Recent years have witnessed a digital explosion in the deployment of 5G and the
proliferation of 5G-enabled innovations. Compared with 5G, 6G is envisioned to achieve a …

The five articles in this special section focus on novel research contributions, demonstration
results, and standardization efforts on 5G network security, privacy and trust. Currently it is …

The promise of disparate features envisioned by the 3GPP for 5G, such as offering
enhanced Mobile Broadband connectivity while providing massive Machine Type …

A slogan coined at the recent first Levi 6G Summit by Peter Wetter of Nokia Bell Labs was"
the 6G is about the 6th sense". This can be understood in at least two ways. One is that the …

While 5G networks are driving a growing number of use cases in the fields of iot and
industrial applications, the vision of the next generation of mobile communications systems …

With the rapid rollout and growing adoption of 3GPP 5thGeneration (5G) cellular services,
including in critical infrastructure sectors, it is important to review security mechanisms, risks …

After many years of work, 5G standards are still under development and the corresponding
technical specifications continue to evolve on the fly. At this moment, several countries have …

While 5G is well-known for network cloudification with micro-service based architecture, the
next generation networks or the 6G era is closely coupled with intelligent network …

5G and beyond ecosystems will be characterized by a growing set of stakeholders and an
increasing number of interconnected devices and services, not necessarily under the …

The digital transformation brought by 5G is redefining current models of end-to-end
connectivity and service reliability to include security-by-design principles necessary to …