OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Vehicular Communications is 8. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Joint optimization of trajectory, beamforming, and power allocation in UAV-enabled WPT networks using DRL combined with water-filling algorithm	118
A scalable time-division-based emergency messages broadcast scheme for connected and autonomous vehicles in urban environment	92
AALB: Application Aware Load Balancing Algorithm for Road Side Units	83
Enhancing vehicular NOMA communication security through reconfigurable intelligent surfaces	71
Dynamic positioning of UAVs to improve network coverage in VANETs	69
Rec-CNN: In-vehicle networks intrusion detection using convolutional neural networks trained on recurrence plots	69
Measurement-based fading characteristics analysis and modeling of UAV to vehicles channel	66
Hybrid RF/VLC intelligent vehicular communications: A secrecy analysis	63
EPAKA: An efficient and privacy-preserving authenticated key agreement scheme based on physical security for VANET	51
Joint edge caching and computation offloading for heterogeneous tasks in MEC-enabled vehicular networks	50
A comprehensive survey on SDN and blockchain-based secure vehicular networks	47
Architecture-based governance for secure-by-design Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems	47
Cognitive UAV-assisted secure and reliable communications based on robust joint trajectory and power control optimization	44
SDN-enabled vehicular networks: Theory and practice within platooning applications	37
PPORM: A PPO-assisted packet reordering mechanism of heterogeneous VANETs for enhancing goodput and stability in fog computing	37
Accident reduction through a privacy-preserving method on top of a novel ontology for autonomous vehicles with the support of modular arithmetic	36
Cellular localizability of unmanned aerial vehicles	34
SoVEC: Social vehicular edge computing-based optimum route selection	34
Resource allocation optimization in multiuser OFDM relay-assisted underwater acoustic sensor networks	33
Task offloading based on lightweight identity authentication and genetic optimization for the internet of vehicles	33
DSSPS: A dynamic secure service provision scheme in fog-based VANETs	33
UAV-assisted wireless communications in the 6G-and-beyond era: An extensive survey on characteristics, standardization and regulations, enabling technologies, challenges, and future directions	32
Light security scheme for Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM)	32
Hybrid mutual authentication for vehicle-to-infrastructure communication without the coverage of roadside units	32
Envelope distribution and Doppler spectrum of V2V channels at 5.9 GHz in mountainous roads	31

LGTWAFIOD: PUF and Fuzzy extractor based lightweight authentication framework for internet of drones	31
Sub-6 GHz V2X-assisted MmWave optimal scheduling for vehicular networks	31
A secure cross-layer architecture for reactive routing in vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communications	27
Blockchain and AI technology convergence: Applications in transportation systems	27
Energy and experimental trust-based task offloading in the domain of connected autonomous vehicles	26
A secure authentication framework for IoV based on blockchain and ensemble learning	26
EAGLE: A provably and verifiably secure blockchain-enabled dual-mode authentication scheme using reconfigurable PUFs for V2I communication	24
Secrecy performance evaluation and enhancement of vehicle-to-vehicle communications in the presence of big vehicles	24
Load-aware semi-centralized virtual network embedding for LEO satellite-assisted internet of vehicles	24
A quantum-secure certificateless aggregate signature protocol for vehicular ad hoc networks	23
Location privacy in VANETs: Provably secure anonymous key exchange protocol based on self-blindable signatures	23
On energy conservation for fixed-wing UAV assisted practical full-duplex relaying with service requirement and bank angle limit	22
PROACT: Parallel multi-miner proof of accumulated trust protocol for Internet of Drones	22
Task scheduling of computation-intensive graph jobs in UAV-assisted hybrid vehicular networks	22
A QoS-aware adaptive cross-layer cyber-attack detection algorithm for vehicular networks	21
Joint vehicle clustering and dynamic power allocation optimization in sectorized 6G networks for V2X communication	21
Conditional privacy-preserving and efficient distributed IoV data sharing scheme based on a hierarchical and zonal blockchain	21
Deep-learning methods for integrated sensing and communication in vehicular networks	21
DCFH: A dynamic clustering approach based on fire hawk optimizer in flying ad hoc networks	20
Shared group session key-based conditional privacy-preserving authentication protocol for VANETs	20
Location of fog nodes mounted on fixed-wing UAVs	20
Cloud enabled Blockchain-based secured communication in mutual intelligent transportation using neural synchronization	19
Subchannel assignment for social-assisted UAV cellular networks using dynamic hypergraph coloring	19
Editorial Board	19
A security-enhanced authentication scheme for quantum-key-distribution (QKD) enabled Internet of vehicles in multi-cloud environment	18
Editorial Board	18
Evaluation platform for 5G vehicular communications	18
Hybrid routing for safety data with intermittent V2I connectivity	18
Systematic threat assessment and security testing of automotive over-the-air (OTA) updates	18
Channel-Independent Quantum Mapping-Substitution OFDM-Based Spatial Modulation for Physical-Layer Encryption in VLC Networks	18
OLSR+: A new routing method based on fuzzy logic in flying ad-hoc networks (FANETs)	17
Resource allocation and model split for energy-efficient federated split learning in Internet of Vehicles with imperfect CSI	17
Crowdsourced vehicles and UAVs for last-mile delivery application using blockchain-hosted matching mechanism	17
Perception synergy optimization with deep reinforcement learning for cooperative perception in C-V2V scenarios	17
Blockchain based optimized data storage with secure communication for Internet of Vehicles considering active, passive, and double spending attacks	16
