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Recently, Physical Layer Authentication (PLA) has attracted much attention since it takes advantage of the channel randomness nature of transmission media to achieve communication confidentiality and authentication. In the complex…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-12 Rui Meng , Xiaodong Xu , Bizhu Wang , Hao Sun , Shida Xia , Shujun Han , Ping Zhang

Feature-based physical layer authentication (PLA) schemes, using position-specific channel characteristics as identifying features, can provide lightweight protection against impersonation attacks in overhead-limited applications like e.g.,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-13 Henrik Forssell , Ragnar Thobaben

Satellite communications emerged as a promising extension to terrestrial networks in future 6G network research due to their extensive coverage in remote areas and ability to support the increasing traffic rate and heterogeneous networks.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-11 Nora Abdelsalam , Saif Al-Kuwari , Aiman Erbad

The wireless medium contains domain-specific information that can be used to complement and enhance traditional security mechanisms. In this paper we propose ways to exploit the spatial variability of the radio channel response in a rich…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Liang Xiao , Larry Greenstein , Narayan Mandayam , Wade Trappe

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

Physical layer security (PLS) is a promising technology to secure wireless communications by exploiting the physical properties of the wireless channel. However, the passive nature of PLS creates a significant imbalance between the effort…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Wenwen Chen , Bin Han , Yao Zhu , Anke Schmeink , Giuseppe Caire , Hans D. Schotten

Authentication is a key element of security, by which a receiver confirms the sender identity of a message. Typical approaches include either key-based authentication at the application layer or physical layer authentication (PLA), where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-13 Stefano Tomasin

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

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

Tag-based physical layer authentication (PLA) has garnered significant attention due to its low complexity and enhanced security. However, existing PLA schemes encounter two challenges. First, unintended user interference, which overlaps…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Lei Yao , Boxiang He , Shilian Wang , Ning Xie

The extensive deployment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites introduces significant security challenges for communication security issues in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. With the rising number of satellites potentially acting as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Anna Talgat , Ruibo Wang , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The rise of wireless technologies has made the Internet of Things (IoT) ubiquitous, but the broadcast nature of wireless communications exposes IoT to authentication risks. Physical layer authentication (PLA) offers a promising solution by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Yijia Guo , Junqing Zhang , Yao-Win Peter Hong , Stefano Tomasin

As a promising technology, physical layer security (PLS) enhances security by leveraging the physical characteristics of communication channels. However, it commonly takes the legitimate user more effort to secure its data, compared to that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Wenwen Chen , Bin Han , Yao Zhu , Anke Schmeink , Hans D. Schotten

The wireless medium contains domain-specific information that can be used to complement and enhance traditional security mechanisms. In this paper we propose ways to exploit the fact that, in a typically rich scattering environment, the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2009-07-29 Liang Xiao , Larry Greenstein , Narayan Mandayam , Wade Trappe

User authentication (UA) supports the receiver in deciding whether a message comes from the claimed transmitter or from an impersonating attacker. In cryptographic approaches messages are signed with either an asymmetric or symmetric key,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-17 Stefano Tomasin

Backscattering tag-to-tag networks (BTTNs) are emerging passive radio frequency identification (RFID) systems that facilitate direct communication between tags using an external RF field and play a pivotal role in ubiquitous Internet of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Masoud Kaveh , Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Yifan Zhang , Zheng Yan , Riku Jäntti

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

In the coming years, 6G will revolutionize the world with a large amount of bandwidth, high data rates, and extensive coverage in remote and rural areas. These goals can only be achieved by integrating terrestrial networks with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-16 R. Singh , I. Ahmad , J. Huusko

In a spoofing attack, an attacker impersonates a legitimate user to access or modify data belonging to the latter. Typical approaches for spoofing detection in the physical layer declare an attack when a change is observed in certain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-18 Daniel Romero , Tien Ngoc Ha , Peter Gerstoft

The future 6G-enabled IoT will facilitate seamless global connectivity among ubiquitous wireless devices, but this advancement also introduces heightened security risks such as spoofing attacks. Physical-Layer Authentication (PLA) has…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Rui Meng , Fangzhou Zhu , Xiqi Cheng , Xiaodong Xu , Bizhu Wang , Chen Dong , Bingxuan Xu , Xiaofeng Tao , Ping Zhang