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The rapid evolution of communication technologies and the emergence of sixth-generation (6G) networks have introduced unprecedented opportunities for ultra-reliable, low-latency, and energy-efficient communication. However, the integration…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Masoud Kaveh , Kai-Kit Wong , Diego Martin , Riku Jantti , Zheng Yan

Physical layer security (PLS) is a promising paradigm for safeguarding 6G wireless networks by exploiting the inherent characteristics of wireless channels. However, the efficiency of conventional PLS is often limited by fixed orientation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Ailing Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Xingxiang Peng , Qiaoyan Peng , Ziyuan Zheng , Yuxuan Chen , Wen Chen

Consider impersonation attack by an active malicious nano node (Eve) on a diffusion based molecular communication (DbMC) system---Eve transmits during the idle slots to deceive the nano receiver (Bob) that she is indeed the legitimate nano…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Sidra Zafar , Waqas Aman , Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman , Akram Alomainy , Qammer H. Abbasi

We propose the new technique of physical-layer cryptography based on using a massive MIMO channel as a key between the sender and desired receiver, which need not be secret. The goal is for low-complexity encoding and decoding by the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Thomas Dean , Andrea Goldsmith

With millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless communication envisioned to be the key enabler of next generation high data rate wireless networks, security is of paramount importance. While conventional security measures in wireless networks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Sarankumar Balakrishnan , Shreya Gupta , Arupjyoti Bhuyan , Pu Wang , Dimitrios Koutsonikolas , Zhi Sun

Integrating visible light communication (VLC) and radio-frequency (RF) networks can improve the performance of communication systems in terms of coverage and data rates. However, adding RF links to VLC networks weakens the secrecy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-26 Mohanad Obeed , Anas Chaaban , Anas M. Salhab , Salam A. Zummo , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper investigates the physical layer security design of an untrusted relaying network where the source node coexists with a multi-antenna eavesdropper (Eve). While the communication relies on untrustworthy relay nodes to increase…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-11 Hamed Bastami , Majid Moradikia , Hamid Behroozi , Rodrigo C. de Lamare , Ahmed Abdelhadi , Zhigou Ding

This paper introduces the first two-dimensional XOR-based secret sharing scheme for layered multipath communication networks. We present a construction that guarantees successful message recovery and perfect privacy when an adversary…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Wai Ming Chan , Remi Chou , Taejoon Kim

This paper studies the physical layer security (PLS) of a vehicular network employing a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). RIS technologies are emerging as an important paradigm for the realisation of smart radio environments, where…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-30 Abubakar U. Makarfi , Khaled M. Rabie , Omprakash Kaiwartya , Xingwang Li , Rupak Kharel

Physical adversarial attacks are increasingly studied in settings that resemble deployed surveillance systems rather than isolated image benchmarks. In these settings, person detection, multi-object tracking, visible--infrared sensing, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Miguel A. DelaCruz , Patricia Mae Santos , Rafael T. Navarro

In layered communication networks there are only connections between intermediate nodes in adjacent layers. Applying network coding to such networks provides a number of benefits in theory as well as in practice. We propose a "layering…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-10 Michael Cyran , Birgit Schotsch , Johannes B. Huber , Robert F. H. Fischer , Vahid Forutan

In industrial automation or emergency rescue, sensors and robots work together with the help of an edge information hub (EIH) containing both communication and computing modules. Typically, the EIH collects the sensing data via the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Chengleyang Lei , Wei Feng , Yunfei Chen , Jue Wang , Ning Ge , Shi Jin , Tony Q. S. Quek

The analysis of modulation schemes for the physical layer network-coded two way relaying scenario is presented which employs two phases: Multiple access (MA) phase and Broadcast (BC) phase. It was shown by Koike-Akino et. al. that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-03-27 Vijayvaradharaj T. Muralidharan , B. Sundar Rajan

Efficient heterogeneous communication technologies are critical components to provide flawless connectivity in smart cities. The proliferation of wireless technologies, services and communication devices has created the need for green and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-13 Vaibhav Kumar , Barry Cardiff , Mark F. Flanagan

This letter proposes a new physical layer authentication mechanism operating at the physical layer of a communication system where the receiver has partial control of the channel conditions (e.g., using an intelligent reflecting surface).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Laura Crosara , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Stefano Tomasin

Strong authentication in an interconnected wireless environment continues to be an important, but sometimes elusive goal. Research in physical-layer authentication using channel features holds promise as a technique to improve network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-01 Ken St. Germain , Frank Kragh

The heterogeneous cellular network (HCN) is a promising approach to the deployment of 5G cellular networks. This paper comprehensively studies physical layer security in a multi-tier HCN where base stations (BSs), authorized users and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-08 Hui-Ming Wang , Tong-Xing Zheng , Jinhong Yuan , Don Towsley , Moon Ho Lee

Covert communication offers a method to transmit messages in such a way that it is not possible to detect that the communication is happening at all. In this work, we report an experimental demonstration of covert communication that is…

In this paper, we enhance physical layer security for downlink heterogeneous networks (HetNets) by using friendly jammers and full-duplex users. The jammers are selected to transmit jamming signal if their interfering power on the scheduled…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-20 Weijun Tang , Suili Feng , Yuehua Ding , Yuan Liu

This letter studies an emerging wireless communication intervention problem at the physical layer, where a legitimate spoofer aims to spoof a malicious link from Alice to Bob, by replacing Alice's transmitted source message with its target…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-28 Jie Xu , Lingjie Duan , Rui Zhang