target localization in UAV swarm under multi-error coupling: A cooperative utility of information optimization approach	76
FS-MCS: A reinforcement learning-based data inference scheme for sparse mobile crowd sensing	72
Routing algorithm for LWSN in natural disaster environmental monitoring along railway lines	72
ESP-Fi HAR: A low-power WiFi CSI dataset for Ad-Hoc IoT human activity recognition	69
Residual multiscale attention based modulated convolutional neural network for radio link failure prediction in 5G	68
Editorial Board	68
Gas sensing in industry. A case study: Train hangar	67
TemsRoute: A temporally and socially aware routing framework for delay-tolerant networks	65
Distributed serverless function scheduling in ad-hoc drone networks	60
Fuzzy-AHP based optimal RSU deployment (Fuzzy-AHP-ORD) approach using road and traffic analysis in VANET	59
DRL-based privacy-aware task offloading with local Gaussian perturbation for IIoT-MEC	57
BFL-SC: A blockchain-enabled federated learning framework, with smart contracts, for securing social media-integrated internet of things systems	53

CollOR: Distributed collaborative offloading and routing for tasks with QoS demands in multi-robot system	52
An energy-aware distributed federated soft actor-critic framework for intelligent task offloading in vehicular mobile edge computing networks	51
Energy-efficient trajectory planning for UAV-assisted communication recovery using multi-agent graph reinforcement learning	48
Wireless communication protocols in smart agriculture: A review on applications, challenges and future trends	48
Performance analysis and optimization of frequency division duplex based virtual full-duplex communication systems	47
Enabling an inter-operator roaming capability in LoRaWAN networks	46
Energy-efficient multi-hop LoRa broadcasting with reinforcement learning for IoT networks	45
vServiceInspector: Introspection-assisted evolutionary bag-of-ngram approach to detect malware in cloud servers	45
Integrated network-computing resource allocation and optimized scheduling for cyber physical production system	44
Communication and Motion Coordination Awareness in Networked Aerial Robot Teams	44
CRT-based group rekeying with efficient dynamically aggregate signature for IoMT	43
Distributed video analytics for IoT intelligent systems	41
LETM-IoT: A lightweight and efficient trust mechanism for Sybil attacks in Internet of Things networks	40
Improving object selection for Collective Perception Messages under congestion	40
Flexible zero trust architecture for the cybersecurity of industrial IoT infrastructures	40
Time–frequency fusion for enhancement of deep learning-based physical layer identification	39
A delay-tolerant network approach to satellite pickup and delivery scheduling	39
High-precision Time Synchronization Algorithm for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ad Hoc Networks based on Bidirectional Pseudo-range Measurements	39
Protect your data and I’ll rank its utility: A framework for utility analysis of anonymized mobility data for smart city applications	38
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for network routing in integrated access backhaul networks	38
An adaptive and cooperative MAC protocol for safety applications in cognitive radio enabled vehicular Ad-hoc networks	38
Special issue: Selected papers from COMSNETS 2020	38
Editorial Board	37
Indoor tracking using auxiliary particle filter and deep learning in wireless sensor networks	37
Federated Learning-based Misbehaviour detection on an emergency message dissemination scenario for the 6G-enabled Internet of Vehicles	36
Sum rate maximization for RSMA aided small cells edge users using meta-learning variational quantum algorithm	36
Communication architecture and operations for SDR-enabled UAVs network in disaster-stressed areas	36
Energy-efficient clustering and path planning for UAV-assisted D2D cellular networks	36
Authentication and security challenges for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A survey	35
An efficient energy saving scheme using reinforcement learning for 5G and beyond in H-CRAN	35
FogJam: A Fog Service for Detecting Traffic Congestion in a Continuous Data Stream VANET	34
A centralized discovery-based method for integrating Data Distribution Service and Time-Sensitive Networking for In-Vehicle Networks	34
A self-supervised deep reinforcement learning for Zero-Shot Task scheduling in mobile edge computing environments	34
A new delay-based broadcast suppression mechanism for efficient emergency messages dissemination in CAVs environment	33
