Security and Privacy in 5G-Enabled IoT Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2023) | Viewed by 2211
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computer security; computer networks; sensor networks; Internet of Things
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Interests: computer networks; QoS; computer security; wireless sensor networks; IoT; 5G networks
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The necessity of wireless connectivity is increasing. In addition to the human-centric communications that drove most of the present growth, machine-type applications are becoming more important, and the number of devices connected is increasing at a fast pace. The fifth generation of mobile and wireless communications (5G) is designed to support higher speed, reduced latency, and massive connectivity, with improved reliability and energy efficiency. These characteristics make 5G a key enabler to finally realize the full potential of IoT, making it an integral part of our economy and lifestyle. In this context, new applications will be created to support the novel business requirements of different verticals, from healthcare to industry, such as the need to control multiple devices or the support of critical applications that require real-time performance and reliability. These new applications will also demand massive data exchange between different and heterogeneous devices that are connected by an also heterogeneous network. Security will be of cornerstone importance for the enabling of such applications, and appropriate solutions will be required to deal with requirements such as identification and authentication, trust management, end-to-end encryption, and key management, among various others.
This special issue is an ideal platform to report the more recent research advances in security and privacy to support 5G-enabled IoT applications. We invite researchers to contribute with original research and review articles, which share new mechanisms, protocols and architectures, present theoretical proposals, describe practical deployments, or that identify new research opportunities.
Articles may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Security and privacy concept, mechanisms, and protocols for 5G IoT applications
- Security in LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Networks) 5G environments
- Security in the context of 5G-LPWAN integration
- Middleware support and services for intra-slice security
- Modelling, simulation, and tools for effective design of security solutions for 5G IoT
- Architectures and standards for security in 5G IoT
- Experiences with real-world deployments and innovative applications
- 5G core security services and mechanisms
- Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
- Autonomous trust management
- Energy and security management for IoT
- Security management for distributed IoT devices
- Latency-controlled secure communication mechanisms
- Security and Privacy in critical 5G IoT applications
- Dynamic security for 5G IoT
- Energy-aware security mechanisms and solutions
- Security optimization in heterogeneous environments
The integration of IoT applications with 5G communications environments is accelerating the need for the design of innovative and open approaches to security and privacy, as is our target in this special issue of Sensors
Prof. Dr. Jorge Granjal
Prof. Vasco Pereira
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