Dear Colleagues,

The Internet of Things (IoT) connects objects to the internet through sensor devices, radio frequency identification devices and other information collection devices to realize information interaction. IoT is widely used in many fields, including intelligent transportation, intelligent healthcare, smart home and industry. In these fields, IoT devices connected via high-speed Internet for efficient and reliable communications and faster response times. Since the high-speed Internet is wireless, IoT is faced with security risks such as false information, false terminals, information tampering and privacy disclosure. Therefore, we need to provide a low-latency and high-security communications in IoT environment.

The main security work is analyzed from the three logical levels of the IoT. The perceptual layer needs more effective security measures on devices with limited resources to ensure integrity, confidentiality and identification of collected data. The transport layer needs to solve the low latency and high security problems when data is transmitted across the network. The application layer needs to fully protect users privacy information when providing services for users. In addition, 6G network with low-latency and ultra-high network capacity is expected to become a new paradigm of the secure IoT.

This Special Issue brings together experts, scholars and scientific researchers in relevant fields to share their latest research contributions and expert insights. Topics of interest include but not limited to the following:

• Physical layer security of IoT
• Access control in IoT
• Low-latency and high-security authentication protocol
• Resource allocation (to ensure the efficiency of security policies)
• Offloading method design for edge management
• Trust management mechanism in IoT
• Intrusion detection technology for IoT (Artificial intelligence based)
• Blockchain based security for IoT
• Ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) for IoT
• Mobile broadband reliable low latency communication (MBRLLC)
• Protocol design for high reliability low latency IoT
• Quantum cryptography-based low-latency and high-security protocol for IoT

Prof. Dr. Junhui Zhao
Dr. Changqing Luo
Guest Editors

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Low-Latency;

High-Security;

Internet of Things;

6G;