Design and implementation for a UAV-based streaming media system	32
Editorial Board	31
Enhancing longevity: Sustainable channel modeling for wireless-powered implantable BANs	31
A CrowdSensing-based approach for proximity detection in indoor museums with Bluetooth tags	31
ENSING: Energy saving based data transmission in Internet of Drones for 3D connectivity in 6G networks	31
A security optimization scheme for data security transmission in UAV-assisted edge networks based on federal learning	30
Adaptive link quality routing protocol for UASNs with double forwarding modes	30
Editorial Board	30
NL-MHP: Efficient and robust network localization algorithm in complex scenarios using maximum hop progress	30
Multi-UAV path planning for connectivity-based sweep coverage	30
DDPG-based data collection for AoI in multi-UAV-assisted IoT networks	30
Resource allocation and trajectory optimization for air-ground MEC systems with dual connectivity in unlicensed spectrum	30
A blockchain-integrated PUF framework for secure authentication and communication	29
THz band drone communications with practical antennas: Performance under realistic mobility and misalignment scenarios	28
High-throughput and energy-efficient data gathering in heterogeneous multi-channel wireless sensor networks using genetic algorithm	28
MUFO: Multi-UAV flight optimization for enhancing connectivity in remote driving services	28

Privacy computing meets metaverse: Necessity, taxonomy and challenges	28
RPL-TSCH cross-layer design for improve quality of service in LLNs of IIoT	27
Joint hierarchical placement and configuration of edge servers in C-V2X	27
Instant on-demand charging strategy with multiple chargers in wireless rechargeable sensor networks	27
Machine learning attack detection based-on stochastic classifier methods for enhancing of routing security in wireless sensor networks	27
A Lightweight_PAEKS-based energy scheduling model considering priority in MicroGrid	26
Detection and mitigation of Multicast DIS flooding attacks in RPL-based IoT networks	26
A smart contract-based 6G-enabled authentication scheme for securing Internet of Nano Medical Things network	26
Editorial Board	26
Computation offloading in MEC-assisted vehicular networks with task migration and result feedback	25
Adaptive guard band and power control for resource allocation in mobile and fixed mission-critical IoUT networks	25
The partial cloud member replacement for reconstructing vehicular clouds in VANETs: Reactive and proactive schemes	25
Optimum power allocation for an energy harvesting wireless communication system considering energy storage losses	25
Resource allocation for multiple RISs assisted NOMA empowered D2D communication: A MAMP-DQN approach	25
V2X application server and vehicle centric distribution of commitments for V2V message authentication	25
HWMP-based secure communication of multi-agent systems	25
BitCover: Enhanced BitTorrent for interactive VoD streaming over 5G and WiFi-Direct	25
BER vs SINR: Selection of a metric for physical interference models for flooding messaging and WSN recovery	25
Interlocking IT/OT security for edge cloud-enabled manufacturing	25
A coarse to accurate noise-tolerant positioning evaluation for mobile target based on modified genetic algorithm	24
Capacity and delay analysis of multi-hop wireless networks	24
A novel method for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks using fractional GWO CS optimization	24
Cost optimization of UAV-MEC network calculation offloading: A multi-agent reinforcement learning method	24
Age of information is not just a number: Status updates against an eavesdropping node	24
CNN-MHBiGRU: A two-stage deep learning framework with multi-attention mechanisms for IoT intrusion detection	24
Secure and multi-access offloading for computational efficiency optimization in ultra-dense NOMA-enabled networks	24
Cross-layer joint optimization for semantic communication-driven MEC systems via deep reinforcement learning	24
Blockchain for message dissemination in VANETs based on approval voting	24
Enhancing IIoT networks protection: A robust security model for attack detection in Internet Industrial Control Systems	23
Security of underwater and air–water wireless communication: State-of-the-art, challenges and outlook	23
Probabilistic and distributed traffic control in LPWANs	23
ADRP-DQL: An adaptive distributed routing protocol for underwater acoustic sensor networks using deep Q-learning	23
