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The high directionality of millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems has proven effective in reducing the attack surface against eavesdropping, thus improving the physical layer security. However, even with highly directional beams,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-20 Afifa Ishtiaq , Arash Asadi , Ladan Khaloopour , Waqar Ahmed , Vahid Jamali , Matthias Hollick

Traditional covert communication often relies on the knowledge of the warden's channel state information, which is inherently challenging to obtain due to the non-cooperative nature and potential mobility of the warden. The integration of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Xingyu Zhao , Min Li , Ming-Min Zhao , Shihao Yan , Min-Jian Zhao

Security and privacy are major concerns in modern communication networks. In recent years, the information theory of covert communications, where the very presence of the communication is undetectable to a watchful and determined adversary,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-29 Ramin Soltani , Dennis Goeckel , Don Towsley , Amir Houmansadr

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies promise multi-gigabit connectivity for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks, but face challenges in terms of severe path loss and mobility-related beam misalignment. Reliable V2X connectivity requires…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Avhishek Biswas , Apala Pramanik , Eylem Ekici , Mehmet C. Vuran

In this paper, we investigate covert communications in a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) system. Under the RSMA principles, the messages…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Heng Chang , Hai Yang , Shuobo Xu , Xiyu Pang , Hongwu Liu

Huge overhead of beam training poses a significant challenge to mmWave communications. To address this issue, beam tracking has been widely investigated whereas existing methods are hard to handle serious multipath interference and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Ke Ma , Dongxuan He , Hancun Sun , Zhaocheng Wang

Millimeter wave (mmWave) vehicular communica tion systems have the potential to improve traffic efficiency and safety. Lack of secure communication links, however, may lead to a formidable set of abuses and attacks. To secure communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-16 Mohammed E. Eltayeb , Junil Choi , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Robert W. Heath

In this paper, we investigate the problem of beam alignment in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, and design an optimal algorithm to reduce the overhead. Specifically, due to directional communications, the transmitter and receiver beams…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Morteza Hashemi , Ashutosh Sabharwal , C. Emre Koksal , Ness B. Shroff

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is one feasible solution for high data-rate applications like vehicular-to-everything communication and next generation cellular communication. Configuring mmWave links, which can be done through…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-01 Anum Ali , Nuria González-Prelcic , Robert W. Heath

In pursuance of the unused spectrum in higher frequencies, millimeter wave (mmWave) bands have a pivotal role. However, the high path-loss and poor scattering associated with mmWave communications highlight the necessity of employing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Nariman Torkzaban , Mohamamd A. , Khojastepour , John S. Baras

Beamforming techniques have been widely used in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands to mitigate the path loss of mmWave radio links as the narrow straight beams by directionally concentrating the signal energy. However, traditional mmWave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-03 Kan Zheng , Haojun Yang , Ziqiang Ying , Pengshuo Wang , Lajos Hanzo

Covert wireless communication or low probability of detection (LPD) communication that employs the noise or jamming signals as the cover to hide user's information can prevent a warden Willie from discovering user's transmission attempts.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-11 Zhihong Liu , Jiajia Liu , Yong Zeng , Zhuo Ma , Jianfeng Ma , Qiping Huang

The future wireless communication system faces the bottleneck of the shortage of traditional spectrum resources and the explosive growth of the demand for wireless services. Millimeter-wave communication with spectral resources has become…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-13 Quanda Zhang , Hudi Wang

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is considered as a key enabler of ultra-high data rates in the future cellular and wireless networks. The need for directional communication between base stations (BSs) and users in mmWave systems,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-04 Sara Khosravi , Hossein S. Ghadikolaei , Marina Petrova

This paper develops a novel methodology for designing analog beamforming codebooks for full-duplex millimeter wave (mmWave) transceivers, the first such codebooks to the best of our knowledge. Our design reduces the self-interference…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-31 Ian P. Roberts , Hardik B. Jain , Sriram Vishwanath , Jeffrey G. Andrews

Millimeter-wave communications is the most promising technology for next-generation cellular wireless systems, thanks to the large bandwidth available compared to sub-6 GHz networks. Nevertheless, communication at these frequencies requires…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-02-20 Rana A. Hassan , Nicolo Michelusi

Beam training of 802.11 ad is a technology that helps accelerate the analog weighting vector (AWV) selection process under the constraint of the existing code-book for AWV. However, 5G milli-meter wave (mmWave)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Lyutianyang Zhang , Sumit Roy

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications employ narrow-beam directional communications to compensate for the high path loss at mmWave frequencies. Compared to their omnidirectional counterparts, an additional step of aligning the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Jingcheng Li , Loukas Lazos , Ming Li

Covert communication is necessary when revealing the mere existence of a message leaks sensitive information to an attacker. Consider a network link where an authorized transmitter Jack sends packets to an authorized receiver Steve, and the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-09 Ramin Soltani , Dennis Goeckel , Don Towsley , Amir Houmansadr

The millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is envisioned to provide orders of magnitude capacity improvement. However, it is challenging to realize a sufficient link margin due to high path loss and blockages. To address this difficulty, in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Wei Feng , Yanmin Wang , Dengsheng Lin , Ning Ge , Jianhua Lu , Shaoqian Li