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The 6G wireless networks impose extremely high requirements on physical layer secure communication. However, the existing solutions usually can only achieve one-dimensional physical layer security (PLS) in the angle dimension, and cannot…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Zhendong Wang , Chenyang Meng , Jun Yang , Jiayuan Wang , Yin Li , Linshan Jiang , Jin Zhang

The wireless physical-layer identification (WPLI) techniques utilize the unique features of the physical waveforms of wireless signals to identify and classify authorized devices. As the inherent physical layer features are difficult to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-03-16 Wenhao Wang , Zhi Sun , Kui Ren , Bocheng Zhu , Sixu Piao

Research in underwater communication is rapidly becoming attractive due to its various modern applications. An efficient mechanism to secure such communication is via physical layer security. In this paper, we propose a novel physical layer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-14 Waqas Aman , Saif Al-Kuwari , Marwa Qaraqe

The Design of new wireless communication systems for industrial applications, e.g. control applications, is currently a hot research topic, as they deal as a key enabler for more flexible solutions at a lower cost compared to systems based…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Andreas Weinand , Michael Karrenbauer , Hans D. Schotten

Physical layer security has been recently recognized as a promising new design paradigm to provide security in wireless networks. In addition to the existing conventional cryptographic methods, physical layer security exploits the dynamics…

High transmission rate and secure communication have been identified as the key targets that need to be effectively addressed by fifth generation (5G) wireless systems. In this context, the concept of physical-layer security becomes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-13 Weidong Mei , Zhi Chen , Jun Fang , Shaoqian Li

The 5th generation (5G) network adopts a great number of revolutionary technologies to fulfill continuously increasing requirements of a variety of applications, including ultra-high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, ultra-massive device…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-27 Zhihong Tian , Yanbin Sun , Shen Su , Mohan Li , Xiaojiang Du , Mohsen Guizani

Providing secure communications over the physical layer with the objective of achieving perfect secrecy without requiring a secret key has been receiving growing attention within the past decade. The vast majority of the existing studies in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-10 Sina Rezaei Aghdam , Alireza Nooraiepour , Tolga M. Duman

In Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems, reliable and secure information exchange plays a pivotal role in road safety and traffic management. Due to the open nature of the wireless medium and the constant or intermittent mobility of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Kan Yu , Zhiyong Feng , Dong Li , Jiguo Yu

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

We propose a comprehensive framework exploiting the polarization sensitive array (PLA) to improve the physical layer security of wireless communications. More specifically, the polarization difference among signals is utilized to improve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-03 Shiqi Gong , Chengwen Xing , Sheng Chen , Zesong Fei

Sixth generation systems are expected to face new security challenges, while opening up new frontiers towards context awareness in the wireless edge. The workhorse behind this projected technological leap will be a whole new set of sensing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Arsenia Chorti , Andre Noll Barreto , Stefan Kopsell , Marco Zoli , Marwa Chafii , Philippe Sehier , Gerhard Fettweis , H. Vincent Poor

While the security literature predominantly focuses on the core network, the enhancement of the security of the beyond fifth generation (B5G) access network becomes of critical importance. Despite the strengthening of 5G security protocols…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Arsenia Chorti

This paper is a first study on the topic of achieving physical layer security by exploiting non-systematic channel codes. The chance of implementing transmission security at the physical layer is known since many years in information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-04-27 Marco Baldi , Marco Bianchi , Franco Chiaraluce

Securing information in future mobile networks is challenging, especially for devices with limited computational resources. Physical layer security (PLS) offers a viable solution by leveraging wireless channel randomness. When full secrecy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-16 Henry Carvajal Mora , Nathaly Orozco , Fernando Almeida García , José Vega-Sánchez , Felipe Grijalva , Edgar Benitez Olivo

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

Securing wireless communication, being inherently vulnerable to eavesdropping and jamming attacks, becomes more challenging in resource-constrained networks like Internet-of-Things. Towards this, physical layer security (PLS) has gained…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-28 Bhawna Ahuja , Deepak Mishra , Ranjan Bose

Cooperation between wireless network nodes is a promising technique for improving the physical layer security of wireless transmission, in terms of secrecy capacity, in the presence of multiple eavesdroppers. While existing physical layer…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-06-29 Walid Saad , Zhu Han , Tamer Basar , Merouane Debbah , Are Hjørungnes

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a key enabler for providing signal coverage, energy efficiency, reliable communication, and physical layer security (PLS) in next-generation wireless communication networks. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Ahmet Muaz Aktas , Sefa Kayraklik , Sultangali Arzykulov , Galymzhan Nauryzbayev , Ibrahim Hokelek , Ali Gorcin

This paper studies the performance of physical layer security (PLS) in a multi-user hybrid heterogeneous visible light communication (VLC) and radio frequency (RF) wireless communication system with simultaneous lightwave information and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Tuan A. Hoang , Thanh V. Pham , Chuyen T. Nguyen