Securing the networks 6G will run on.
A research group in the UCD School of Computer Science, advancing security and privacy for 5G and 6G networks, with research supported by our own Open RAN testbed.
SECURENET 2024
UpcomingAnnual NetsLab summit
Summit on Security and Privacy in Future Mobile Networks
Wednesday 13 January 2027
SECURENET brings together researchers, graduate students and industry experts to exchange ideas on security and privacy in 5G, 6G and IoT systems.
Programme and registration details will be announced here.
UpcomingIEEE ICC 2027 workshop
Security Automation and Cyber Threat Intelligence for AI-Native 6G
ICC · 30 May–3 June 2027
Connecting trustworthy intelligence, constrained security actions and measurable assurance. Join the conversation shaping dependable, autonomous 6G networks.
Workshop day and submission link to be announced.
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Research
Explore our 5G and Open RAN testbed at UCD, alongside datasets from NetsLab and collaborating institutions.
Making learning-based network functions trustworthy, and using AI to detect attacks on them.
Selected surveyFederated Learning for 6G Networks: Navigating Privacy Benefits and Challenges
Decentralised trust, data integrity and resource trading between operators and tenants.
Selected paperNon-Fungible Token Enabled Resource Trading Marketplace for 6G Network Slicing
Securing software-defined, sliced and edge-hosted networks, and automating how they respond to threats.
Selected paperA Novel Authentication Protocol for 5G gNodeBs in Service Migration Scenarios of MEC
@inproceedings{netslab5132,
title = {Evaluating Data Trust in Blockchain-Based IoT Systems Using Machine Learning Techniques},
author = {Ratnayake, Rashmi and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Murphy, Liam},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10975901},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10975901},
booktitle = {2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab5136,
title = {Demo: Enabling Trustworthy Cold Chain Logistics Through Blockchain and Machine Learning},
author = {Ratnayake, Rashmi and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Murphy, Liam},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10976215},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10976215},
booktitle = {2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {1-2},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab5156,
title = {SHIELD - Secure Aggregation Against Poisoning in Hierarchical Federated Learning},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Marchal, Samuel and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1109/tdsc.2024.3472869},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tdsc.2024.3472869},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing},
volume = {22},
number = {2},
pages = {1845-1863},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab5176,
title = {Power Line Monitoring-Based Consensus Algorithm for Performance Enhancement of Energy Blockchain Applications in Smart Grid 2.0},
author = {Yapa, Charithri and De Alwis, Chamitha and Wijewardhana, Uditha and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ekanayake, Janaka},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1109/tsg.2024.3445659},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tsg.2024.3445659},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
pages = {277-287},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab5182,
title = {Non-Fungible Token Enabled Resource Trading Marketplace for 6G Network Slicing},
author = {Weerasinghe, Nisita and Porambage, Pawani and Braeken, An and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10975970},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10975970},
booktitle = {2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab5187,
title = {Demo: Blockchain-Based NFT Resource Marketplace for Efficient 6G Network Slicing},
author = {Weerasinghe, Nisita and Porambage, Pawani and Braeken, An and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10976071},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc54725.2025.10976071},
booktitle = {2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {1-2},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab5225,
title = {Federated Learning for 6G Networks: Navigating Privacy Benefits and Challenges},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Zeydan, Engin and Samarasinghe, Tharaka and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1109/ojcoms.2024.3513832},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2024.3513832},
journal = {IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society},
volume = {6},
pages = {90-129},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@incollection{netslab4767,
title = {From Opacity to Clarity: Leveraging XAI for Robust Network Traffic Classification},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Senevirathna, Thulitha and Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Nguyen, Manh-Dung and La, Vinh-Hoa and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-51135-6_11},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51135-6_11},
booktitle = {Communications in Computer and Information Science · Asia Pacific Advanced Network},
pages = {125-138},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland}
}@article{netslab4772,
title = {Rec-Def: A Recommendation-Based Defence Mechanism for Privacy Preservation in Federated Learning Systems},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/tce.2023.3333560},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tce.2023.3333560},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics},
volume = {70},
number = {1},
