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In this article, we study the problem of secret key generation in the multiterminal source model, where the terminals have access to correlated Gaussian sources. We assume that the sources form a Markov chain on a tree. We give a nested…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-25 Shashank Vatedka , Navin Kashyap

This paper investigates generation of a secret key from a reciprocal wireless channel. In particular we consider wireless channels that exhibit sparse structure in the wideband regime and the impact of the sparsity on the secret key…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2012-08-21 Tzu-Han Chou , Stark C. Draper , Akbar M. Sayeed

Communication complexity refers to the minimum rate of public communication required for generating a maximal-rate secret key (SK) in the multiterminal source model of Csiszar and Narayan. Tyagi recently characterized this communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-14 Manuj Mukherjee , Navin Kashyap

We study the role of interaction in the Common Randomness Generation (CRG) and Secret Key Generation (SKG) problems. In the CRG problem, two players, Alice and Bob, respectively get samples $X_1,X_2,\dots$ and $Y_1,Y_2,\dots$ with the pairs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-28 Mitali Bafna , Badih Ghazi , Noah Golowich , Madhu Sudan

This paper investigates the problem of secret key generation over a wiretap channel when the terminals observe correlated sources. These sources are independent of the main channel and the users overhear them before the transmission takes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-21 Germán Bassi , Pablo Piantanida , Shlomo Shamai

This paper investigates the secret key generation in the multiterminal source model, where users observing correlated sources discuss interactively under limited rates to agree on a secret key. We focus on a class of sources representable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Qiaoqiao Zhou , Chung Chan

We study covert secret key generation over a binary-input two-user multiple access channel with one-way public discussion and derive bounds on the capacity region. Specifically, in this problem, there are three legitimate parties: Alice,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Yingxin Zhang , Lin Zhou , Qiaosheng Zhang

We consider problems of two-user secret key generation through an intermediate relay. Each user observes correlated source sequences and communicates to the relay over rate-limited noiseless links. The relay processes and broadcasts…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-27 Kittipong Kittichokechai , Rafael F. Schaefer , Giuseppe Caire

Two legitimate parties, referred to as Alice and Bob, wish to generate secret keys from the wireless channel in the presence of an eavesdropper, referred to as Eve, in order to use such keys for encryption and decryption. In general, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Nasser Aldaghri , Hessam Mahdavifar

A secret-key generation scheme based on a layered broadcasting strategy is introduced for slow-fading channels. In the model considered, Alice wants to share a key with Bob while keeping the key secret from Eve, who is a passive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-03-17 Xiaojun Tang , Ruoheng Liu , Predrag Spasojevic , H. Vincent Poor

Revealing expressions of secret-key capacity (SKC) based on data sets from Gaussian MIMO channel probing are presented. It is shown that Maurer's upper and lower bounds on SKC coincide when the used data sets are produced from one-way…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-21 Yingbo Hua , Ahmed Maksud

In this paper, the feasibility of implementing a lightweight key distribution scheme using physical layer security for secret key generation (SKG) is explored. Specifically, we focus on examining SKG with the received signal strength (RSS)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-26 Amitha Mayya , Arsenia Chorti , Rafael F. Schaefer , Gerhard P. Fettweis

A basic two-terminal secret key generation model is considered, where the interactive communication rate between the terminals may be limited, and in particular may not be enough to achieve the maximum key rate. We first prove a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-29 Jingbo Liu , Paul Cuff , Sergio Verdú

We investigate the problem of covert and secret key generation over a state-dependent discrete memoryless channel with one-way public discussion in which an adversary, the warden, may arbitrarily choose the channel state. We develop an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Mehrdad Tahmasbi , Matthieu Bloch

This study introduces a decentralized approach to secure wireless communication using a cryptographic secret key generation algorithm among distributed nodes. The system model employs Gaussian prime numbers, ensuring the collaborative…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Ertugrul Alper , Eray Guven , Gunes Karabulut Kurt , Enver Ozdemir

In this paper, we consider the problem of secret key generation for multiple parties. Multi-user networks usually require a trusted party to efficiently distribute keys to the legitimate users and this process is a weakness against…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Ufuk Altun , Semiha T. Basaran , Gunes K. Kurt , Enver Ozdemir

Secure communication with feedback is studied. An achievability scheme in which the backward channel is used to generate a shared secret key is proposed. The scenario of binary symmetric forward and backward channels is considered, and a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Deniz Gunduz , D. Richard Brown , H. Vincent Poor

We analyze the fundamental trade-off of secret key-based authentication systems in the presence of an eavesdropper for correlated Gaussian sources. A complete characterization of trade-off among secret-key, storage, and privacy-leakage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-30 Vamoua Yachongka , Hideki Yagi , Yasutada Oohama

Secret-key generation and agreement based on wireless channel reciprocity offers a promising avenue for securing IoT networks. However, existing approaches predominantly rely on the similarity of instantaneous channel measurement samples…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Nora Basha , Bechir Hamdaoui , Attila A. Yavuz , Thang Hoang , Mehran Mozaffari Kermani

The focus of this paper is on the public communication required for generating a maximal-rate secret key (SK) within the multiterminal source model of Csisz{\'a}r and Narayan. Building on the prior work of Tyagi for the two-terminal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Manuj Mukherjee , Navin Kashyap , Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam