Protocols and Mechanisms for Emerging Network Technologies
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2024) | Viewed by 6523
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medium access control; information networks; ad hoc networks; unmanned aerial vehicles; base stations
Interests: network security; internet of things; location privacy
Interests: applied AI and ML; Internet of Things; VANETs and FANETs; blockchain and cybersecurity; edge/fog and cloud computing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This century is marked by the rapid evolution of networking technologies that provide connectivity and communication infrastructure for a diverse range of smart applications, including in transportation (terrestrial and aerial), healthcare, grids, education, agriculture, factories, cities and cyber-physical systems. In this context, this Special Issue solicits new contributions describing well-founded approaches and communication systems and architectures based on new strong protocols, mechanisms and concepts that address current challenges and open research issues in various applications and solve problems with direct relevance to societal needs. Indeed, the behavior of emerging computer networks is fundamentally complex, being shaped by several technologies, many users, complex smart application, numerous protocols and mechanisms, massive operating systems, huge data and a wide variety of devices, diverse networks tools, simulators and test beds.
As a result, understanding the behavior of the emerging networks technologies (especially the new generation of wireless networks including 6G and space–air–ground interconnected networks) is becoming challenging. In addition, increasingly sophisticated network attacks and cyber-physical-system-related threats and attacks necessitate secure, reliable and intelligent network monitoring. Additionally, the use of intelligence artificial solutions within networks architecture has become a necessity for intelligent and self-organizing networks. Accordingly, these challenging areas require further investigation.
This Special Issue's goal is to present theoretical and experimental research, as well as original protocols, applications, frameworks and techniques, that focus on upcoming technologies and developing trends in the multidisciplinary field of next-generation systems. Review papers and surveys of the highest caliber are encouraged.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Algorithms, protocols and architecture for space–air–ground integrated networks (SAGINs);
- Emerging standardization-issue-related network technologies;
- Algorithms, protocols and architecture for beyond-5G networks and emerging 6G networks;
- Evaluation and performance analysis of emerging networks technologies in different contexts;
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and federated learning in intelligent networking systems;
- Quality of experience (QoE) and quality of service (QoS) provisioning within emerging network technologies;
- Protocols, services and applications for vehicular networks, internet of vehicles (IoV), vehicular cloud, UAVs, internet of drones and urban air mobility (UAMs) scenarios;
- Security, privacy and trust management within emerging network technologies.
Prof. Dr. Chaari Fourati Lamia
Dr. Samiha Ayed
Prof. Dr. Adel Ben Mnaouer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging networks technologies
- intelligent networking systems
- internet of things
- network security
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