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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Earth Observation (EO) satellites have changed the way we monitor Earth. Acting like moving cameras, EO satellites are formed in constellations with different missions and priorities, and capture vast data that needs…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Xiaojian Wang , Ruozhou Yu , Dejun Yang , Guoliang Xue

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) brought navigation to the masses. Coupled with smartphones, the blue dot in the palm of our hands has forever changed the way we interact with the world. Looking forward, cyber-physical systems…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-11 Tyler G. R. Reid , Bryan Chan , Ashish Goel , Kazuma Gunning , Brian Manning , Jerami Martin , Andrew Neish , Adrien Perkins , Paul Tarantino

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) has become the primary transmission media due to its extremely low energy consumption, good network scope, and data transfer speed for the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart wearable devices. With the exponential…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-08 Tushar Nagrare , Parul Sindhwad , Faruk Kazi

Due to the broadcast nature of wireless communications, physical-layer security has attracted increasing concerns from both academia and industry. Artificial noise (AN), as one of the promising physical-layer security techniques, is capable…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Hong Niu , Yue Xiao , Xia Lei , Jiangong Chen , Zhihan Xiao , Mao Li , Chau Yuen

The broadcast nature of wireless communication systems makes wireless transmission extremely susceptible to eavesdropping and even malicious interference. Physical layer security technology can effectively protect the private information…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-30 Weiping Shi , Xinyi Jiang , Jinsong Hu , Yin Teng , Yang Wang , Hangjia He , Rongen Dong , Feng Shu , Jiangzhou Wang

This study discusses the current state of FSO technology, as well as global trends and developments in the industrial ecosystem to identify obstacles to the full realization of optical space-to-ground communication networks. Additionally,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Eugene Rotherham , Connor Casey , Eva Fernandez Rodriguez , Karen Wendy Vidaurre Torrez , Maren Mashor , Isaac Pike

The Iridium Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation remains a unique provider of global communications for critical industries, governments, and private users, serving over 2.5 million active subscribers despite recent market…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Eric Jedermann , Piotr Kulpinski , Martin Strohmeier , Vincent Lenders , Jens Schmitt

Physical layer security (PLS) is a promising paradigm for safeguarding 6G wireless networks by exploiting the inherent characteristics of wireless channels. However, the efficiency of conventional PLS is often limited by fixed orientation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Ailing Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Xingxiang Peng , Qiaoyan Peng , Ziyuan Zheng , Yuxuan Chen , Wen Chen

Meta-surfaces, also known as Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), have emerged as a cost-effective, low power consumption, and flexible solution for enabling multiple applications in Internet of Things (IoT). However, in the context…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-18 Yufei Zhao , Yong Liang Guan , Afkar Mohamed Ismail , Gaohua Ju , Deyu Lin , Yilong Lu , Chau Yuen

Satellite systems face a significant challenge in effectively utilizing limited communication resources to meet the demands of ground network traffic, characterized by asymmetrical spatial distribution and time-varying characteristics.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-31 Sheikh Salman Hassan , Yu Min Park , Yan Kyaw Tun , Walid Saad , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are often used to transmit physical sensor data over digital wireless channels. Traditional Physical Layer Security (PLS)-based cryptography approaches rely on accurate channel estimation and information…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Liang Wang , Zhuangkun Wei , Weisi Guo

Direct-to-satellite (DtS) communication has gained importance recently to support globally connected Internet of things (IoT) networks. However, relatively long distances of densely deployed satellite networks around the Earth cause a high…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Kürşat Tekbıyık , Güneş Karabulut Kurt , Ali Rıza Ekti , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Recent advancements in low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites represented by large constellations and advanced payloads provide great promises for enabling beyond 5G and 6G telecommunications and high-quality and ubiquitous Internet connectivity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Peng Hu

To mitigate inter-satellite interference and payload limits in LEO mega-constellations, satellite clusters, groups of small cooperative satellites have been proposed to improve performance and reduce interference. The typical configuration…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Juanjuan Ru , Ruibo Wang , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication is a promising approach to providing Internet connectivity to users in many remote areas. As videos are likely to account for most traffic in the LEO satellite network, as in the rest of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Kyoungjun Park , Zhiyuan He , Cheng Luo , Yi Xu , Lili Qiu , Changhan Ge , Muhammad Muaz

This paper investigates physical layer security (PLS) in the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted multiple-user uplink channel. Since the instantaneous eavesdropper's channel state information (CSI) is unavailable, the secrecy rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Xiangrui Cheng , Yiliang Liu , Zhou Su , Wei Wang

This paper investigates physical layer security (PLS) in a movable antenna (MA)-assisted full-duplex (FD) system. In this system, an FD base station (BS) with multiple MAs for transmission and reception provides services for an uplink (UL)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Jingze Ding , Zijian Zhou , Chenbo Wang , Wenyao Li , Lifeng Lin , Bingli Jiao

The revolution in the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks will bring changes on their communication models and a shift from the classical bent-pipe architectures to more sophisticated networking platforms. Thanks to technological…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Kürşat Tekbıyık , Güneş Karabulut Kurt , Ali Rıza Ekti , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) constitute a strong candidate physical-layer technology for the $6$-th Generation (6G) of wireless networks, offering new design degrees of freedom for efficiently addressing demanding performance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Konstantinos D. Katsanos , George C. Alexandropoulos

In this paper, we investigate physical-layer security (PLS) methods for proximity-based group-key establishment and proof of location. Fields of application include secure car-to-car communication, privacy-preserving and secure distance…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Pascal Zimmer , Roland Weinreich , Christian T. Zenger , Aydin Sezgin , Christof Paar