Advanced Security, Trust and Privacy Solutions for Wireless Networks

Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid proliferation of mobile devices (e.g., smart phones, smart watches, smart glasses, and other wearable healthcare devices), wireless communications have been indispensable in our daily life. To enable the fast deployment of various promising applications such as smart healthcare and smart manufacturing, these devices are usually designed without much security consideration, leading to critical security, trust, and privacy issues in wireless networks. Although there has been plenty of effort devoted to research on security, trust, and privacy for wireless networks, it is still necessary to address many existing challenges by utilizing ongoing works. On one hand, the application of low-cost security solutions, such as lightweight encryption and physical layer security, in wireless networks, especially in resource-constrained scenarios such as the Internet of Things, is still a big challenge. On the other hand, the lack of appropriate trust management and privacy-preserving solutions may hinder the application of wireless networks.

The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a forum for worldwide researchers to share their innovative ideas and latest findings in the areas of security, trust, and privacy for wireless networks covering (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Lightweight encryption for wireless networks;
• Physical layer security for wireless networks, including key-based/keyless secure communication and covert communication;
• Physical layer authentication of mobile devices;
• Trust management in wireless networks;
• Privacy preservation in wireless networks;
• Access control in wireless networks;
• Application of distributed ledger technology and AI for security, trust, and privacy in wireless networks.

Prof. Dr. Xiaohong Jiang
Prof. Dr. Yulong Shen
Dr. Yuanyu Zhang
Prof. Dr. Tarik Taleb
Guest Editors

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