An integrated routing and data fragmentation strategy for optimizing end-to-end delay in LEO satellite networks	22
Editorial Board	22
ALSNAP: Attention-based long and short-period network security situation prediction	22
An adaptive social-aware device-to-device communication mechanism for wireless networks	22
MOANS DV-Hop: An anchor node subset based localization algorithm for wireless sensor networks	22
WSN-based wildlife localization framework in dense forests through optimization techniques	22
Joint computation offloading and resource allocation in space-air-terrestrial integrated networks for IoT Applications	22
Reliable multi-RAT connectivity in urban V2X architectures: An experimental campaign	22
Editorial Board	22
Stochastic Fractal Search with Reinforcement Learning for dynamic routing in resource-constrained IoT networks	22
Editorial Board	22
Defending edge computing based metaverse AI against adversarial attacks	21
Comparative study of novel packet loss analysis and recovery capability between hybrid TLI-µTESLA and other variant TESLA protocols	21
Battery life optimization in LoRa networks using spreading factor reallocation	21
An Hybrid Heuristic optimal relay selection strategy for energy efficient multi hop cooperative cellular communication	21
A novel and lightweight wireless communication scheme for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks	21
Mobile association scheme based on auction algorithm in heterogeneous wireless networks	21
Bandwidth partitioning in random-access Poisson networks: Stability, throughput and delay	21
ICMH-CHR: An intra-cluster multi-hop based cluster head rotation protocol for wireless sensor networks	21
Detection and Mitigation of Clock Deviation in the Verification & Validation of Drone-aided Lifting Operations	21
Enhancing user fairness in UAV-assisted RSMA networks : A proximal policy optimization approach	21
MRPSO-Loc: Multi-targets UHF RFID localization system based on MRPSO algorithm	21
Joint resource allocation and UAV placement in UAV-assisted Wireless Powered Sensor Networks using TDMA and NOMA	20
Deployment of UAV-BSs for on-demand full communication coverage	20
A cross layer based cooperative broadcast protocol for multichannel VANET	20
Adaptive random multiple access for status update collection with Successive Interference Cancellation	20
Topology-aware model for collaborative time-slot allocation in maritime ad hoc networks	20
Vehicular edge cloud computing content caching optimization solution based on content prediction and deep reinforcement learning	20
Proof of Evaluation-based energy and delay aware computation offloading for Digital Twin Edge Network	19
Age and energy aware data collection scheme for urban flood monitoring in UAV-assisted Wireless Sensor Networks	19
Optimizing UAV-UGV coalition operations: A hybrid clustering and multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for path planning in obstructed environment	19
Collaborative deployment of Large AI Models on the edge: A microservice approach to heterogeneous training and quantized inference	19
An edge computing and distributed ledger technology architecture for secure and efficient transportation	19
Regularized constrained total least squares localization for underwater acoustic sensor networks using angle-delay-doppler measurements	19
A reinforcement learning–based active interception algorithm for wireless networks topology identification	19
Blockchain-based vehicular ad-hoc networks: A comprehensive survey	18
A survey of cyber security threats and solutions for UAV communications and flying ad-hoc networks	18
Whale optimization-orchestrated Federated Learning-based resource allocation scheme for D2D communication	18
Distributed topology control of multiple ISAC-UAVs for mobile search teams in unknown 3-D terrains	18
An innovative multi-agent approach for robust cyber–physical systems using vertical federated learning	18
Editorial Board	18
Improved junction-based routing for VANETs using a Bio-inspired route stability approach	18
OCUS: A game-theoretic approach to optimal UAV coalitions in UAV-as-a-Service platforms	18
A review of on-device machine learning for IoT: An energy perspective	18
Traffic based power consumption and node deployment in green LTE-A cellular networks	18
Joint spectrum sensing and D2D communications in Cognitive Radio Networks using clustering and deep learning strategies under SSDF attacks	18
RELTO: A reliability-oriented DRL approach with context-aware adaptive reward weighting for multi-objective task offloading in MEC	18
