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Security aspects in underwater wireless networks have not been widely investigated so far, despite the critical importance of the scenarios in which these networks can be employed. For example, an attack to a military underwater network for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Alberto Signori , Federico Chiariotti , Filippo Campagnaro , Michele Zorzi

Conventional wireless security assumes wireless communications are rightful and aims to protect them against malicious eavesdropping and jamming attacks. However, emerging infrastructure-free mobile communication networks are likely to be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-26 Jie Xu , Lingjie Duan , Rui Zhang

The integration of sensing, communications, array signal processing, etc. into 6G mobile networks has ushered in an era of heightened situational awareness. However, this progress brings forth significant concerns regarding privacy and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Pu Xie , Yang Huang

The vulnerability of 5G networks to jamming attacks has emerged as a significant concern. This paper contributes in two primary aspects. Firstly, it investigates the effect of a multi-jammer on 5G cell metrics, specifically throughput and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Ghazal Asemian , Michel Kulhandjian , Mohammadreza Amini , Burak Kantarci , Claude D'Amours , Melike Erol-Kantarci

The effectiveness and simple implementation of physical layer jammers make them an essential threat for wireless networks. In a multihop wireless network, where jammers can interfere with the transmission of user messages at intermediate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-15 Azadeh Sheikholeslami , Majid Ghaderi , Hossein Pishro-Nik , Dennis Goeckel

State-of-the-art solutions detect jamming attacks ex-post, i.e., only when jamming has already disrupted the wireless communication link. In many scenarios, e.g., mobile networks or static deployments distributed over a large geographical…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Martijn Hanegraaf , Savio Sciancalepore , Gabriele Oligeri

Proponents of deploying LTE in the 5 GHz band for providing additional cellular network capacity have claimed that LTE would be a better neighbour to Wi-Fi in the unlicensed band, than Wi-Fi is to itself. On the other side of the debate,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Ljiljana Simić , Andra M. Voicu , Petri Mähönen , Marina Petrova , J. Pierre de Vries

Interference evaluation is crucial when deciding whether and how wireless technologies should operate. In this paper we demonstrate the benefit of risk-informed interference assessment to aid spectrum regulators in making decisions, and to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-06-09 Andra M. Voicu , Ljiljana Simić , J. Pierre de Vries , Marina Petrova , Petri Mähönen

Underwater communication networks are increasingly popularized by various important maritime applications. However, this also leads to an increased threat landscape. This letter presents the first study that considers jamming attacks by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-07 Waqas Aman , Saif Al-Kuwari , Marwa Qaraqe

Long range, low power networks are rapidly gaining acceptance in the Internet of Things (IoT) due to their ability to economically support long-range sensing and control applications while providing multi-year battery life. LoRa is a key…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-07 Emekcan Aras , Nicolas Small , Gowri Sankar Ramachandran , Stéphane Delbruel , Wouter Joosen , Danny Hughes

Jamming attacks target a wireless network creating an unwanted denial of service. 5G is vulnerable to these attacks despite its resilience prompted by the use of millimeter wave bands. Over the last decade, several types of jamming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Youness Arjoune , Fatima Salahdine , Md. Shoriful Islam , Elias Ghribi , Naima Kaabouch

While the current generation of mobile and fixed communication networks has been standardized for mobile broadband services, the next generation is driven by the vision of the Internet of Things and mission critical communication services…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-08 Xiaolin Jiang , Hossein S. Ghadikolaei , Gabor Fodor , Eytan Modiano , Zhibo Pang , Michele Zorzi , Carlo Fischione

In this letter, we propose three schemes designed to detect attacks over the air interface in cellular networks. These decision rules rely on the generalized likelihood ratio test, and are fed by data that can be acquired using common…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-15 Danilo Orlando , Ivan Palamà , Stefania Bartoletti , Giuseppe Bianchi , Nicola Blefari Melazzi

While existing security protocols were designed with a focus on the core network, the enhancement of the security of the B5G access network becomes of critical importance. Despite the strengthening of 5G security protocols with respect to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Miroslav Mitev , Arsenia Chorti , H. V. Poor , Gerhard Fettweis

Cooperative jamming is an approach that has been recently proposed for improving physical layer based security for wireless networks in the presence of an eavesdropper. While the source transmits its message to its destination, a relay node…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-07-30 Lun Dong , Zhu Han , Athina P. Petropulu , H. Vincent Poor

We assume that a buffer-aided transmitter communicates with a receiving node in the presence of an attacker. We investigate the impact of a radio-frequency energy-harvesting attacker that probabilistically operates as a jammer or an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-20 Ahmed El Shafie , Kamel Tourki , Zhiguo Ding , Naofal Al-Dhahir

Smart jamming attacks on cellular campus networks represent an enormous potential threat, especially in the industrial environment. In complex production processes, the disruption of a single wireless connected Cyber-Physical System (CPS)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-14 J. R. Stegmann , M. Gundall , H. D. Schotten

Coexistence with Wi-Fi is the key issue for unlicensed band LTE. The main coexistence mechanism is Listen-Before-Talk, whereby radio frequency energy is sensed over a short period of time and compared to a threshold. Given the default…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-14 Jonathan Ling , David Lopez-Perez , Mohammad R. Khawer

This paper investigates the impact of reactive jamming on LoRaWAN networks, focusing on showing that LoRaWAN communications can be effectively disrupted with minimal jammer exposure time. The susceptibility of LoRa to jamming is assessed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Amavi Dossa , Andreas Burg , El Mehdi Amhoud

Satellites are becoming exceedingly critical for communication, making them prime targets for cyber-physical attacks. We consider a rogue satellite in low Earth orbit that jams the uplink communication between another satellite and a ground…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Filippos Fotiadis , Quentin Rommel , Brian M. Sadler , Ufuk Topcu