pages = {2716-2728},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab4904,
title = {Utilization of a blockchainized reputation management service for performance enhancement of Smart Grid 2.0 applications},
author = {Yapa, Charithri and De Alwis, Chamitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ekanayake, Janaka},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1016/j.jii.2024.100580},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2024.100580},
journal = {Journal of Industrial Information Integration},
volume = {39},
pages = {100580},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@inproceedings{netslab5128,
title = {Machine Learning for Data Trust Evaluations in Blockchain-Enabled IoT Systems},
author = {Ratnayake, Rashmi and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Murphy, Liam},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/icbc59979.2024.10634433},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icbc59979.2024.10634433},
booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)},
pages = {1-2},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab5145,
title = {Decentralized Defense: Leveraging Blockchain against Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning Systems},
author = {Thennakoon, Rashmi and Wanigasundara, Arosha and Weerasinghe, Sanjaya and Seneviratne, Chatura and Siriwardhana, Yushan and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc51664.2024.10454688},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc51664.2024.10454688},
booktitle = {2024 IEEE 21st Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {950-955},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab5151,
title = {Robust Aggregation Technique Against Poisoning Attacks in Multi-Stage Federated Learning Applications},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Marchal, Samuel and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc51664.2024.10454789},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc51664.2024.10454789},
booktitle = {2024 IEEE 21st Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {956-962},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab5154,
title = {Decentralized Learning for 6G Security: Open Issues and Future Directions},
author = {Kehelwala, Janani and Siriwardhana, Yushan and Hewa, Tharaka and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit60053.2024.10597004},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit60053.2024.10597004},
booktitle = {2024 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications \& 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit)},
pages = {1175-1180},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab5158,
title = {A Novel Authentication Protocol for 5G gNodeBs in Service Migration Scenarios of MEC},
author = {Ranaweera, Pasika and Yadav, Awaneesh Kumar and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Jurcut, Anca Delia},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/tdsc.2023.3320647},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tdsc.2023.3320647},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing},
volume = {21},
number = {4},
pages = {2930-2948},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab5206,
title = {SHERPA: Explainable Robust Algorithms for Privacy-Preserved Federated Learning in Future Networks to Defend Against Data Poisoning Attacks},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/sp54263.2024.00271},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/sp54263.2024.00271},
booktitle = {2024 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)},
pages = {4772-4790},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab5209,
title = {A Survey on Privacy of Personal and Non-Personal Data in B5G/6G Networks},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Kourtellis, Nicolas and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1145/3662179},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3662179},
journal = {ACM Computing Surveys},
volume = {56},
number = {10},
pages = {1-37},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)}
}@inproceedings{netslab5217,
title = {DisLLM: Distributed LLMs for Privacy Assurance in Resource-Constrained Environments},
author = {Sadeepa, Sumudith and Kavinda, Keshara and Hashika, Emmanuel and Sandeepa, Chamara and Gamage, Tharindu and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1109/cns62487.2024.10735498},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/cns62487.2024.10735498},
booktitle = {2024 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS)},
pages = {1-9},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab3808,
title = {Blockchain-Based Network Slice Broker to Facilitate Factory-As-a-Service},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka and Porambage, Pawani and Kovacevic, Ivana and Weerasinghe, Nisita and Harjula, Erkki and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/tii.2022.3173928},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2022.3173928},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics},
volume = {19},
number = {1},
pages = {519-530},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab3857,
title = {The role of security orchestrator in network slicing for future networks},
author = {Wijethilaka, Shalitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.23919/jcn.2023.000030},
url = {https://doi.org/10.23919/jcn.2023.000030},
journal = {Journal of Communications and Networks},
volume = {25},
number = {3},
pages = {355-369},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab3889,
title = {Proof-of-Monitoring (PoM): A Novel Consensus Mechanism for Blockchain-Based Secure Service Level Agreement Management},
