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Co-Channel Interference (CCI) is a fundamental problem in wireless communication networks. It is a well-studied problem in the field. As channels use the same frequency, interference in the radio waves occurs which, in turn, reduces the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-29 Tzalik Maimon , Shirley Alus , Gil Kedar

In this paper, we explore the physical-layer security of a multi-user wireless system that consists of multiple users intending to transmit to a base station (BS), while multiple eavesdroppers attempt to tap the user transmissions. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yulong Zou , Jia Zhu , Gongpu Wang , Hua Shao

In this paper, we consider the transmission of confidential information over a $\kappa$-$\mu$ fading channel in the presence of an eavesdropper, who also observes $\kappa$-$\mu$ fading. In particular, we obtain novel analytical solutions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Nidhi Bhargav , Simon L. Cotton , David E. Simmons

We consider a system where an agent (Alice) aims at transmitting a message to a second agent (Bob) over a set of parallel channels, while keeping it secret from a third agent (Eve) by using physical layer security techniques. We assume that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-28 Marco Baldi , Marco Bianchi , Franco Chiaraluce , Nicola Laurenti , Stefano Tomasin , Francesco Renna

We consider the problem of secure communication with multi-antenna transmission in fading channels. The transmitter simultaneously transmits an information bearing signal to the intended receiver and artificial noise to the eavesdroppers.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-07-01 Xiangyun Zhou , Matthew R. McKay

In this paper, we investigate the secrecy performance of stochastic MIMO wireless networks over small-scale $\alpha$-$\mu$ fading channels, where both the legitimate receivers and eavesdroppers are distributed with two independent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-03 Long Kong , Satyanarayana Vuppala , Georges Kaddoum

Secrecy issues of free-space optical links realizing information theoretically secure communications as well as high transmission rates are discussed. We numerically study secrecy communication rates of optical wiretap channel based on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-15 Hiroyuki Endo , Te Sun Han , Takao Aoki , Masahide Sasaki

A covert communication system under block fading channels is considered where users experience uncertainty about their channel knowledge. The transmitter seeks to hide the covert communication to a private user by exploiting a legitimate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-08 Khurram Shahzad , Xiangyun Zhou , Shihao Yan

Information theoretic secrecy is combined with cryptographic secrecy to create a secret-key exchange protocol for wireless networks. A network of transmitters, which already have cryptographically secured channels between them, cooperate to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Toni Draganov Stojanovski , Ninoslav Marina

In this paper, we analyze the secrecy outage performance for more realistic eavesdropping scenario of free-space optical (FSO) communications, where the main and wiretap links are correlated. The FSO fading channels are modeled by the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-17 Yun Ai , Aashish Mathur , Long Kong , Michael Cheffena

This paper studies the physical layer security of a vehicular communication network in the presence of interference constraints by analysing its secrecy capacity. The system considers a legitimate receiver node and an eavesdropper node,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-20 Abubakar U. Makarfi , Rupak Kharel , Khaled M. Rabie , Omprakash Kaiwartya , Galymzhan Nauryzbayev

This paper presents a detailed secrecy outage performance analysis of correlated multi-antenna wiretap channels with three popular diversity combining schemes, namely maximal ratio combining, selection combining, and equal gain combining at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-10 Jiangbo Si , Zan Li , Julian Cheng , Caijun Zhong

In contrast to its wired counterpart, wireless communication is highly susceptible to eavesdropping due to the broadcast nature of the wireless propagation medium. Recent works have proposed the use of interference to reduce eavesdropping…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-04 Liangzhong Ruan , Vincent K. N. Lau , Moe Z. Win

The use of cognitive relays is an emerging and promising solution to overcome the problem of spectrum underutilization while achieving the spatial diversity. In this paper, we perform an outage analysis of the secondary system with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Subhajit Majhi , Sanket S. Kalamkar , Adrish Banerjee

Synchronization is a key functionality in wireless network, enabling a wide variety of services. We consider a Bayesian inference framework whereby network nodes can achieve phase and skew synchronization in a fully distributed way. In…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-06-15 Bernhard Etzlinger , Henk Wymeersch , Andreas Springer

The idea of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications for short ranges (up to a few tens of meters) has been around for nearly three decades. However, despite significant efforts by the industry, UWB deployment has not yet reached its predicted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Brian Nelson , Hussein Moradi , Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny

Co-channel interference poses a challenge in any wireless communication network where the time-frequency resources are reused over different geographical areas. The interference is particularly diverse in cell-free massive multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-19 Mahmoud Zaher , Emil Björnson , Marina Petrova

Due to the broadcast nature of the wireless medium, wireless communication is susceptible to adversarial eavesdropping. This paper describes how eavesdropping can potentially be defeated by exploiting the superposition nature of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-05-02 Xiaojun Tang , Ruoheng Liu , Predrag Spasojevic , H. Vincent Poor

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is poised to redefine the landscape of wireless networks by seamlessly combining data transmission and environmental sensing. However, ISAC systems remain susceptible to eavesdropping, especially…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-16 Hancheng Zhu , Zongze Li , Yik-Chung Wu

Information leakage in Wyner's wiretap channel model is usually defined as the mutual information between the secret message and the eavesdropper's received signal. We define a new quantity called "conditional information leakage given the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-28 Yutaka Jitsumatsu , Ukyo Michiwaki , Yasutada Oohama