Resource constraints have prevented comprehensive cryptography and multifactor authentication in numerous Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity scenarios. Existing IoT systems generally adopt lightweight security protocols that lead to compromise and...
The extreme bandwidth and performance of 5G mobile networks changes the way we develop and utilize digital services. Within a few years, 5G will not only touch technology and applications, but dramatically change the economy, our society and individu...
In this work, we study the security performance of a double intelligent reflecting surface non-orthogonal multiple access (DIRS-NOMA) wireless communication system supporting communication for a group of two NOMA users (UEs) at the edge, with the exi...
With the rapid digitization of healthcare information, ensuring the security and privacy of patient data has become a critical research focus. This study introduces a novel Attribute-Based Signcryption (ABSC) framework combining blockchain and edge c...
Robots can be very different, from humanoids to intelligent self-driving cars or just IoT systems that collect and process local sensors’ information. This paper presents a way to increase dependability for information exchange and processing in syst...
In this paper, we aim to provide reliable user connectivity and enhanced security for computation task offloading. Physical layer security is studied in a wireless-powered non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) mobile edge computing (MEC) system with...
This comprehensive systematic review examines the integration of software-defined networking (SDN) with IoT security frameworks, analyzing recent advancements in encryption, authentication, access control techniques, and intrusion detection systems....
The IoE forms the foundation of the modern digital ecosystem by enabling seamless connectivity and data exchange among smart devices, sensors, and systems. However, the inherent nature of this structure, characterized by high heterogeneity, distribut...
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication is a fundamental technology in the development of intelligent transportation systems, encompassing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), infrastructure (V2I), and pedestrian (V2P) communications. This technology enables...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), when interconnected in a multi-hop ad-hoc fashion, or as a flying ad-hoc network (FANET), can efficiently accomplish mission-critical tasks. However, UAVs usually suffer from the issues of shorter lifespan and limited...
Billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensors are expected to be supported by fifth-generation (5G) wireless cellular networks. This highly connected structure is predicted to attract different and unseen types of attacks on devices, senso...
Blockchain-based data storage methods offer strong data integrity, decentralized security, and transparent access control but also face scalability challenges, high computational costs, and complex data management. This study provides a comprehensive...
The node–edge–cloud collaborative computation paradigm has introduced new security challenges to data sharing. Existing data-sharing schemes suffer from limitations such as low efficiency and inflexibility and are not easily integrated wi...
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are embedded with software, electronics, and sensors, and feature connectivity with constrained resources. They require the edge computing paradigm, with modular characteristics relying on microservices, to provide an...
In the IoT (Internet of Things) environment, the existing access control schemes for device resources have some problems, such as poor scalability, high latency, security, and dynamics. Combining the advantages of the permissioned blockchain and edge...
In the post-cloud era, edge computing is a new computing paradigm with data processed at the edge of the network, which can process the data close to the end-user in real time and offload the cloud task intelligently. Meanwhile, the decentralization,...
Traditional centralized access control faces data security and privacy problems. The core server is the main target to attack. Single point of failure risk and load bottleneck are difficult to solve effectively. And the third-party data center cannot...
The secure and efficient storage and sharing of medical images have become increasingly important due to rising security threats and performance limitations in existing healthcare systems. Centralized systems struggle to provide adequate privacy, rap...
The rapid expansion of 5G networks and edge computing has amplified security challenges in Internet of Things (IoT) environments, including unauthorized access, data tampering, and DDoS attacks. This paper introduces EdgeChainGuard, a hybrid blockcha...
The smart home is a crucial embodiment of the internet of things (IoT), which can facilitate users to access smart home services anytime and anywhere. Due to the limited resources of cloud computing, it cannot meet users’ real-time needs. There...
The development of the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) promotes the integration of the cross-platform systems in fog computing, which enable users to obtain access to multiple application located in different geographical locations. Fog users at...
With the rapid popularization of current Internet of Things (IoT) technology and 5G networks, as well as the continuous updating of new service lifestyles and businesses, the era of big data processing for the IoT has arrived. However, centralizing a...
Fifth Generation mobile networks (5G) promise to make network services provided by various Service Providers (SP) such as Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and third-party SPs accessible from anywhere by the end-users through their User Equipment (UE)....
In recent years, container-based virtualization technology for edge and cloud computing has advanced dramatically. Virtualization solutions based on Docker Containers provide a more lightweight and efficient virtual environment for Edge and cloud-bas...