author = {Weerasinghe, Nisita and Mishra, Raaj and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/tnsm.2023.3234862},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsm.2023.3234862},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management},
volume = {20},
number = {3},
pages = {2783-2803},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab4150,
title = {An EAP-Based Mutual Authentication Protocol for WLAN-Connected IoT Devices},
author = {Yadav, Awaneesh Kumar and Misra, Manoj and Pandey, Pradumn Kumar and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/tii.2022.3194956},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2022.3194956},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics},
volume = {19},
number = {2},
pages = {1343-1355},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab4174,
title = {A Provably Secure and Efficient 5G-AKA Authentication Protocol using Blockchain},
author = {Yadav, Awaneesh Kumar and Braeken, An and Misra, Manoj and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc51644.2023.10059918},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc51644.2023.10059918},
booktitle = {2023 IEEE 20th Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {1110-1115},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4742,
title = {FL-TIA: Novel Time Inference Attacks on Federated Learning},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/trustcom60117.2023.00044},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/trustcom60117.2023.00044},
booktitle = {2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom)},
pages = {173-180},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4743,
title = {Trust Management and Bad Data Reduction in Internet of Vehicles Using Blockchain and AI},
author = {Ratnayake, Rashmi and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Murphy, Liam},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/vtc2023-spring57618.2023.10200207},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/vtc2023-spring57618.2023.10200207},
booktitle = {2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring)},
pages = {1-5},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4757,
title = {Privacy of the Metaverse: Current Issues, AI Attacks, and Possible Solutions},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/metacom57706.2023.00052},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/metacom57706.2023.00052},
booktitle = {2023 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (MetaCom)},
pages = {234-241},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4760,
title = {Privacy-Preserved Collaborative Federated Learning Platform for Industrial Internet of Things},
author = {Pathiraja, Lakshan and Lakshan, Isuru and Kushani, Kavini and Sandeepa, Chamara and Gamage, Tharindu and Weerasinghe, Thilina and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/latincom59467.2023.10361886},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/latincom59467.2023.10361886},
booktitle = {2023 IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4889,
title = {Utilization of a Blockchain-Based Reputation Management System for Energy Trading in Smart Grid 2.0},
author = {Yapa, Charithri and De Alwis, Chamitha and Wijewardhana, Uditha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/latincom59467.2023.10361893},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/latincom59467.2023.10361893},
booktitle = {2023 IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@incollection{netslab4897,
title = {Smart Grid 2.0 Security},
author = {Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Yapa, Charithri and De Alwis, Chamitha},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1002/9781119875437.ch12},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119875437.ch12},
booktitle = {Security and Privacy Vision in 6G},
pages = {167-184},
publisher = {Wiley}
}@article{netslab3213,
title = {DROAD: Demand-aware reconfigurable optically-switched agile data center network},
author = {Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Le, Dinh Danh and McArdle, Conor and Murphy, John and Barry, Liam},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1016/j.osn.2022.100683},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.osn.2022.100683},
journal = {Optical Switching and Networking},
volume = {45},
pages = {100683},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@article{netslab3397,
title = {A survey on privacy for B5G/6G: New privacy challenges, and research directions},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Kourtellis, Nicolas and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1016/j.jii.2022.100405},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2022.100405},
journal = {Journal of Industrial Information Integration},
volume = {30},
pages = {100405},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@article{netslab3504,
title = {Proof of Sense: A Novel Consensus Mechanism for Spectrum Misuse Detection},
author = {Fernando, Pramitha and Dadallage, Keshawa and Gamage, Tharindu and Seneviratne, Chathura and Madanayake, Arjuna and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/tii.2022.3169978},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2022.3169978},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics},
volume = {18},
number = {12},
pages = {9206-9216},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab3508,
title = {A Survey on the Convergence of Edge Computing and AI for UAVs: Opportunities and Challenges},
author = {McEnroe, Patrick and Wang, Shen and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/jiot.2022.3176400},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2022.3176400},
journal = {IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
volume = {9},
