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Deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved remarkable success in radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting for wireless device authentication. However, their practical deployment faces two major limitations: domain shift, where models trained in…

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Federated Learning (FL) is increasingly adopted as a decentralized machine learning paradigm due to its capability to preserve data privacy by training models without centralizing user data. However, FL is susceptible to indirect privacy…

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Radio frequency fingerprint identification (RFFI) is a promising device authentication technique based on the transmitter hardware impairments. In this paper, we propose a scalable and robust RFFI framework achieved by deep learning powered…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-08 Guanxiong Shen , Junqing Zhang , Alan Marshall , Joseph Cavallaro

The identification of the devices from which a message is received is part of security mechanisms to ensure authentication in wireless communications. Conventional authentication approaches are cryptography-based, which, however, are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Junqing Zhang , Francesco Ardizzon , Mattia Piana , Guanxiong Shen , Stefano Tomasin

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

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

With the rapid proliferation of wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, ensuring secure and reliable device identification has become a significant challenge. Traditional security techniques, such as IP or MAC address-based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Liu Yang , Qiang Li , Xiaoyang Ren

In recent years, radio frequency (RF) sensing has gained increasing popularity due to its pervasiveness, low cost, non-intrusiveness, and privacy preservation. However, realizing the promises of RF sensing is highly nontrivial, given…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-29 Tianyue Zheng , Zhe Chen , Shuya Ding , Jun Luo

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

Partial discharge originates from microscopic insulation imperfections in high-voltage apparatus and is widely considered a critical marker of incipient deterioration. Conventional partial discharge detection methods are typically…

Deep Neural Network (DNN) has recently achieved outstanding performance in a variety of computer vision tasks, including facial attribute classification. The great success of classifying facial attributes with DNN often relies on a massive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Ni Zhuang , Yan Yan , Si Chen , Hanzi Wang , Chunhua Shen

Trusted identification is critical to secure IoT devices. However, the limited memory and computation power of low-end IoT devices prevent the direct usage of conventional identification systems. RF fingerprinting is a promising technique…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-18 Tianhang Zheng , Zhi Sun , Kui Ren

As a promising non-password authentication technology, radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting can greatly improve wireless security. Recent work has shown that RF fingerprinting based on deep learning can significantly outperform conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-01 Weidong Wang , Cheng Luo , Jiancheng An , Lu Gan , Hongshu Liao , Chau Yuen

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

Can we distinguish between two wireless transmitters sending exactly the same message, using the same protocol? The opportunity for doing so arises due to subtle nonlinear variations across transmitters, even those made by the same…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-10 Metehan Cekic , Soorya Gopalakrishnan , Upamanyu Madhow

Recent work has shown the promise of applying deep learning to enhance software processing of radio frequency (RF) signals. In parallel, hardware developments with quantum RF sensors based on Rydberg atoms are breaking longstanding barriers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Pranav Gokhale , Caitlin Carnahan , William Clark , Teague Tomesh , Frederic T. Chong

The accurate identification of wireless devices is critical for enabling automated network access monitoring and authenticated data communication in large-scale networks; e.g., IoT. RF fingerprinting has emerged as a solution for device…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-09 Nora Basha , Bechir Hamdaoui

Primary user emulation (PUE) attacks are an emerging threat to cognitive radio (CR) networks in which malicious users imitate the primary users (PUs) signals to limit the access of secondary users (SUs). Ascertaining the identity of the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-08-27 Yaman Sharaf-Dabbagh , Walid Saad

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) techniques allow a receiver to authenticate a transmitter by analyzing the physical layer of the radio spectrum. Although the vast majority of scientific contributions focus on improving the performance…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Gabriele Oligeri , Savio Sciancalepore

Near Field Communication (NFC) is widely used in security applications such as door access systems and ID cards. However, clone attacks can replicate digital information, enabling unauthorized access. RF fingerprinting offers a robust…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-14 Dickson Akuoko Sarpong , Adam Kamrath , Rohit Bhusal , Hongzhi Guo