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Security is a critical consideration in Underwater Acoustic Networks (UANs) due to the importance of the applications in which these types of networks are often employed, from military applications to marine natural disaster prevention. Furthermore, even simple Denial of Service (DoS) attacks such as jamming can be very effective in disrupting the communication, with significant negative consequences for these critical applications. While jamming has been widely studied in the context of terrestrial networks, the peculiarities of propagation in UANs, such as the low propagation speed, the multipath, and the high delay spread, need to be considered: the relative positions of the jammer, transmitter, and receiver can have a huge impact on the feasibility and impact of reactive jamming, opening the way for the exploitation of other jamming models. In this paper, we analyze the effectiveness of a reactive and a blind jammer through a game theoretical framework, comparing them for different geometries of the scenario. We assess the impact of the different jammers, employing different active and evasive strategies, where the first type of countermeasure implies the use of additional energy to protect the communication, while the second tries to avoid the jamming signals by randomizing the transmission pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fifth generation (5G) envisages a "hyperconnected society" with an enormous number of interconnected devices, anywhere and at any time. Edge computing plays a pivotal role in this vision, enabling low latency, large traffic volumes, and improved quality of experience. The advent of 5G and edge computing encourages vertical industries to develop innovative services, which can meet the challenging demands coming from consumers. However, economic feasibility is the ultimate factor that determines the viability of a new service. Hence, effective techniques for the economic assessment of such services are needed. This paper analyzes the provision of immersive media services in crowded events, through a cloud‐enabled small cell network owned by a neutral host, and offered in multitenancy to different mobile network operators. We initially develop a planning model to predict the required compute, storage, and radio resources. Taking into account dynamic factors such as service penetration and price evolution, we then provide a number of economic indices, such as net present value, internal rate of return, and expected payback period to assess the viability of a potential investment in a 5G infrastructure for immersive media services. The presented analysis will guide small cell network operators in the provision of 5G innovative media services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]