Advances of Security and Privacy Techniques in Emerging Wireless Networks

The articles in this Special Issue focus on Advances of Security and Privacy Techniques in Emerging Wireless Networks. Wireless networks provide ubiquitous and on-demand connectivity without the need of significant infrastructure deployment, which are pervasive in our daily lives. As multiple wireless technologies proliferate, some emerging wireless networks such as wireless sensor networks, wireless mesh networks, vehicular ad hoc networks, and aerial wireless networks, have gained research attention. Other cutting-edge technologies including Internet of Things, Blockchain, cloud and big data also motivate the development of such networks. As such, more sensitive data than ever are being transmitted over wireless links. Although the emerging wireless networks have attracted much research eff ort, the security issues, as well as the privacy concerns, of these networks have not been fully investigated. Moreover, the involved new techniques also bring more challenges in securely accessing these networks, authentication, user privacy protection and more. To tackle the security and privacy challenges in wireless networks, we organized this Special Issue focusing on security and privacy in emerging wireless networks. The response to our Call for Papers was overwhelming, with 56 submissions. During the review process, each paper was reviewed by at least three experts in the relevant areas, with a rigorous two-round review process. Thanks to the support of the Editor-in-Chief we were able to accept 11 excellent articles covering various aspects of security and privacy in wireless networks. Here, we introduce them and highlight their main contributions.