Wireless Physical Layer Security Toward 6G
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Theory, Probability and Statistics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 6G communications and networks including RIS and ISAC; wireless communications physical layer security; artificial intelligence driven communications
Interests: machine learning; wireless network; intelligent sensing; physical-layer security; RIS-aided wireless communications
Interests: physical-layer security; physical-layer authentication; physical-layer encryption; physical-layer key generation; physical-layer covert communications; information hiding
Interests: physical layer security; network information theory; channel coding; data privacy; wireless federated learning; joint source-channel coding
Interests: physical layer security; 6G wireless security; ISAC security; AI empowered wireless security; cross-layer security
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rollout of fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks and the forthcoming sixth-generation (6G) will bring about fundamental changes in the way we communicate and access services and entertainment. Various critical applications and use cases such as healthcare, financial transactions, e-commerce, transportation, industrial automation, etc., rely on secure and reliable communication for their proper operation. Therefore, the enhancement of the security of the 6G access network is of critical importance. In the past years, wireless physical layer security (WPLS) has been studied and indicated as a possible way to emancipate networks from classical, complexity-based security approaches, which also shows great potential to safeguard the physical layer of the 6G network. In particular, the physical layer of 6G exhibits a series of new characteristics, such as integrated communication and sensing (ISAC), the adoption of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), the groundbreaking application of artificial intelligence (AI), etc. These provide new opportunities and challenges for WPLS.
This Special Issue invites submissions of high-quality original technical and survey papers in this vibrant area addressing both the theoretical and practical aspects of WPLS in 6G, hopefully inspiring researchers to identity practical use cases.
Prof. Dr. Hui-Ming Wang
Prof. Dr. Feng Shu
Prof. Dr. Ning Xie
Prof. Dr. Bin Dai
Dr. Na Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wireless physical layer security
- physical layer secrecy transmission
- physical layer key agreement
- physical layer authentication
- physical layer security for ISAC
- AI driven physical layer security
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