LB-OPAR: Load balanced optimized predictive and adaptive routing for cooperative UAV networks	17

PriV2I: Privacy-preserving V2I authentication protocol with fine-grained access control	17
EVRP: A novel geometrical based energy efficient eye vision routing protocol for wireless sensor networks based on the k-means algorithm	17
Resource and trajectory optimization for UAV-assisted MEC communication systems over unlicensed spectrum band	17
Editorial Board	17
Editorial Board	17
EDRP-GTDQN: An adaptive routing protocol for energy and delay optimization in wireless sensor networks using game theory and deep reinforcement learning	17
Task offloading strategy and scheduling optimization for internet of vehicles based on deep reinforcement learning	17
Editorial Board	17
Multiple hypothesis testing in cognitive IoT sensor network	17
Inferring mobile applications usage from DNS traffic	17
Bio-inspired multi-hop clustering algorithm for FANET	17
A new energy-efficient and temperature-aware routing protocol based on fuzzy logic for multi-WBANs	16
A two-context-aware approach for navigation: A case study for vehicular route recommendation	16
Editorial Board	16
Reliability and bandwidth aware routing in SDN-based fog computing for IoT applications	16
Enhancing MPTCP performance in wireless networks with PRS-MPTCP	16
Verifying trust over IoT-ad hoc network-based applications under uncertainty	16
DV-Hop-based localization algorithm using optimum anchor nodes subsets for wireless sensor network	16
A spectral clustering-based deployment strategy for roadside units in vehicular edge computing environments	16
Security in wireless body area networks via anonymous authentication: Comprehensive literature review, scheme classification, and future challenges	15
Physical layer authentication in the internet of vehicles through multiple vehicle-based physical attributes prediction	15
Editorial Board	15
Greedy cooperative cache placement for mobile edge networks with user preferences prediction and adaptive clustering	15
A trustworthy data collection scheme based on active spot-checking in UAV-Assisted WSNs	15
Collecting large volume data from wireless sensor network by drone	15
iTRPL: An intelligent and trusted RPL protocol based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning	14
RGSO-UAV: Reverse Glowworm Swarm Optimization inspired UAV path-planning in a 3D dynamic environment	14
Connection in the air: QoE-centric multi-hop transmission in UAV-assisted emergency communication system	14
A DEPMU-based network traffic anomaly detection scheme for IoT	14
Multi-type service placement for joint transmission and processing in mobile augmented reality	14
DRUID: Coordinating drone movements for compromised node identification	14
Generative AI-based intrusion detection systems for intra-vehicle networks	14
On the performance of Zenoh in Industrial IoT Scenarios	14
Cross-layer UAV network routing protocol for spectrum denial environments	14
Strategic deployment of RSUs in urban settings: Optimizing IEEE 802.11p infrastructure	14
THz-enabled UAV communications: Motivations, results, applications, challenges, and future considerations	13
Coexistence of NR-U operators in multichannel scenarios: Fair cooperation or endless struggle for channel resources	13
FLAV: Federated Learning for Autonomous Vehicle privacy protection	13
Enhancing quality of service through federated learning in edge-cloud architecture	13
An IPSO-assisted DNN operation scheme in UAV-mounted MEC networks	13
Advanced intrusion detection in the industrial Internet of Things using federated learning and LSTM models	13
NMSFRA: Heterogeneous routing protocol for balanced energy consumption in mobile wireless sensor network	13
Trajectory prediction training scheme in vehicular ad-hoc networks based on federated learning	13
Trust secure data aggregation in WSN-based IIoT with single mobile sink	13
Deep reinforcement learning for the computation offloading in MIMO-based Edge Computing	13
Evolving Explainable Artificial Intelligence for electroencephalography-based mental health classification in digital twin systems	13
Extreme learning machine-driven joint user mobility and content popularity-based proactive caching in multi-tier wireless networks	13
Energy efficient and coverage aware grey wolf optimizer based clustering process for Software-defined wireless sensor networks	13
URNFresh: Age-of-infomation-based 60 GHz UAV relay networks for video surveillance in linear environments	13
