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Hiding information in network traffic may lead to leakage of confidential information. In this paper we introduce a new steganographic system: the PadSteg (Padding Steganography). To authors' best knowledge it is the first information…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2011-04-05 Bartosz Jankowski , Wojciech Mazurczyk , Krzysztof Szczypiorski

WiFi is inherently vulnerable to eavesdropping because RF signals may penetrate many physical boundaries, such as walls and floors. LiFi, by contrast, is an optical method confined to line-of-sight and blocked by opaque surfaces. We present…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Shiqi Xu , Yuyang Du , Mingyue Zhang , Hongwei Cui , Soung Chang Liew

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

Dual-functional radar communication (DFRC) system has recently attracted significant academic attentions as an enabling solution for realizing radar-communication spectrum sharing. During the DFRC transmission, however, the critical…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-11 Nanchi Su , Fan Liu , Christos Masouros

Protection of information against electromagnetic eavesdropping is an important issue. Information may be derivable from the shape of an unintended electromagnetic signal. The resulting electromagnetic emanations can be correlated with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-10 Ireneusz Kubiak , Joe Loughry

Though visible light communication (VLC) systems are contained to a given room, improving their security is an important criterion in any practical deployment. In this paper, the design of artificial noise (AN) to enhance physical layer…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Thanh V. Pham , Steve Hranilovic , Susumu Ishihara

The generation of a laser filament through clouds produces a shockwave which displaces the small water droplets from the air to create a quasi-transparent channel through which, information can be transmitted. We present a robust method…

Data at the physical layer transmits via media such as copper cable, fiber optic, or wireless. Physical attack vectors exist that challenge data confidentiality and availability. Protocols and encryption standards help obfuscate but often…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Alon Hillel-Tuch

Semiconductor lasers with ultra-low thresholds and minimal footprints are a topic of active research. Such devices require a combination of high quality factor laser cavities with small active region volumes, which drives the quest for…

This paper investigates the physical-layer security for an indoor visible light communication (VLC) network consisting of a transmitter, a legitimate receiver and an eavesdropper. Both the main channel and the wiretapping channel have…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Jin-Yuan Wang , Cheng Liu , Jun-Bo Wang , Yongpeng Wu , Min Lin , Julian Cheng

Efficiently receiving underwater sound remotely from air is a long-standing challenge in acoustics hindered by the large impedance mismatch at the water-air interface. Here we introduce and experimentally demonstrate a technique for remote…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-08-30 Jing-jing Liu , Zheng-wei Li , Bin Liang , Jian-chun Cheng , Andrea Alu

Physical Layer Security (PLS) is an emerging concept in the field of secrecy for wireless communications that can be used alongside cryptography to prevent unauthorized devices from eavesdropping a legitimate transmission. It offers low…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-24 Leonardo Barbosa da Silva , Evelio Martín Garcia Fernández , Ândrei Camponogara

Communication in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band has recently been proposed to enable giga-bit-per-second data rates for next generation wireless systems. Physical layer security techniques have emerged as a simple and yet effective way…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Rohith Talwar , Nancy Amala , George Medina , Akshadeep Singh Jida , Mohammed E. Eltayeb

Communication with a spacecraft is typically performed using Radio Frequency (RF). RF is a well-established and well-regulated technology that enables communication over long distances as proven by the Voyager 1 & II missions. However, RF…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-06 Xinchen Guo , Jekan Thangavelautham

Ultracold temperatures in dilute quantum gases opened the way to an exquisite control of matter at the quantum level. Here we focus on the control of ultracold atomic collisions using a laser to engineer their interactions at large…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-02-23 T. Xie , A. Orbán , X. Xing , E. Luc-Koenig , R. Vexiau , O. Dulieu , N. Bouloufa-Maafa

Electromagnetic (EM) covert channels pose significant threats to computer and communications security in air-gapped networks. Previous works exploit EM radiation from various components (e.g., video cables, memory buses, CPUs) to secretly…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Xieyang Sun , Yuanqing Zheng , Wei Xi , Zuhao Chen , Zhizhen Chen , Han Hao , Zhiping Jiang , Sheng Zhong

This paper introduces a new type of attack on isolated, air-gapped workstations. Although air-gap computers have no wireless connectivity, we show that attackers can use the SATA cable as a wireless antenna to transfer radio signals at the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-18 Mordechai Guri

A new concept of a free-space, high-speed (Gbps) optical communication system based on spectral encoding of radiation from a broadband pulsed laser is developed. It is shown that, in combination with the use of partially coherent laser…

Indoor visible light communication (VLC) is considered secure against attackers outside the confined area where the light propagates, but it is still susceptible to interception from inside the coverage area. A new technology, intelligent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Rashid Iqbal , Mauro Biagi , Ahmed Zoha , Muhammad Ali Imran , Hanaa Abumarshoud

This paper presents an approach for visible light communication-based indoor positioning using compressed sensing. We consider a large number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) simultaneously transmitting their positional information and a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Kristina Gligoric , Manisha Ajmani , Dejan Vukobratovic , Sinan Sinanovic