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The security of the proposed quantum Internet relies on repeater protocols designed under the assumption of stochastic, characterizable noise. We demonstrate that in adversarial environments this assumption induces performance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Abhishek Sadhu , Sharu Theresa Jose

Contactless technologies such as RFID, NFC, and sensor networks are vulnerable to mafia and distance frauds. Both frauds aim at passing an authentication protocol by cheating on the actual distance between the prover and the verifier. To…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Rolando Trujillo-Rasua , Benjamin Martin , Gildas Avoine

This work investigates the fundamental limits of implementing network oblivious transfer via noisy multiple access channels and broadcast channels between honest-but-curious parties when the parties have access to general tripartite…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Hadi Aghaee , Christian Deppe , Holger Boche

We consider the problem of two wireless networks operating on the same (presumably unlicensed) frequency band. Pairs within a given network cooperate to schedule transmissions, but between networks there is competition for spectrum. To make…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-09-18 Leonard Grokop , David N. C. Tse

To increase the spectral efficiency of wireless networks without requiring full-duplex capability of user devices, a potential solution is the recently proposed three-node full-duplex mode. To realize this potential, networks employing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-25 Jose Mairton B. da Silva , Gabor Fodor , Carlo Fischione

Audio deepfakes pose a growing threat, already exploited in fraud and misinformation. A key challenge is ensuring detectors remain robust to unseen synthesis methods and diverse speakers, since generation techniques evolve quickly. Despite…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Jiyoung Hong , Yoonseo Chung , Seungyeon Oh , Juntae Kim , Jiyoung Lee , Sookyung Kim , Hyunsoo Cho

Robustness is an important property of complex networks. Up to now, there are plentiful researches focusing on the network's robustness containing error and attack tolerance of network's connectivity and the shortest path. In this paper,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-01-15 Jie Cheng , Xiaojia Li , Zengru Di , Ying Fan

Cyber-physical attacks impose a significant threat to the smart grid, as the cyber attack makes it difficult to identify the actual damage caused by the physical attack. To defend against such attacks, various inference-based solutions have…

Performance · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Yudi Huang , Ting He , Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri , Thomas La Porta

This position paper argues that achieving robustness, privacy, and efficiency simultaneously in machine learning systems is infeasible under prevailing threat models. The tension between these goals arises not from algorithmic shortcomings…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Youssef Allouah , Rachid Guerraoui , John Stephan

We address a fundamental problem that is systematically encountered when modeling complex systems: the limitedness of the information available. In the case of economic and financial networks, privacy issues severely limit the information…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-12-07 Giulio Cimini , Tiziano Squartini , Diego Garlaschelli , Andrea Gabrielli

Two recently published papers propose some very simple key distribution schemes designed to enable two or more parties to establish a shared secret key with the aid of a third party. Unfortunately, as we show, most of the schemes are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Chris J Mitchell

There are two main factors limiting the performance of quantum key distribution --- channel transmission loss and noise. Previously, a linear bound was believed to put an upper limit on the rate-transmittance performance. Remarkably, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Pei Zeng , Weijie Wu , Xiongfeng Ma

According to the May-Wigner stability theorem, increasing the complexity of a network inevitably leads to its destabilization, such that a small perturbation will be able to disrupt the entire system. One of the principal arguments against…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Sitabhra Sinha

Wireless networks are a common place nowadays and almost all of the modern devices support wireless communication in some form. These networks differ from more traditional computing systems due to the ad-hoc and spontaneous nature of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-07-15 Yasir Arfat Malkani , Lachhman Das Dhomeja

This paper will focus on the energy efficiency issue in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks. In underwater environment, the two main issues are namely: reliability and energy efficiency. These two issues are twisted pair. Reliability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-10-11 S. Pavan Kumar Reddy , Y. Ganesh Kumar Reddy , K. Chandra Mouli , U. Seshadri

Despite its importance for practical applications, not much is known about the optimal shape of a network that connects in an efficient way a set of points. This problem can be formulated in terms of a multiplex network with a fast layer…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-11-13 Siddharth Patwardhan , Marc Barthelemy , Sirag Erkol , Santo Fortunato , Filippo Radicchi

Previous research on nonlinear oscillator networks has shown that chaos synchronization is attainable for identical oscillators but deteriorates in the presence of parameter mismatches. Here, we identify regimes for which the opposite…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-04-29 Yoshiki Sugitani , Yuanzhao Zhang , Adilson E. Motter

The design of a scheduling scheme is crucial for the efficiency and user-fairness of wireless networks. Assuming that the quality of all user channels is available to a central controller, a simple scheme which maximizes the utility…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-09-15 Hui Zhou , Pingyi Fan , Dongning Guo

Conventional cryptography methods alone are not adequate for secure routing in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). These networks are more vulnerable to security attacks due to their diverse applications, lack of supervision and limitations in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-07-24 Raghu Vamsi. P , Krishna Kant

This paper studies the secrecy rate maximization problem of a secure wireless communication system, in the presence of multiple eavesdroppers. The security of the communication link is enhanced through cooperative jamming, with the help of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-13 Kanapathippillai Cumanan , George C. Alexandropoulos , Zhgiuo Ding , George K. Karagiannidis