May 11, 2026
The review article titled “Privacy and security for 6G networks via Fog/Edge Computing, Blockchain, and Federated Learning: A survey and taxonomy”, authored by Wilson Valdez-Solis, Juan Parra-Ullauri, Dimitra Simeonidou, and Attila Kertész, has been published in the D1-ranked Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), which has the highly prestigious 4th rank (out of 224) in Scopus CiteScore in the field of Hardware and Architecture.
The article presents a taxonomy-driven survey on how three key technologies, Fog/Edge Computing, Blockchain, and Federated Learning, can support the development of secure, privacy-preserving, and trustworthy 6G networks.
As future 6G systems are expected to connect massive numbers of devices while providing ultra-fast and low-latency services, protecting sensitive data and ensuring reliable coordination between distributed systems will become increasingly important.
The paper also presents a taxonomy of current approaches and highlights open challenges and future research directions in building trustworthy 6G systems.
The full article is available on ScienceDirect.