Fuzzy cluster-based multi-node charging strategy in mobile sensor networks	13
A weighted hybrid indoor positioning method based on path loss exponent estimation	13
Access-rate enhancement for underlay many-to-many vehicular communications: QoS-aware resource sharing and power control	13
Editorial Board	13
SFEM3: A performance comparative analysis for SDN-based FANET Emulation using Mininet-WiFi and ns-3	13
Deep learning with synthetic data for wireless NLOS positioning with a single base station	12
A dual-layer UAV-assisted mobile edge computing system for disaster rescue: Coordinated optimization of coverage, obstacle-avoidance path planning and task offloading	12
BFSearch: Bloom filter based tag searching for large-scale RFID systems	12
Editorial Board	12
A comprehensive survey on authentication and secure key management in internet of things: Challenges, countermeasures, and future directions	12
MS_M2ATD3: A master-slave multi-agent reinforcement learning for energy-efficient task offloading in LEO satellite edge computing	12
FFP: A Force Field Protocol for the tactical management of UAV conflicts	12
Cost-effective live video streaming for internet of connected vehicles using heterogeneous networks	12
Reduced network forwarding with controller enabled named software defined Internet of Mobile Things	12
Deep reinforcement learning in NOMA-assisted UAV networks for path selection and resource offloading	12
A game-theoretic approach of cyberattack resilient constraint-following control for cyber–physical systems	12
Distributed Detecting of Critical Nodes for Maximization of Connected Components in Wireless Multi-hop Networks	12
PORPRS: Priority-aware task offloading in HAP-aided Internet of Vehicles via GRPO with Dynamic residual shrinkage networks	12
EMBN-MANET: A method to Eliminating Malicious Beacon Nodes in Ultra-Wideband (UWB) based Mobile Ad-Hoc Network	12
Protecting autonomous systems from GPS spoofing with a machine learning-driven approach	12
RSSI-based fingerprint localization in LoRaWAN networks using CNNs with squeeze and excitation blocks	12
Mobility-aware Vehicular Cloud formation mechanism for Vehicular Edge Computing environments	12
A novel integrated quantum-resistant cryptography for secure scientific data exchange in ad hoc networks	12
AI-optimized elliptic curve with Certificate-Less Digital Signature for zero trust maritime security	12
Energy efficient deployment of aerial base stations for mobile users in multi-hop UAV networks	12
Approximation schemes for age of information minimization in UAV grid patrols	12
Data-driven cell-free scheduler	12
UAV-assisted task offloading system using dung beetle optimization algorithm & deep reinforcement learning	12
Multi-attribute weighted convolutional attention neural network for multiuser physical layer authentication in IIoT	12
Impact of urban environments on FANET communication: A comparative study of propagation models	12
Status-aware and energy-efficient data aggregation for inter-tidal monitoring systems	12
STAG: A novel interaction-aware path prediction method based on Spatio-Temporal Attention Graphs for connected automated vehicles	12
Anomaly detection in unmanned aerial vehicles flight data: A survey	11
A hybrid and self-adaptive QoS and QoE-driven RAT selection strategy for IoT devices	11
Joint optimization of device scheduling and trajectory planning for UAV-assisted data collection in wireless power supply networks	11
Latency-aware computation offloading and DQN-based resource allocation approaches in SDN-enabled MEC	11
A novel coverage-aware task allocation scheme in Cooperative Mobile Crowd Sensing	11
Joint computation offloading and resource allocation in clustered MEC-enabled ultra-dense networks with multi-slope channels	11
Vehicle task offloading strategy based on DRL in communication and sensing scenarios	11
Remediation of chaos in cognitive Internet of Things sensor network	11
Task offloading in vehicular edge computing based on traffic density-driven task generation	11
Joint channel connectivity and interference management in DT-assisted cognitive vehicular networks	11
A Hybrid Charging Scheme for Non-deterministic Mobile Nodes aimed at minimizing the number of dead nodes	11
Enhancement of fuzzy trust evaluation via autoencoders in game-theory based security distributed Wireless Sensor Networks	11
An optimizing geo-distributed edge layering with double deep Q-networks for predictive mobility-aware offloading in mobile edge computing	11
Edge assisted heterogeneity aware vehicular selection using Federated Learning	11