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Real-time speech communication over wireless networks remains challenging, as conventional channel protection mechanisms cannot effectively counter packet loss under stringent bandwidth and latency constraints. Semantic communication has…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Zhuohang Han , Jincheng Dai , Shengshi Yao , Junyi Wang , Yanlong Li , Kai Niu , Wenjun Xu , Ping Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless communications have drawn significant attention recently. We study the physical layer security of the downlink RIS-aided transmission framework for randomly located users in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-09 Jiayi Zhang , Hongyang Du , Qiang Sun , Bo Ai , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Terahertz (THz) band contains abundant spectrum resources that can offer ultra-high data rates. However, due to the THz band's inherent characteristics, i.e., low penetrability, high path loss, and non-negligible molecular absorption…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-25 Chao Wang , Young Jin Chun

One of the important questions when discussing next-generation near-Earth mmWave and terahertz (THz) band satellite communications as an integral part of the 5G-Advanced and 6G landscape is the potential interference-related issues when…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Sergi Aliaga , Vitaly Petrov , Josep M. Jornet

Physical layer security (PLS) has received a growing interest from the research community for its ability to safeguard data confidentiality without relying on key distribution or encryption/decryption. However, the evolution towards the 5G…

Initiation of fourth generation (4G) mobile telecommunication system rollouts fires the starting pistol for beyond 4G research activities. Whereas technologies enhancing spectral efficiency have traditionally been the solution to data rate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-05-10 Turker Yilmaz , Ozgur B. Akan

Terahertz (THz) communication is emerging as a pivotal enabler for 6G and beyond wireless systems owing to its multi-GHz bandwidth. One of its novel applications is in wireless data centers, where it enables ultra-high data rates while…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Wenqi Zhao , Sergi Abadal , Guochao Song , Jiamo Jiang , Chong Han

Physical layer security is a field of study that continues to gain importance over time. It encompasses a range of algorithms applicable to various aspects of communication systems. While research in the physical layer has predominantly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-17 Pol Henarejos , Ana I. Pérez-Neira

Information-theoretic security -- widely accepted as the strictest notion of security -- relies on channel coding techniques that exploit the inherent randomness of the propagation channels to significantly strengthen the security of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-01-22 Pedro C. Pinto , Joao Barros , Moe Z. Win

This paper investigates an information-theoretic model of secure semantic-aware communication. For this purpose, we consider the lossy joint source-channel coding (JSCC) of a memoryless semantic source transmitted over a memoryless wiretap…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Denis Kozlov , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Rahim Tafazolli

We investigate the physical layer security of wireless single-input single-output orthogonal-division multiplexing (OFDM) when a transmitter, which we refer to as Alice, sends her information to a receiver, which we refer to as Bob, in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-02 Mohamed F. Marzban , Ahmed El Shafie , Rakan Chabaan , Naofal Al-Dhahir

In this paper, we present new measurement results to model large-scale path loss, angular spread and channel sparsity at the sub-THz (141-145 GHz) band, for both indoor and outdoor scenarios. Extensive measurement campaigns have been…

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

Terahertz (THz) communication technology is regarded as a promising enabler for achieving ultra-high data rate transmission in next-generation communication systems. To mitigate the high path loss in THz systems, the transmitting beams are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Yanzhao Hou , Guoning Wang , Chen Chen , Gaoze Mu , Qimei Cui , Xiaofeng Tao , Yuanmu Yang

The adversarial wiretap channel (AWTC) model is a secure communication model in which adversary can directly read and write the transmitted bits in legitimate communication with fixed fractions. In this paper we propose a secure polar…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-01 Yizhi Zhao

Millimeter-wave (30-300 GHz) and Terahertz-band communications (0.3-10 THz) are envisioned as key wireless technologies to satisfy the demand for Terabit-per-second (Tbps) links in the 5G and beyond eras. The very large available bandwidth…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-18 Shuai Nie , Josep M. Jornet , Ian F. Akyildiz

In this paper, transmission through large intelligent surfaces (LIS) that intentionally modify the phases of incident waves to improve the signal quality at the receiver, is put forward as a promising candidate for future wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-17 Ertugrul Basar

In this paper, we investigate covert communication over millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies. In particular, a mmWave transmitter, referred to as Alice, attempts to reliably communicate to a receiver, referred to as Bob, while hiding the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Mohammad Vahid Jamali , Hessam Mahdavifar

In pervasive Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the use of short packets is expected to meet the stringent latency requirement in ultra-reliable low-latency communications; however, the incurred security issues and the impact of finite…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-05 Hui-Ming Wang , Qian Yang , Zhiguo Ding , H. Vincent Poor

Terahertz (THz) wireless communication has emerged as a promising solution for future data center interconnects; however, accurate channel characterization and system-level performance evaluation in complex indoor environments remain…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Mingjie Zhu , Yejian Lyu , Ziming Yu , Chong Han