number = {17},
pages = {15435-15459},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@misc{netslab3659,
title = {Need of 6G for the Metaverse Realization},
author = {Siniarski, Bartlomiej and De Alwis, Chamitha and Yenduri, Gokul and Huynh-The, Thien and Gür, Gürkan and Gadekallu, Thippa Reddy and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2301.03386},
url = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2301.03386},
howpublished = {arXiv:2301.03386 [cs.NI]},
eprint = {2301.03386},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
primaryClass = {cs.NI}
}@inproceedings{netslab3826,
title = {A Federated Learning Approach for Improving Security in Network Slicing},
author = {Wijethilaka, Shalitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/globecom48099.2022.10001190},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/globecom48099.2022.10001190},
booktitle = {GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference},
pages = {915-920},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3840,
title = {A Comprehensive Analysis on Network Slicing for Smart Hospital Applications},
author = {Wijethilaka, Shalitha and Porambage, Pawani and de Alwis, Chamitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc49033.2022.9700535},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc49033.2022.9700535},
booktitle = {2022 IEEE 19th Annual Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {276-279},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3859,
title = {A Novel Network Slicing based Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) Framework for Private 5G Networks},
author = {Wijethilaka, Shalitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/latincom56090.2022.10000486},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/latincom56090.2022.10000486},
booktitle = {2022 IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab3867,
title = {Fog Computing and Blockchain-Based Security Service Architecture for 5G Industrial IoT-Enabled Cloud Manufacturing},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka and Braeken, An and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/tii.2022.3140792},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2022.3140792},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics},
volume = {18},
number = {10},
pages = {7174-7185},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab3995,
title = {Robust and Resilient Federated Learning for Securing Future Networks},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit54941.2022.9815812},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit54941.2022.9815812},
booktitle = {2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications \& 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit)},
pages = {351-356},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4021,
title = {Federated Learning based Anomaly Detection as an Enabler for Securing Network and Service Management Automation in Beyond 5G Networks},
author = {Jayasinghe, Suwani and Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit54941.2022.9815754},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit54941.2022.9815754},
booktitle = {2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications \& 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit)},
pages = {345-350},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab4094,
title = {Realizing contact-less applications with Multi-Access Edge Computing},
author = {Ranaweera, Pasika and de Alwis, Chamitha and Jurcut, Anca D. and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1016/j.icte.2022.03.001},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2022.03.001},
journal = {ICT Express},
volume = {8},
number = {4},
pages = {575-587},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@inproceedings{netslab4160,
title = {LEMAP: A Lightweight EAP based Mutual Authentication Protocol for IEEE 802.11 WLAN},
author = {Yadav, Awaneesh Kumar and Misra, Manoj and Pandey, Pradumn Kumar and Kaur, Kuljeet and Garg, Sahil and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/icc45855.2022.9839094},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icc45855.2022.9839094},
booktitle = {ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications},
pages = {692-697},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab4166,
title = {An improved and provably secure symmetric-key based 5G-AKA Protocol},
author = {Yadav, Awaneesh Kumar and Misra, Manoj and Pandey, Pradumn Kumar and Braeken, An and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1016/j.comnet.2022.109400},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2022.109400},
journal = {Computer Networks},
volume = {218},
pages = {109400},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@inproceedings{netslab4170,
title = {Service Migration Authentication Protocol for MEC},
author = {Ranaweera, Pasika and Yadav, Awaneesh Kumar and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Jurcut, Anca Delia},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1109/globecom48099.2022.10001261},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/globecom48099.2022.10001261},
booktitle = {GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference},
pages = {5493-5498},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab3405,
title = {Energy efficient contact tracing and social interaction based patient prediction system for COVID-19 pandemic},
author = {Moremada, Charuka and Sandeepa, Chamara and Dissanayaka, Nadeeka and Gamage, Tharindu and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.23919/jcn.2021.000037},
url = {https://doi.org/10.23919/jcn.2021.000037},
journal = {Journal of Communications and Networks},
volume = {23},
number = {5},