Moving target defense approach for secure relay selection in vehicular networks	16
Machine learning for autonomous vehicle's trajectory prediction: A comprehensive survey, challenges, and future research directions	16
Futuristic view of the Internet of Quantum Drones: Review, challenges and research agenda	16
Unmanned aerial vehicle intrusion detection: Deep-meta-heuristic system	16
Secure and efficient blockchain-assisted group authentication scheme for vehicular digital twin	16
Near optimal scheduling for opportunistic spectrum access over block fading channels in cognitive radio assisted vehicular network	15
In-vehicle communication cyber security: A comprehensive review of challenges and solutions	15
Editorial Board	15
Traffic aware adaptive neighbor discovery for vehicular networks	15
Fully distributed multi-agent processing strategy applied to vehicular networks	14
Towards load balancing in IoV system: A vehicle-assisted batch verification scheme	14
Collaborative coverage path planning for UAV swarm for multi-region post-disaster assessment	14
Energy-minimizing 3D circular trajectory optimization of rotary-wing UAV under probabilistic path-loss in constrained hotspot environments	13
State-of-the-art authentication and verification schemes in VANETs: A survey	13
A blockchain-empowered decentralized and secure spectrum allocation for wireless vehicular communications	13

A four-dimensional path planning approach for multi-UAV cooperative operations in complex urban environments	13
Connected and automated vehicle platoon maintenance under communication failures	13
An adaptive and multi-path greedy perimeter stateless routing protocol in flying ad hoc networks	13
Narrow band of vehicular things communication system using hybrid pelican-beetle swarm optimization approach for intelligent transportation system	12
Privacy-aware revocation in VANETs with a Blockchain using accumulator	12
CANival: A multimodal approach to intrusion detection on the vehicle CAN bus	11
A tutorial on AI-powered 3D deployment of drone base stations: State of the art, applications and challenges	11
DST-IDS: Dynamic spatial-temporal graph-transformer network for in-vehicle network intrusion detection system	11
On the performance of STBC-NOMA assisted overlay cognitive system under CEEs and imperfect SIC	11
Autonomous vehicular overtaking maneuver: A survey and taxonomy	11
Internet of drones security: Taxonomies, open issues, and future directions	10
Deep learning-based receiver structure with superimposed channel estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles	10
Privacy-enhanced multi-region data aggregation for Internet of Vehicles	10
Cost-aware task offloading in vehicular edge computing: A Stackelberg game approach	10
Path planning of multi-UAVs based on deep Q-network for energy-efficient data collection in UAVs-assisted IoT	10
Editorial: 2021 Best Paper Awards	10
Physical layer aspects of terahertz-enabled UAV communications: Challenges and opportunities	10
Distributed and collaborative system to improve traffic conditions using fuzzy logic and V2X communications	10
NextG-VCP for cyber-physical vehicular health monitoring system (CP-VHMS)	10
VERCO: A privacy and data-centric architecture for verifiable cooperative maneuvers	10
Hierarchical federated deep reinforcement learning based joint communication and computation for UAV situation awareness	10
A comparative analysis of the semi-persistent and dynamic scheduling schemes in NR-V2X mode 2	10
Performance analysis of RIS-assisted V2V communication under multipath interference	9
Blockchain-based fast handover authentication protocol for Internet of Vehicles in small industrial parks	9
The importance of V2X simulation: An in-depth comparison of intersection control algorithms using a high-fidelity communication simulation	9
A state-of-the-art on federated learning for vehicular communications	9
Integrated single target sensing and multiuser communications based on zero-forcing beamforming	9
Backscatter-enabled CR-NOMA based cooperative V2X communication with imperfect CSI	9
VAIDANSHH: Adaptive DDoS detection for heterogeneous hosts in vehicular environments	9
A hybrid MGO-JAYA based clustered routing for FANETs	9
Lightweight anonymous aggregate authentication in VANET based on offline/online certificateless signcryption using one-time key	9
Fairness aware secure energy efficiency maximization for UAV-assisted data collection in backscattering networks	8
A data sharing scheme based on blockchain for privacy protection certification of Internet of Vehicles	8
GSAAS: A group signature-based anonymous authentication scheme for VANETs	8
A hybrid deep learning based intrusion detection system using spatial-temporal representation of in-vehicle network traffic	8
LB-CLAS: Lattice-based conditional privacy-preserving certificateless aggregate signature scheme for VANET	8
An identity authentication and key agreement protocol for the internet of vehicles based on trusted cloud-edge-terminal architecture	8
Editorial Board	8
UAV trajectory planning for disaster scenarios	8
Dynamic offloading strategy in SAGIN-based emergency VEC: A multi-UAV clustering and collaborative computing approach	8
A coalitional security game against data integrity attacks in autonomous vehicle networks	8
Advancing connected vehicle security through real-time sensor anomaly detection and recovery	8
FSO communication system for high-speed trains under varying visibility conditions	8
Reinforcement learning based scheme for on-demand vehicular fog formation	8
Maximizing the energy efficiency using M-PSO in multi-hop UAV-IRS network for improved post-disaster emergency communication services	8
Enhanced performance analysis with exact solutions for downlink-NOMA system in vehicular communications	8
Securing short-packet transmissions via partial NOMA: Performance analysis under keyhole fading	8
Orientation of a diffuse reflector for improved coverage in ID-FSOC for vehicular communications	8
VitroBench: Manipulating in-vehicle networks and COTS ECUs on your bench	8
BCGS: Blockchain-assisted privacy-preserving cross-domain authentication for VANETs	8