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In this preliminary work, we study the problem of {\it distributed} authentication in wireless networks. Specifically, we consider a system where multiple Bob (sensor) nodes listen to a channel and report their {\it correlated} measurements…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Ammar Mahmood , Waqas Aman , M. Ozair Iqbal , M. Mahboob Ur Rahman , Qammer H. Abbasi

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

Various approaches in the field of physical layer security involve anomaly detection, such as physical layer authentication, sensing attacks, and anti-tampering solutions. Depending on the context in which these approaches are applied,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Stefan Roth , Aydin Sezgin

We propose a technique to authenticate received packets in underwater acoustic networks based on the physical layer features of the underwater acoustic channel (UWAC). Several sensors a) locally estimate features (e.g., the number of taps…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-24 Francesco Ardizzon , Roee Diamant , Paolo Casari , Stefano Tomasin

In-region location verification (IRLV) aims at verifying whether a user is inside a region of interest (ROI). In wireless networks, IRLV can exploit the features of the channel between the user and a set of trusted access points. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-13 Alessandro Brighente , Francesco Formaggio , Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio , Stefano Tomasin

Deep neural networks have been applied in wireless communications system to intelligently adapt to dynamically changing channel conditions, while the users are still under the threat of the malicious attacks due to the broadcasting property…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Jianyuan Chen , Lin Zhang , Zuwei Chen , Yawen Chen , Hongcheng Zhuang

The security of wireless challenge-response Physical Layer Authentication (PLA) based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) relies on a sufficiently random fading channel condition, which is commonly assumed in existing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Haiyun Liu , Shangqing Zhao , Yao Liu , Zhuo Lu

Wireless networks are vulnerable to physical layer spoofing attacks due to the wireless broadcast nature, thus, integrating communications and security (ICAS) is urgently needed for 6G endogenous security. In this letter, we propose an…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Ning Gao , Qiying Huang , Cen Li , Shi Jin , Michail Matthaiou

In recent years, there have been many practical applications of anomaly detection such as in predictive maintenance, detection of credit fraud, network intrusion, and system failure. The goal of anomaly detection is to identify in the test…

Applications · Statistics 2020-06-12 Zekun Xu , Deovrat Kakde , Arin Chaudhuri

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) has evolved as an effective solution for authenticating devices by leveraging the unique imperfections in hardware components involved in the signal generation process. In this work, we propose a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Raju Dhakal , Prashant Shekhar , Laxima Niure Kandel

Physical layer security is an emerging technique to improve the wireless communication security, which is widely regarded as a complement to cryptographic technologies. To design physical layer security techniques under practical scenarios,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-22 Biao He , Xiangyun Zhou , Thushara D. Abhayapala

Machine learning (ML) has been widely applied to the upper layers of wireless communication systems for various purposes, such as deployment of cognitive radio and communication network. However, its application to the physical layer is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-30 Tianqi Wang , Chao-Kai Wen , Hanqing Wang , Feifei Gao , Tao Jiang , Shi Jin

Machine learning provides automated means to capture complex dynamics of wireless spectrum and support better understanding of spectrum resources and their efficient utilization. As communication systems become smarter with cognitive radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-08 Yalin E. Sagduyu , Tugba Erpek , Yi Shi

Security at the physical layer (PHY) is a salient research topic in wireless systems, and machine learning (ML) is emerging as a powerful tool for providing new data-driven security solutions. Therefore, the application of ML techniques to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Tiep M. Hoang , Alireza Vahid , Hoang Duong Tuan , Lajos Hanzo

Radio frequency fingerprint identification (RFFI) is becoming increasingly popular, especially in applications with constrained power, such as the Internet of Things (IoT). Due to subtle manufacturing variations, wireless devices have…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-11 Lu Yang , Seyit Camtepe , Yansong Gao , Vicky Liu , Dhammika Jayalath

Accurate and robust indoor localization is critical for smart building applications, yet existing Wi-Fi-based systems are often vulnerable to environmental conditions. This work presents a novel indoor localization system, called LiGen,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Jie Lin , Hsun-Yu Lee , Ho-Ming Li , Fang-Jing Wu

Identifying line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS (NLOS) channel conditions can improve the performance of many wireless applications, such as signal strength-based localization algorithms. For this purpose, channel state information (CSI)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Jeong-Sik Choi , Woong-Hee Lee , Jae-Hyun Lee , Jong-Ho Lee , Seong-Cheol Kim

With expeditious development of wireless communications, location fingerprinting (LF) has nurtured considerable indoor location based services (ILBSs) in the field of Internet of Things (IoT). For most pattern-matching based LF solutions,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-13 Luan Chen , Iness Ahriz , Didier Le Ruyet

In this article, we develop an end-to-end wireless communication system using deep neural networks (DNNs), in which DNNs are employed to perform several key functions, including encoding, decoding, modulation, and demodulation. However, an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-08 Hao Ye , Le Liang , Geoffrey Ye Li , Biing-Hwang Fred Juang

Because each indoor site has its own radio propagation characteristics, a site survey process is essential to optimize a Wi-Fi ranging strategy for range-based positioning solutions. This paper studies an unsupervised learning technique…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Jeongsik Choi