pages = {390-407},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab3411,
title = {Security Enhanced Emergency Situation Detection System for Ambient Assisted Living},
author = {Shabisha, Placide and Sandeepa, Chamara and Moremada, Charuka and Dissanayaka, Nadeeka and Gamage, Tharindu and Braeken, An and Steenhaut, Kris and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/ojcs.2021.3095341},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ojcs.2021.3095341},
journal = {IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society},
volume = {2},
pages = {241-259},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab3482,
title = {Survey on blockchain for future smart grids: Technical aspects, applications, integration challenges and future research},
author = {Yapa, Charithri and de Alwis, Chamitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ekanayake, Janaka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.112},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.112},
journal = {Energy Reports},
volume = {7},
pages = {6530-6564},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@article{netslab3488,
title = {Can Blockchain Strengthen the Energy Internet?},
author = {Yapa, Charithri and de Alwis, Chamitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.3390/network1020007},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/network1020007},
journal = {Network},
volume = {1},
number = {2},
pages = {95-115},
publisher = {MDPI AG}
}@article{netslab3807,
title = {Survey on Network Slicing for Internet of Things Realization in 5G Networks},
author = {Wijethilaka, Shalitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/comst.2021.3067807},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2021.3067807},
journal = {IEEE Communications Surveys \& Tutorials},
volume = {23},
number = {2},
pages = {957-994},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab3855,
title = {Realizing Internet of Things with Network Slicing: Opportunities and Challenges},
author = {Wijethilaka, Shalitha and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc49032.2021.9369637},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc49032.2021.9369637},
booktitle = {2021 IEEE 18th Annual Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab3870,
title = {Survey on blockchain based smart contracts: Applications, opportunities and challenges},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102857},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102857},
journal = {Journal of Network and Computer Applications},
volume = {177},
pages = {102857},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@article{netslab3873,
title = {Survey on Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts: Technical Aspects and Future Research},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka Mawanane and Hu, Yining and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Kanhare, Salil S. and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/access.2021.3068178},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3068178},
journal = {IEEE Access},
volume = {9},
pages = {87643-87662},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab3895,
title = {A Novel Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) Platform for Local 5G Operators},
author = {Weerasinghe, Nisita and Hewa, Tharaka and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Kanhere, Salil S. and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/ojcoms.2021.3066284},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2021.3066284},
journal = {IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society},
volume = {2},
pages = {575-601},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab3900,
title = {Blockchain-based Roaming and Offload Service Platform for Local 5G Operators},
author = {Weerasinghe, Nisita and Hewa, Tharaka and Dissanayake, Maheshi and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/ccnc49032.2021.9369516},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc49032.2021.9369516},
booktitle = {2021 IEEE 18th Annual Consumer Communications \& Networking Conference (CCNC)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab3975,
title = {A Survey on Mobile Augmented Reality With 5G Mobile Edge Computing: Architectures, Applications, and Technical Aspects},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/comst.2021.3061981},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2021.3061981},
journal = {IEEE Communications Surveys \& Tutorials},
volume = {23},
number = {2},
pages = {1160-1192},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab3991,
title = {AI and 6G Security: Opportunities and Challenges},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit51104.2021.9482503},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit51104.2021.9482503},
booktitle = {2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications \& 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit)},
pages = {616-621},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab4016,
title = {The role of 5G for digital healthcare against COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Gür, Gürkan and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1016/j.icte.2020.10.002},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2020.10.002},
journal = {ICT Express},
volume = {7},
number = {2},
pages = {244-252},
publisher = {Elsevier BV}
}@article{netslab4088,
title = {Survey on Multi-Access Edge Computing Security and Privacy},
author = {Ranaweera, Pasika and Jurcut, Anca Delia and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/comst.2021.3062546},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2021.3062546},
journal = {IEEE Communications Surveys \& Tutorials},
