Security and Privacy Challenges for AI in Wireless Communication
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1224
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical layer security; wireless vital sign sensing; security and privacy; wireless communication; satellite communication
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past two decades, wireless communication has revolutionized modern life. From powerful mobile devices to tiny sensors transmitting data, it has impacted diverse applications, from consumer electronics to critical health and infrastructure devices. The recent rise of AI and its applications holds great potential for further transformation.
Similarly, wireless communication is not immune to AI’s influence. AI has been explored for waveform generation, resource allocation, power conservation, channel estimation, and RF parameter optimization. However, as with many technologies, security is often an afterthought, and the same applies to AI in wireless communication. Recent cyberattacks have prompted increased scrutiny of AI’s role in this field.
The main aim of this Special Issue is to address the security and privacy aspects of novel machine learning techniques for future wireless communication networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Threat analysis of AI in wireless communication;
- Adversarial attacks on AI algorithms in wireless communication;
- Adversarial machine learning for wireless communication systems;
- AI attacks on wireless communication systems;
- Mitigation techniques for the security of AI in wireless communication;
- Security-aware techniques for AI in wireless communication.
Dr. Saeed Rehman
Dr. Shafiq Alam
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adversarial machine learning
- machine learning security
- wireless attacks
- security-aware AI
- AI in wireless communication
- AI defence
- adversarial attacks
- threat analysis
- privacy in AI
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