Federated Learning (FL) over 5G cellular networks protects raw data but remains vulnerable to side-channel leakage. Prior fingerprinting attacks assume packet-level network visibility, an assumption that does not hold at the 5G Physical (PHY) layer, where user payloads are encrypted and Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (RNTIs) may change over time.
The paper introduces SAFA-MZ, a secure adaptive framework for physical‑layer authentication in non‑terrestrial networks. It fuses multiple spatial, angular, combiner, subspace, and Doppler‑delay features into a distributed fingerprint and employs a causal meta‑learning strategy with invariant risk minimization to adapt quickly to new environments. A two‑stage authentication process combines local recognition with selective TDOA localization using a graph attention network, reducing backhaul overhead while achieving 92% accuracy and 96% AUC in simulations.
By Parsa Rajabi, Mohammad Reza Abedi, Nader Mokari, Paeiz Azmi, Halim Yanikomeroglu
The paper proposes a Learnware-based framework for deploying scene‑specific CSI feedback models in 6G systems. A centralized AI data center maintains a catalog of pre‑trained models, each tagged with semantic and statistical specifications. Base stations retrieve the most relevant model using only statistical fingerprints, which reduces data privacy risks, lowers retrieval latency, and cuts fine‑tuning effort, achieving up to 57.7% performance gains over a general model.
By Xiangyi Li, Jiajia Guo, Chao-Kai Wen, Xin Geng, Shi Jin, Zhi-Hua Zhou
The paper presents a channel-informed neural network for physical-layer key generation (PKG) that extracts binary key features directly from IQ measurements while grounding the representation in the multipath channel. The multi-task recurrent network jointly learns reciprocity-preserving features and an auxiliary channel estimate, using deep metric learning and channel-informed supervision. Experiments on indoor and outdoor software-defined-radio data show lower bit disagreement for legitimate users, improved key diversity with ray-traced augmentation, and successful NIST randomness tests after SHA-3 privacy amplification.
By Jose Angel Sanchez Viloria, George Sklivanitis, Dimitris Pados, Elizabeth Serena Bentley
arXiv:2606. 07857v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The rise of edge-based machine learning has enabled distributed adaptation of language models across mobile and IoT devices, offering privacy preservation and real-time responsiveness.
By Stefan Behfar, Richard Mortier
arXiv:2510. 13817v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The growth of IoT devices in shared environments has outpaced our ability to identify them, posing urgent risks to privacy, safety, and accountability.
By Rameen Mahmood, Tousif Ahmed, Sai Teja Peddinti, Danny Yuxing Huang