volume = {23},
number = {2},
pages = {1078-1124},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab4112,
title = {Novel MEC Based Approaches for Smart Hospitals to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic},
author = {Ranaweera, Pasika and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Jurcut, Anca Delia},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1109/mce.2020.3031261},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2020.3031261},
journal = {IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine},
volume = {10},
number = {2},
pages = {80-91},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab3414,
title = {Social Interaction Tracking and Patient Prediction System for Potential COVID-19 Patients},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Moremada, Charuka and Dissanayaka, Nadeeka and Gamage, Tharindu and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/5gwf49715.2020.9221268},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/5gwf49715.2020.9221268},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE 3rd 5G World Forum (5GWF)},
pages = {13-18},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3419,
title = {An Emergency Situation Detection System for Ambient Assisted Living},
author = {Sandeepa, Chamara and Moremada, Charuka and Dissanayaka, Nadeeka and Gamage, Tharindu and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/iccworkshops49005.2020.9145053},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/iccworkshops49005.2020.9145053},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3490,
title = {Blockchain-Based Wi-Fi Offloading Platform for 5G},
author = {Fernando, Pramitha and Gunawardhana, Lasitha and Rajapakshe, Wishva and Dananjaya, Mahesh and Gamage, Tharindu and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/iccworkshops49005.2020.9145369},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/iccworkshops49005.2020.9145369},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3880,
title = {Multi-Access Edge Computing and Blockchain-based Secure Telehealth System Connected with 5G and IoT},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka and Braeken, An and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/globecom42002.2020.9348125},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/globecom42002.2020.9348125},
booktitle = {GLOBECOM 2020 - 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3884,
title = {Blockchain-based Automated Certificate Revocation for 5G IoT},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka and Braeken, An and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/icc40277.2020.9148820},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icc40277.2020.9148820},
booktitle = {ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
pages = {1-7},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab3986,
title = {Performance Analysis of Local 5G Operator Architectures for Industrial Internet},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/jiot.2020.3024875},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2020.3024875},
journal = {IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
volume = {7},
number = {12},
pages = {11559-11575},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@inproceedings{netslab3998,
title = {Local 5G Operator Architecture for Delay Critical Telehealth Applications},
author = {Silva, Rakshitha De and Siriwardhana, Yushan and Samarasinghe, Tharaka and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/5gwf49715.2020.9221292},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/5gwf49715.2020.9221292},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE 3rd 5G World Forum (5GWF)},
pages = {257-262},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@article{netslab4006,
title = {The Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic With 5G Technologies},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and De Alwis, Chamitha and Gur, Gurkan and Ylianttila, Mika and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/emr.2020.3017451},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/emr.2020.3017451},
journal = {IEEE Engineering Management Review},
volume = {48},
number = {3},
pages = {72-84},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}
}@article{netslab4119,
title = {Security Considerations for Internet of Things: A Survey},
author = {Jurcut, Anca and Niculcea, Tiberiu and Ranaweera, Pasika and Le-Khac, Nhien-An},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1007/s42979-020-00201-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-020-00201-3},
journal = {SN Computer Science},
volume = {1},
number = {4},
publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC}
}@incollection{netslab4127,
title = {Introduction to IoT Security},
author = {Jurcut, Anca D. and Ranaweera, Pasika and Xu, Lina},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1002/9781119527978.ch2},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119527978.ch2},
booktitle = {IoT Security},
pages = {27-64},
publisher = {Wiley}
}@inproceedings{netslab4132,
title = {The Role of Blockchain in 6G: Challenges, Opportunities and Research Directions},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka and Gur, Gurkan and Kalla, Anshuman and Ylianttila, Mika and Braeken, An and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/6gsummit49458.2020.9083784},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/6gsummit49458.2020.9083784},
booktitle = {2020 2nd 6G Wireless Summit (6G SUMMIT)},
pages = {1-5},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4140,
title = {Blockchain for 5G and IoT: Opportunities and Challenges},
