Security and Privacy of Wireless Networks

Dear Colleagues,

From laptops to smartphones and from connected objects to mobile cyber-physical systems, the number of wireless devices has tremendously increased over the past two decades, as evidenced by the mobile traffic growth rate. If the underlying wireless networks rely on very different architectures and technologies, ranging from centralized cellular networks to distributed ad-hoc-like networks, they all present a relative fragility when it comes to security. Today, users are surrounded and even carry a real ecosystem of connected devices, whose complexity makes it difficult to monitor, control and to protect.

Despite their heterogeneous profiles, the use of a wireless medium by itself naturally exposes the network to opportunistic attackers. The multiplication of devices and their capability to connect to multiple networks simultaneously eases malevolent software propagation by circumventing network barriers. In addition, the constraints that stem from the use of portable battery-powered devices limit the usage of computationally intensive solutions.

From the user's point of view, the growing presence of connected devices into most human activities and the number of portable devices accompanying humans constantly pose serious challenges when it comes to privacy preservation.

For this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit original, previously unpublished articles concerning all types of wireless networks, including 4G/5G networks, Wireless Local Area Networks, ad-hoc, sensors, mesh, vehicular, body area and delay tolerant networks. We welcome theoretical and practical contributions addressing all aspects of wireless networks security and privacy, including:

• Privacy and anonymity
• Attacks and threats characterization
• Intrusion Detection & Prevention
• Networks forensics
• Authentication
• Access Control
• Key distribution & management
• Cryptography and cryptanalysis
• Trust models & trust management
• Secure Architectures
• Wireless Networks resilience

Prof. Claude Chaudet
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• Wireless Networks
• Security
• Privacy
• Trust
• Internet of Things
• Cybersecurity