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We consider the MIMO wiretap channel, that is a MIMO broadcast channel where the transmitter sends some confidential information to one user which is a legitimate receiver, while the other user is an eavesdropper. Perfect secrecy is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-10-11 Frédérique Oggier , Babak Hassibi

In conventional artificial noise (AN)-aided physical-layer security systems, fixed-position antenna (FPA) arrays exhibit inherent vulnerability to coverage gaps due to their static spatial configuration. Adversarial eavesdroppers can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Kan Yu , Wenxu Wang , Xiaowu Liu , Yujia Zhao , Qixun Zhang , Zhiyong Feng , Dong Li

With the rise of voice-enabled technologies, loudspeaker playback has become widespread, posing increasing risks to speech privacy. Traditional eavesdropping methods often require invasive access or line-of-sight, limiting their…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Dachao Han , Teng Huang , Han Ding , Cui Zhao , Fei Wang , Ge Wang , Wei Xi

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology is increasingly recognized as a pivotal technology of the sixth-generation communication networks due to the large amounts of available spectrum at high frequencies. However, the huge overhead associated…

One key metric for physical layer security is the secrecy capacity. This is the maximum rate that a system can transmit with perfect secrecy. For a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system (a newer technology for 5G, 6G and beyond) the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-03 Jennifer Chakravarty , Oliver Johnson , Robert Piechocki

Considering a multi-user interference network with an eavesdropper, this paper aims at the power allocation to optimize the worst secrecy throughput among the network links or the secure energy efficiency in terms of achieved secrecy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-25 Zhichao Sheng , Hoang Duong Tuan , Ali Arshad Nasir , Trung Q. Duong , H. Vincent Poor

The role of multiple antennas for secure communication is investigated within the framework of Wyner's wiretap channel. We characterize the secrecy capacity in terms of generalized eigenvalues when the sender and eavesdropper have multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-08-31 Ashish Khisti , Gregory Wornell

Ultra-reliability and low-latency are pivotal requirements of the new 6th generation of communication systems (xURLLC). Over the past years, to increase throughput, adaptive active antennas were introduced in advanced wireless…

This work studies secure communications for a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) network which is attacked by multiple passive eavesdroppers overhearing communications between access points (APs) and users in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Junguk Park , Sangseok Yun , Jeongseok Ha

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is a multiplexing technique for future wireless, which when combined with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) unlocks higher capacities for systems where users have varying channel strength. NOMA…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Jennifer Chakravarty , Oliver Johnson , Robert Piechocki

We consider a wireless ad hoc network in the presence of eavesdroppers (EDs), where the nodes are distributed according to independent Poisson point processes (PPPs). The legitimate nodes follow the half-duplex mode of operation employing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-07 B. N. Bharath , K. G. Nagananda

Invoking large transmit antenna arrays, massive MIMO wiretap settings are capable of suppressing passive eavesdroppers via narrow beamforming towards legitimate terminals. This implies that secrecy is obtained almost for free in these…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-06 Ali Bereyhi , Saba Asaad , Ralf R. Müller , Rafael F. Schaefer , Georg Fischer , H. Vincent Poor

Passive eavesdropping compromises confidentiality in wireless networks, especially in resource-constrained environments where heavyweight cryptography is impractical. Physical layer security (PLS) exploits channel randomness and spatial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Yifan Zhang , Yishan Yang , Riku Jäntti , Zheng Yan , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han

The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless systems has been recently proposed to provide high data rate aerial links for next generation wireless networks. However, establishing UAV-based mmWave…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-07 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Hossein Safi , Saeedeh Parsaeefard , Walid Saad

Instead of against eavesdropping, this letter proposes a new paradigm in wireless security by studying how a legitimate monitor (e.g., government agencies) efficiently eavesdrops a suspicious wireless communication link. The suspicious…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-05 Jie Xu , Lingjie Duan , Rui Zhang

Semantic communication has emerged as a promising paradigm for enhancing communication efficiency in sixth-generation (6G) networks. However, the broadcast nature of wireless channels makes SemCom systems vulnerable to eavesdropping, which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Shunpu Tang , Yuhao Chen , Qianqian Yang , Ruichen Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Zhiguo Shi

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is an efficient approach that can improve spectrum utilization and support massive connectivity for next-generation wireless networks. However, over a wireless channel, the superimposed NOMA signals are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Lu Lv , Hai Jiang , Zhiguo Ding , Qiang Ye , Naofal Al-Dhahir , Jian Chen

In this paper, we consider secure downlink transmission in a multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where the numbers of base station (BS) antennas, mobile terminals, and eavesdropper antennas are asymptotically…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Jun Zhu , Robert Schober , Vijay K. Bhargava

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication with large array gains is a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective communication in mmWaves usually depends on the knowledge of the channel. We refer to the problem of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

The use of extremely high frequency (EHF) or millimeter-wave (mmWave) band has attracted significant attention for the next generation wireless access networks. As demonstrated by recent measurements, mmWave frequencies render themselves…