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Recent device fingerprinting approaches rely on deep learning to extract device-specific features solely from raw RF signals to identify, classify and authenticate wireless devices. One widely known issue lies in the inability of these…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Bechir Hamdaoui , Abdurrahman Elmaghbub

Deep learning is an effective approach for performing radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting, which aims to identify the transmitter corresponding to received RF signals. However, beyond the intended receiver, malicious eavesdroppers can also…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-07 Andrew Yuan , Rajeev Sahay

In response to the rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and rising security risks, Radio Frequency Fingerprint (RFF) has become key for device identification and authentication. However, various changing factors - beyond the RFF…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-19 Yezhuo Zhang , Zinan Zhou , Guangyu Li , Xuanpeng Li

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) corrupts astronomical measurements, thus affecting the performance of radio telescopes. To address this problem, supervised segmentation models have been proposed as candidate solutions to RFI detection.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Michael Mesarcik , Albert-Jan Boonstra , Elena Ranguelova , Rob V. van Nieuwpoort

RF devices can be identified by unique imperfections embedded in the signals they transmit called RF fingerprints. The closed set classification of such devices, where the identification must be made among an authorized set of transmitters,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-31 Samurdhi Karunaratne , Samer Hanna , Danijela Cabric

Radio frequency fingerprint (RFF) is a promising device identification technology, with recent research shifting from robustness to security due to growing concerns over vulnerabilities. To date, while the security of RFF against basic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Zhou Xu , Guyue Li , Zhe Peng , Aiqun Hu

The vehicular-to-everything (V2X) technology has recently drawn a number of attentions from both academic and industrial areas. However, the openness of the wireless communication system makes it more vulnerable to identity impersonation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-05 Tianshu Chen , Hong Shen , Aiqun Hu , Weihang He , Jie Xu , Hongxing Hu

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) offers a unique method for identifying devices at the physical (PHY) layer based on their RF emissions due to intrinsic hardware differences. Nevertheless, RFF techniques depend on the ability to extract…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Muhammad Irfan , Savio Sciancalepore , Gabriele Oligeri

Deep learning has been widely used in radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting. Despite its excellent performance, most existing methods only consider a closed-set assumption, which cannot effectively tackle signals emitted from those unknown…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-27 Weidong Wang , Hongshu Liao , Lu Gan

The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) is being upgraded to increase the receiver sensitivity. This makes the receiver more susceptible to man-made Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). To improve the receiver performance in presence of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Kaushal D. Buch , Kishor Naik , Swapnil Nalawade , Shruti Bhatporia , Yashwant Gupta , B Ajithkumar

Ultra-low latency, the hallmark of fifth-generation mobile communications (5G), imposes exacting timing demands on identification as well. Current cryptographic solutions introduce additional computational overhead, which results in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Yingjie Sun , Guyue Li , Hongfu Chou , Aiqun Hu

The deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart cities and critical infrastructure has enhanced connectivity and real-time data exchange but introduced significant security challenges. While effective, cryptography can often be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Ahmed Mohamed Hussain , Nada Abughanam , Panos Papadimitratos

Radio Frequency fingerprinting enables a passive receiver to recognize and authenticate a transmitter without the need for cryptographic tools. Authentication is achieved by isolating specific features of the transmitted signal that are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Muhammad Irfan , Savio Sciancalepore , Gabriele Oligeri

In recent years, the rapid growth of the Internet of Things technologies and the widespread adoption of 5G wireless networks have led to an exponential increase in the number of radiation devices operating in complex electromagnetic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Nisar Ahmed , Gulshan Saleem , Hafiz Muhammad Shahzad Asif , Muhammad Usman Younus , Kalsoom Safdar

Identity authentication is crucial for ensuring the information security of wireless communication. Radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting techniques provide a prom-ising supplement to cryptography-based authentication approaches but rely on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Junjie Wang , Yong Huang , Feiyang Zhao , Wenjing Wang , Dalong Zhang , Wei Wang

Radio Frequency Fingerprint (RFF) identification on account of deep learning has the potential to enhance the security performance of wireless networks. Recently, several RFF datasets were proposed to satisfy requirements of large-scale…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-17 Shupeng Zhang , Yibin Zhang , Xixi Zhang , Jinlong Sun , Yun Lin , Haris Gacanin , Fumiyuki Adachi , Guan Gui

A "wireless fingerprint" which exploits hardware imperfections unique to each device is a potentially powerful tool for wireless security. Such a fingerprint should be able to distinguish between devices sending the same message, and should…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-27 Soorya Gopalakrishnan , Metehan Cekic , Upamanyu Madhow

Authorization systems are increasingly relying on processing radio frequency (RF) waveforms at receivers to fingerprint (i.e., determine the identity) of the corresponding transmitter. Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a popular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-07 Kiarash Kianfar , Rajeev Sahay

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based radio fingerprinting (FP) outperforms classic localization methods in propagation environments with strong multipath effects. However, the model and data orchestration of FP are time-consuming and costly,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-02 Jonathan Ott , Jonas Pirkl , Maximilian Stahlke , Tobias Feigl , Christopher Mutschler

Radio frequency fingerprint (RFF) identification technology, which exploits relatively stable hardware imperfections, is highly susceptible to constantly changing channel effects. Although various channel-robust RFF feature extraction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Xuan Yang , Dongming Li , Yi Lou , Xianglin Fan