Security and Privacy Challenges in Next-Generation Wireless Networks
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 187
Special Issue Editors
Interests: AI; network security; blockchain
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Interests: security of heterogeneous network; security of IoT; security of service composition
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Interests: wireless network security; physical layer security
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the rapid development of intelligent unmanned systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned ships, and unmanned vehicles, has imposed higher demands on wireless network coverage and communication rates. Wireless network communication modalities or architectures represented by semantic communication and satellite Internet have been subject to more extensive studies. Nevertheless, security and privacy challenges in semantic communication and satellite Internet have constrained their in-depth application in key areas. Such issues include semantic information leakage, adversarial semantic attacks in semantic communication, signal interception and eavesdropping, and satellite identity authentication in satellite Internet.
The Special Issue aims to bridge the gap between various research areas, fostering interdisciplinary solutions to secure next-generation wireless infrastructures. By integrating advancements in AI, cryptography, and network architecture, it seeks to empower industries and policymakers with actionable strategies for mitigating emerging threats while preserving user privacy.
Topic of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel network architectures for semantic communication and satellite Internet;
- Semantic information privacy protection models, technologies and algorithms;
- AI-enabled secure semantic communication;
- Satellite identity authentication based on trusted computing;
- Satellite identity authentication based on physical layer information;
- The formal verification of secure semantic communication and satellite communication protocols;
- Security solutions for semantic communication and satellite Internet;
- Cryptography and differential privacy.
Dr. Dawei Wei
Prof. Dr. Ning Xi
Dr. Shuangrui Zhao
Dr. Pengbin Feng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wireless network
- semantic communication
- satellite internet
- security
- privacy
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