author = {Hewa, Tharaka Mawanane and Kalla, Anshuman and Nag, Avishek and Ylianttila, Mika E and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/comnet47917.2020.9306082},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/comnet47917.2020.9306082},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE Eighth International Conference on Communications and Networking (ComNet)},
pages = {1-8},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4155,
title = {Secure and User Efficient EAP-based Authentication Protocol for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs},
author = {Yadav, Awaneesh Kumar and Misra, Manoj and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Varshney, Gaurav},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/mass50613.2020.00076},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/mass50613.2020.00076},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE 17th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS)},
pages = {576-584},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4207,
title = {Security as a Service Platform Leveraging Multi-Access Edge Computing Infrastructure Provisions},
author = {Ranaweera, Pasika and Imrith, Vashish N. and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Jurcut, Anca Delia},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/icc40277.2020.9148660},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icc40277.2020.9148660},
booktitle = {ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4212,
title = {Dynamic Orchestration of Security Services at Fog Nodes for 5G IoT},
author = {Imrith, Vashish N. and Ranaweera, Pasika and Jugurnauth, Rameshwar A. and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149019},
booktitle = {ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4010,
title = {Micro-Operator driven Local 5G Network Architecture for Industrial Internet},
author = {Siriwardhana, Yushan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Walia, Jaspreet Singh and Matinmikko-Blue, Marja and Ylianttila, Mika},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1109/wcnc.2019.8885900},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc.2019.8885900},
booktitle = {2019 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)},
pages = {1-8},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab4217,
title = {Realizing Multi-Access Edge Computing Feasibility: Security Perspective},
author = {Ranaweera, Pasika and Jurcut, Anca Delia and Liyanage, Madhusanka},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1109/cscn.2019.8931357},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/cscn.2019.8931357},
booktitle = {2019 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)},
pages = {1-7},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3265,
title = {OpenFlow based VoIP QoE monitoring in enterprise SDN},
author = {Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Olariu, Cristian and Perry, Philip and Murphy, John},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.23919/inm.2017.7987354},
url = {https://doi.org/10.23919/inm.2017.7987354},
booktitle = {2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM)},
pages = {660-663},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3390,
title = {FlowVista: Low-bandwidth SDN monitoring driven by business application interaction},
author = {Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Murphy, John and Delaney, Declan},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.23919/softcom.2017.8115539},
url = {https://doi.org/10.23919/softcom.2017.8115539},
booktitle = {2017 25th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
}@inproceedings{netslab3261,
title = {Real-time monitoring of SDN networks using non-invasive cloud-based logging platforms},
author = {Siniarski, Bartlomiej and Olariu, Cristian and Perry, Philip and Parsons, Trevor and Murphy, John},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1109/pimrc.2016.7794973},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc.2016.7794973},
booktitle = {2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)},
pages = {1-6},
publisher = {IEEE}
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Data
Open datasets
Datasets / Network intrusion detection
Yushan Siriwardhana, Sehan Samarakoon, Pawani Porambage, Madhusanka Liyanage, Sang-Yoon Chang, Jinoh Kim, Jonghyun Kim, Mika Ylianttila
@article{siriwardhana2025descriptor, title={Descriptor: 5G Wireless Network Intrusion Detection Dataset (5G-NIDD)}, author={Siriwardhana, Yushan and Samarakoon, Sehan and Porambage, Pawani and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Chang, Sang-Yoon and Kim, Jinoh and Kim, Jonghyun and Ylianttila, Mika}, journal={IEEE Data Descriptions}, year={2025}, publisher={IEEE} }Datasets / Network intrusion detection
Farah Abed Zadeh, Alan Civciss, Vidura Ravihansa, Chamara Sandeepa, Madhusanka Liyanage
Datasets / Control-plane security
Farah Abed Zadeh, Bartlomiej Siniarski, Shen Wang, Madhusanka Liyanage
Datasets / Quantum circuit security
Pasindu Udugahapattuwa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Chamitha De Alwis, Uditha Wijewardhana
Datasets / Blockchain data trust
Rashmi Erandika Ratnayake, Madhusanka Liyanage, Liam Murphy
Check each dataset’s hosting page for its licence and citation requirements.
The published UCD testbed description reports OpenAirInterface and a ComReg Test & Trial licence for 3.8–4.2 GHz.
Projects
We lead and partner on Horizon Europe, MSCA and Research Ireland projects.
Horizon Europe, MSCA Staff Exchanges
Horizon Europe
6G-SANDBOX
Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship
Horizon Europe, Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking
Earlier projects: CONFIDENTIAL6G (2023 to 2025) and SPATIAL (2021 to 2024).
People
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