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The sixth generation (6G) of wireless networks is envisioned to seamlessly integrate communications, sensing, localization, and computation into intelligent and programmable environments. Emerging applications, such as autonomous mobility, immersive metaverse experiences, digital twins, and real-time Industry 5.0 control, demand resilient, secure, and trustworthy communication architectures that can operate reliably in dynamic and adversarial conditions. 

Technologies such as Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), near-field and THz communications, semantic and task-oriented networking, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), and AI-native network architectures introduce unprecedented opportunities for performance enhancement, while simultaneously creating new vulnerabilities across physical, link, and network layers. Traditional security solutions that rely solely on cryptographic methods are no longer sufficient, while future networks must embed resilience and trustworthiness natively into their communication and control frameworks.

This Special Issue provides a platform for innovative research on architectures, algorithms, and implementations that ensure security, robustness, and trust across the 6G communication ecosystem. We invite high-quality contributions spanning theoretical analysis, cross-layer design, AI-driven security, and experimental validations, with an emphasis on communications-, networking-, and system-level resilience in next-generation wireless environments.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

• Resilient and secure Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system design;
• RIS-enabled and programmable environments for secure and adaptive 6G communications;
• Secure and covert beamforming, waveform, and coding for near-field, THz, and massive MIMO systems;
• Physical-layer authentication, anonymity, and privacy-preserving modulation and coding schemes;
• Adversarially robust, explainable, and trustworthy AI for wireless networks;
• Secure federated, distributed, and reinforcement learning for edge and network intelligence;
• Privacy-preserving learning and model aggregation in collaborative and decentralized 6G environments;
• Cross-layer security and resource allocation mechanisms for adaptive and self-healing networks;
• Secure routing, topology reconfiguration, and resilience in dynamic and ultra-dense 6G networks;
• Distributed trust management and lightweight consensus protocols for AI-native architectures;
• Quantum and post-quantum communication frameworks for future-proof trust architectures;
• Information-theoretic and system-level security analysis for resilient communication and sensing;
• Trusted hardware, secure RF front-ends, and resilient reconfigurable antenna and transceiver platforms;
• Resilience mechanisms for UAV, vehicular, satellite, and massive IoT communications;
• Interference exploitation and jamming-resilient dual-functional RadCom systems;
• Semantic and task-oriented communications with integrated privacy, reliability, and intent assurance;
• Digital twins, metaverse, and immersive environments with built-in trust and privacy protection;
• Blockchain-inspired and distributed ledger mechanisms for decentralized security and authentication;
• Experimental testbeds, open datasets, and reproducible benchmarks for resilient and trustworthy 6G systems;
• Standardization and interoperability for secure and trustworthy 6G communications.

Submission Guidelines

Prospective authors should submit their manuscripts following the IEEE OJCOMS guidelines. Authors should submit a manuscript through Manuscript Central.

Important Dates

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 30 May 2026
Publication Date: Fourth Quarter 2026

Lead Guest Editor

Nanchi Su
Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China

Guest Editors

George C. Alexandropoulos
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Zhongxiang Wei
Tongji University, China

Christos Masouros
University College London, UK

Ahmad Bazzi
New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

Aylin Yener
Ohio State University, USA

Tse-Tin Chan
Education University of Hong Kong, China