APAuth+: A Lightweight Mutual Authentication Scheme in Backscatter Communications
Available online 6 August 2026
Backscatter Communication (BC) enables ultra-low-power wireless connections by employing simple Backscatter Devices (BDs) to reflect and modulate incident radio frequency (RF) signals for data transmission....
Sensing-assisted communication for secure uplink transmission in LEO-ISAC satellite systems
Available online 5 August 2026
To satisfy the uplink security requirements for legitimate users communicating under multi-antenna eavesdropping, while preventing eavesdroppers from accessing confidential information and enabling...
Anomaly detection in industrial control networks based on deep reinforcement learning and data reconstruction
Available online 5 August 2026
Any anomaly in the data flow of industrial control networks can directly translate into security vulnerabilities within the control system. Therefore, maintaining continuous situational awareness of...
An efficient bit-wise iterative stochastic decoder for turbo product codes
Available online 4 August 2026
Turbo Product Codes (TPCs) are increasingly considered efficient Forward Error Correction (FEC) schemes in modern high-speed communication systems. A key obstacle to their implementation lies in the...
A geometric relationship-aware and real-time coverage analysis for mega NGSO satellite constellations
Available online 3 August 2026
Coverage performance is a critical metric for evaluating the configuration design of satellite constellations, particularly for mega Non-Geostationary Earth Orbit (NGSO) constellations characterized...
Decentralized and provably secure authentication for smart grids via XTR and blockchain
July 2026
Smart Grid (SG) has garnered significant attention due to its exceptional stability, reliability, and flexibility. Ensuring secure communication between Smart Meters (SMs) and the Data Aggregator (DA)...
A survey of AI-driven QoT analysis in lightpath management
July 2026
Quality of Transmission (QoT) analysis is a foundational component in planning and operational management of modern optical networks. Traditional analytical models have limitations in accurately modeling...
A deployment optimization for wireless sensor networks based on stacked autoencoder and probabilistic neural network
July 2026
In the field of consumer electronics, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) can be used to build large-scale IoT systems and achieve intelligent data collection and processing. This paper proposes a deep...
Multi-RIS-aided covert communication for ISAC systems: performance analysis and DRL-based algorithm
July 2026
Multi-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-aided wireless networks has demonstrated the potential advantage in improving capacity and degree of freedom. In this paper, we investigate a novel multi-RIS-aided...
Multi-feature weighted PBFT with reputation monopoly prevention
July 2026
Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) imposes a high communication overhead and is susceptible to reputation monopolies in scoring-based consensus. Driven by these limitations, this study proposes...
Adaptive joint source-channel coding with regulated autoencoder
July 2026
This paper introduces ReJSCC, a unified deep Joint Source-Channel Coding (JSCC) framework designed for cross-modal adaptability to dynamic channel conditions. Unlike prior methods that rely on context-aware...
Wideband communications through drone-assisted cognitive radio VANETs using SURF channel selection
July 2026
In the past decade, Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) research has flourished, particularly in the context of smart cities, where it plays a pivotal role in supporting intelligent transportation systems...
Decentralized semi-federated learning in digital twin-empowered industrial IoT
July 2026
Recently, Industrial Edge Intelligence (IEI) is becoming a key component to achieve smart factory. However, the large amount of required training data, data privacy issues, and heterogeneous computation...
Integration of GNSS and cellular infrastructure for large-scale indoor localization
July 2026
Wireless indoor localization systems remain among the most promising technologies for enabling location-based services. Nevertheless, the inherent constraints of indoor environments often necessitate...
Wasserstein distance-based interference characterization and analysis in NGSO constellations with non-homogeneous stochastic geometry
July 2026
The performance degradation of mega Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems caused by co-frequency interference exhibits significant uncertainty, primarily due to the time-varying geometric...
GenAI-SFC: A GenAI-assisted Deep Reinforcement Learning approach for adaptive SFC provision in 6G intelligent networks
Available online 18 July 2026
With the advent of the 6G era, Inclusive Intelligent Services (IIS)—which rely on the convergence of advanced communication technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms—are expected to become...
Adversarial diffusion synthesis for specific emitter identification: multi-scale signal augmentation with cross-domain constraints
Available online 16 July 2026
Generative data augmentation offers a promising solution to data scarcity in Internet of Things(IoT) emitter identification, yet standard Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DDPM) often lacks semantic...
Securing healthcare IoT: A meta-synthesis of challenges, solutions, and technology convergence
Available online 15 July 2026
The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed the healthcare industry, with technologies such as big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence driving significant benefits through technology convergence....
IGSO constellation based polar satellite communication: system design, performance analysis, and LLM-based adaptive transmission
Available online 15 July 2026
Reliable communication is essential for supporting scientific exploration, navigation, and ocean-going voyages in the Arctic region. However, the vast geographical distances and extreme climatic conditions...
Superdirective antenna arrays-aided wireless communications: a tutorial and review of recent advances
Available online 13 July 2026
Superdirective antenna arrays, characterized by their ability to achieve extremely high directivity in compact antenna arrays, hold significant promise for advancing wireless communications. This review...
Joint PAPR Reduction and Digital Post-Distortion Transmission Framework for Nonlinear OFDM Systems
Available online 13 July 2026
Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signals inherently exhibit a high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR). This forces the Power Amplifier (PA) to operate with large input back-off, resulting...
Large language model empowered next-generation MIMO networks: fundamentals, challenges, and visions
June 2026
Next-generation Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) is expected to be intelligent and scalable. In this paper, we study Large Language Model (LLM)-enabled next-generation MIMO networks. Firstly, we...
Generative IoT: advancing IoT with generative AI and large language models
June 2026
With the fusion of Generative AI–particularly large language models (LLMs), multi-modal language models (MLLMs) such as vision-language models (VLMs), and large action models (LAMs)–with the Artificial...
Large language model-driven probabilistic trajectory prediction in the Internet of things using spatio-temporal encoding and normalizing flows
June 2026
The convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and foundation models, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), heralds a new era of intelligent and adaptive systems. This investigation explores the...
Towards secure intelligent O-RAN architecture: Vulnerabilities, threats and promising technical solutions using LLMs
June 2026
The evolution of wireless communication systems will be fundamentally impacted by an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN), a new concept defining an intelligent architecture with enhanced flexibility,...