Edge computing provides a unified platform for computing, networking, and storage resources, enabling data to be processed in a timely and efficient manner near the source. Thus, it has become the basic platform for industrial Internet of things (IIo...
Modern and future services require ultra-reliable mobile connections with high bandwidth parameters and proper security protection. It is possible to ensure such conditions by provisioning services in the Multi-Access Edge Computing system integrated...
The traditional cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) architecture places extremely high demands on computers and storage on cloud servers. At the same time, the strong dependence on centralized servers causes major trust problems. Blockchain provides...
In the current context of the wide application of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, cross-domain data sharing based on industrial IoT (IIoT) has become the key to maximizing data value, but it also faces many challenges. In response to the securit...
Despite the significant benefits that the rise of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) can bring into citizens’ quality of life by enabling IoMT-based healthcare monitoring systems, there is an urgent need for novel security mechanisms to address...
As industries develop and informatization accelerates, enterprise collaboration is increasing. However, current architectures face malicious attacks, data tampering, privacy issues, and security and efficiency problems in information exchange and ent...
Authentication is essential for the prevention of various types of attacks in fog/edge computing. So, a novel mode-based hash chain for secure mutual authentication is necessary to address the Internet of Things (IoT) devices’ vulnerability, as there...
The edge devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures are increasingly susceptible to piracy. These pirated edge devices pose a serious threat to security, as an adversary can get access to the private network through these non-a...
In this study, based on multi-access edge computing (MEC), we provided the possibility of cooperating manufacturing processes. We tried to solve the job shop scheduling problem by applying DQN (deep Q-network), a reinforcement learning model, to this...
The development of medical data and resources has become essential for enhancing patient outcomes and operational efficiency in an age when digital innovation in healthcare is becoming more important. The rapid growth of the Internet of Medical Thing...
In this paper, we introduce a security approach for on-device learning Edge AIs designed to detect abnormal conditions in factory machines. Since Edge AIs are easily accessible by an attacker physically, there are security risks due to physical attac...
Role-based access control (RBAC) is a widely adopted access control model in various domains for defining security management. Role mining is closely related to role-based access control, as the latter employs role assignments to offer a flexible and...
Edge intelligence is an emerging paradigm generated by the deep integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing. It enables data to remain at the edge without being sent to remote cloud servers, lowering response time, saving bandwidth...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is being applied in multiple domains, including smart homes and energy management. This work aims to tighten security in IoTs using fingerprint authentications and avoid unauthorized access to systems for safeguarding use...
In edge–cloud collaboration scenarios, data sharing is a critical technological tool, yet smart devices encounter significant challenges in ensuring data-sharing security. Attribute-based keyword search (ABKS) is employed in these contexts to f...
Internet of Things (IoT) applications bring evolved and intelligent services that can help improve users’ daily lives. These applications include home automation, health care, and smart agriculture. However, IoT development and adoption face various...
The rapid advancement of technology and increasing data utilisation have underscored the need for new models to manage and secure big data effectively. However, the constraints of isolated network environments and the limitations of existing security...
Fog computing (FC) is a distributed architecture in which computing resources and services are placed on edge devices closer to data sources. This enables more efficient data processing, shorter latency times, and better performance. Fog computing wa...
The rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its attributes of constrained devices and a distributed environment make it difficult to manage such a huge and growing network of devices on a global scale. Existing traditional access-control sys...
The integration of edge computing (EC) and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) technologies facilitates the development of adaptive healthcare systems that significantly improve the accessibility and monitoring of individuals with disabilities. By enab...
Over the last few decades, the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) has produced an overwhelming flow of data and services, which has shifted the access control paradigm from a fixed desktop environment to dynamic cloud environments. Fog com...
Modern organizations have migrated from localized physical offices to work-from-home environments. This surge in remote work culture has exponentially increased the demand for and usage of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which permit remote employee...
The enforcement of fine-grained access control policies in constrained dynamic networks can become a challenging task. The inherit constraints present in those networks, which result from the limitations of the edge devices in terms of power, computa...
This paper studies the cell-edge user’s performance of a secure multiple-input single-output non-orthogonal multiple-access (MISO-NOMA) system under the Rayleigh fading channel in the presence of an eavesdropper. We suppose a worst-case scenario that...
With the rapid evolution in wireless communications and autonomous vehicles, intelligent and autonomous vehicles will be launched soon. Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications provides driving safety, traffic efficiency, and road information in re...
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has revolutionized smart manufacturing by enhancing automation, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision making. However, the interconnected nature of IIoT devices raises significant concerns about sec...
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