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This paper exploits the potential of physical layer security in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) aided two-tier heterogeneous networks (HetNets). We focus on the downlink secure transmission in the presence of multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-10 Yansha Deng , Lifeng Wang , Kai-Kit Wong , Arumugam Nallanathan , Maged Elkashlan

One of the most promising technologies for next-generation wireless networks is integrated communication and sensing (ISAC). It is considered a key enabler for applications that require both enhanced communication and accurate sensing…

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The physical layer security of uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is analyzed. A stochastic geometry approach is applied to analyze the coverage probability and the effective secrecy throughput (EST) of the kth NOMA user, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-14 Gerardo Gomez , Francisco J. Martin-Vega , F. Javier Lopez-Martinez , Yuanwei Liu , Maged Elkashlan

Physical-layer group secret-key (GSK) generation is an effective way of generating secret keys in wireless networks, wherein the nodes exploit inherent randomness in the wireless channels to generate group keys, which are subsequently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-16 J. Harshan , Sang-Yoon Chang , Yih-Chun Hu

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have several prominent advantages, including improving the level of wireless communication security and privacy. In this work, we focus on the latter aspect and introduce a strategy to counteract the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Francesco Malandrino , Alessandro Nordio , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini

A sensor is a small electronic device which has the ability to sense, compute and communicate either with other sensors or directly with a base station (sink). In a wireless sensor network (WSN), the sensors monitor a region and transmit…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-01 Banu Kabakulak

This letter investigates the secrecy performance of wireless communication systems assisted by a fluid reconfigurable intelligent surface (FRIS). Unlike conventional reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) with fixed geometries, FRISs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Masoud Kaveh , Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Francisco Hernando-Gallego , Diego Martín , Kai-Kit Wong , Riku Jäntti

This paper considers a wireless sensor network deployed to sense an environment variable with a known spatial statistical profile. We propose to use the additional information of the spatial profile to improve the sensing range of sensors…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Kaushlendra Pandey , Abhishek Gupta

This paper considers an information theoretic model of secure integrated sensing and communication, represented as a wiretap channel with action dependent states. This model allows securing part of a transmitted message against a sensed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Truman Welling , Onur Günlü , Aylin Yener

Though cooperative relaying is believed to be a promising technology to improve the energy efficiency of cellular networks, the relays' static power consumption might worsen the energy efficiency therefore can not be neglected. In this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Na Deng , Sihai Zhang , Wuyang Zhou , Jinkang Zhu

Next-generation wireless networks are progressing beyond conventional connectivity to incorporate emerging sensing and computing capabilities. This convergence gives rise to integrated systems that enable not only uninterrupted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Ruiqi Liu , Beixiong Zheng , Jemin Lee , Si-Hyeon Lee , Georges Kaddoum , Onur Günlü , Deniz Gündüz

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

Moving Sink (MS) in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has appeared as a blessing because it collects data directly from the nodes where the concept of relay nodes is becomes obsolete. There are, however, a few challenges to be taken care of,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 M. Akbar , N. Javaid , A. A. Khan , Z. A. Khan , U. Qasim

The next generation wireless systems will face stringent new requirements, including ultra-low latency, high data rates and enhanced reliability. Large Intelligent Surfaces, is one proposed solution that has the potential to solve these…

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Next-generation systems aim to increase both the speed and responsiveness of wireless communications, while supporting compelling applications such as edge and cloud computing, remote-Health, vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, etc.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 Zhongxiang Wei , Christos Masouros , H. Vincent Poor , Athina P. Petropulu , Lajos Hanzo

Sixth-Generation (6G) wireless networks aim to support innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications that demand faster and more secure data transmission. While higher Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) layers employ measures like…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-30 Dimitris Kompostiotis , Dimitris Vordonis , Vassilis Paliouras , George C. Alexandropoulos

We propose a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted wiretap channel, where the RIS is strategically deployed to provide a spatial separation to the transmitter, and orthogonal combiners are employed at the legitimate receiver to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Xudong Li , Matthias Frey , Ehsan Tohidi , Igor Bjelaković , Sławomir Stańczak

Preserving security and confidentiality in wireless sensor networks (WSN) are crucial. Wireless sensor networks in comparison with wired networks are more substantially vulnerable to attacks and intrusions. In WSN, a third person can…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-08-13 A. Forootaninia , M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi

This paper considers the transmission of confidential messages over noisy wireless ad hoc networks, where both background noise and interference from concurrent transmitters affect the received signals. For the random networks where the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-24 Jinxiao Zhu , Yin Chen , Yulong Shen , Osamu Takahashi , Xiaohong Jiang , Norio Shiratori

This paper presents a novel framework for enhancing physical-layer security in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems by leveraging the reconfigurability of fluid antenna systems (FAS). We propose a joint precoding and port…

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