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The dual-functional radar and communication (DFRC) technique constitutes a promising next-generation wireless solution, due to its benefits in terms of power consumption, physical hardware, and spectrum exploitation. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-03 Fuwang Dong , Wei Wang , Xin Li , Fan Liu , Sheng Chen , Lajos Hanzo

Near-field beamfocusing with extremely large aperture arrays can effectively enhance physical layer security. Nevertheless, even small estimation errors of the eavesdropper's location may cause a pronounced focal shift, resulting in a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Shicong Liu , Xianghao Yu , Robert Schober

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless communications have drawn significant attention recently. We study the physical layer security of the downlink RIS-aided transmission framework for randomly located users in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-09 Jiayi Zhang , Hongyang Du , Qiang Sun , Bo Ai , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

A robust full-space physical layer security (PLS) transmission scheme is proposed in this paper considering the full-space wiretapping challenge of wireless networks supported by simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Han Xiao , Xiaoyan Hu , Ang Li , Wenjie Wang , Kun Yang

Traditional physical layer secure beamforming is achieved via precoding before signal transmission using channel state information (CSI). However, imperfect CSI will compromise the performance with imperfect beamforming and potential…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-02 Tongyang Xu , Zhongxiang Wei , Tianhua Xu , Gan Zheng

Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) is one category of service to be provided by next-generation wireless networks. Motivated by increasing security concerns in such networks, this article focuses on physical layer security…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-21 Riqing Chen , Chunhui Li , Shihao Yan , Robert Malaney , Jinhong Yuan

In this letter, we investigate enhancing the physical layer security (PLS) for the dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) system with hybrid beamforming (HBF) architecture, where the base station (BS) achieves downlink communication and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Lingyun Xu , Bowen Wang , Huiyong Li , Ziyang Cheng

Beamforming design for extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems is challenging due to prohibitive computational complexity and complex near-field propagation effects. To address this, this paper introduces a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Xiyuan Liu , Qingqing Wu , Rui Wang , Qiaoyan Peng , Jun Wu

Caching popular contents is a promising way to offload the mobile data traffic in wireless networks, but so far the potential advantage of caching in improving physical layer security (PLS) is rarely considered. In this paper, we contribute…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Wu Zhao , Zhiyong Chen , Kuikui Li , Bin Xia

This work studies near-field secure communications through transmit beamfocusing. We examine the benefit of having a protected eavesdropper-free zone around the legitimate receiver, and we determine the worst-case secrecy performance…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Cen Liu , Xiangyun Zhou , Nan Yang , Salman Durrani , A. Lee Swindlehurst

In this paper, we consider the physical layer security (PLS) problem for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems in the presence of hybrid-colluding eavesdroppers, where an active eavesdropper (AE) and a passive eavesdropper…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-10 Meiding Liu , Zhengchun Zhou , Qiao Shi , Guyue Li , Zilong Liu , Pingzhi Fan , Inkyu Lee

Extremely large-scale arrays (XL-arrays) have emerged as a promising technology to achieve super-high spectral efficiency and spatial resolution in future wireless systems. The large aperture of XL-arrays means that spherical rather than…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-29 Changsheng You , Yunpu Zhang , Chenyu Wu , Yong Zeng , Beixiong Zheng , Li Chen , Linglong Dai , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) has been recognized as one of the most significant enabling technologies for future wireless systems due to its eminent spectral efficiency, ability to provide an additional degree of freedom for Ultra…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-14 Haji M. Furqan , Jehad. M. Hamamreh , Huseyin Arslan

The increase in antenna apertures and transmission frequencies in next-generation wireless networks is catalyzing advancements in near-field communications (NFC). In this paper, we investigate secure transmission in near-field multi-user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Zihao Teng , Jiancheng An , Christos Masouros , Hongbin Li , Lu Gan , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

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

Movable antennas (MAs) represent a novel approach that enables flexible adjustments to antenna positions, effectively altering the channel environment and thereby enhancing the performance of wireless communication systems. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-25 Weijie Xiong , Jingran Lin , Kai Zhong , Liu Yang , Hongli Liu , Qiang Li , Cunhua Pan

This paper investigates the physical layer security of a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-aided wireless network in the presence of full-duplex active eavesdropping. In this scenario, the RIS cooperates with the Base Station (BS) to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Atefeh Zakeri , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

This paper presents a comprehensive physical layer security (PLS) framework for fluid antenna system (FAS)-aided short-packet communications under the variable block-correlation model (VBCM). We consider a downlink wiretap scenario in which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Jianchao Zheng , Tuo Wu , Kai-Kit Wong , Baiyang Liu , Runyu Pan , Maged Elkashlan , Kin-Fai Tong , Sumei Sun

The rapid evolution of communication technologies and the emergence of sixth-generation (6G) networks have introduced unprecedented opportunities for ultra-reliable, low-latency, and energy-efficient communication. However, the integration…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Masoud Kaveh , Kai-Kit Wong , Diego Martin , Riku Jantti , Zheng Yan

In this paper, we design robust beamforming to guarantee the physical layer security for a multiuser beam division multiple access (BDMA) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system, when the channel estimation errors are taken…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Fengchao Zhu , Feifei Gao , Hai Lin , Shi Jin , Junhui Zhao