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The physical layer security (PLS) performance of a wireless communication link through a large reflecting surface (LRS) with phase errors is analyzed. Leveraging recent results that express the \ac{LRS}-based composite channel as an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Jose David Vega Sanchez , Pablo Ramirez-Espinosa , F. Javier Lopez-Martinez

In this paper, we propose a physical layer security (PLS) framework for an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted integrated sensing and semantic communication (ISASC) system, where a multi-antenna dual-functional semantic base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-21 Hamid Amiriara , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Ahmed Elzanaty , Yi Ma , Rahim Tafazolli

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) hold significant promise for enhancing physical layer security (PLS). However, conventional RISs are typically modeled using diagonal scattering matrices, capturing only independent reflections…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-20 Weijie Xiong , Jingran Lin , Cunhua Pan , Yilong Zeng , Qiang Li

The physical-layer security issue in the multiple non-regenerative wireless-powered relay (WPR) networks is investigated in this letter, where the idle relay is treated as a potential eavesdropper. To guarantee secure communication, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-08 Mingxiong Zhao , Xiangfeng Wang , Suili Feng

In this work, we investigate the physical layer security (PLS) of ambient backscatter communication non-orthogonal multiple access (AmBC-NOMA) networks where non-colluding eavesdroppers (Eves) are randomly distributed. In the proposed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-10 Xinyue Pei , Xingwei Wang , Min Huang , Yingyang Chen , Xiaofan Li , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis

\textcolor{blue}{In} this paper, we investigate the performance of physical layer security (PLS) over reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)-aided wireless communication systems, where all fading channels are modeled with Fisher-Snedecor…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Wei-Ping Zhu , Diego Martín

The integration of sensing and communication enables wireless communication systems to serve environment-aware applications. In this paper, we propose to leverage sensing to enhance physical layer security (PLS) in multiuser communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Dongfang Xu , Yiming Xu , Zhiqiang Wei , Shenghui Song , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

This paper investigates the secure transmission in a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted uplink non-orthogonal multiple access system, where the legitimate users send…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-05 Zheng Zhang , Jian Chen , Yuanwei Liu , Qingqing Wu , Bingtao He , Long Yang

We propose a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted wiretap channel, where the RIS is strategically deployed to provide a spatial separation to the transmitter, and orthogonal combiners are employed at the legitimate receiver to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Xudong Li , Matthias Frey , Ehsan Tohidi , Igor Bjelaković , Sławomir Stańczak

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

The broadcasting nature of the wireless medium makes exposure to eavesdroppers a potential threat. Physical Layer Security (PLS) has been widely recognized as a promising security measure complementary to encryption. It has recently been…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-15 Sayed Amir Hoseini , Parastoo Sadeghi , Faycal Bouhafs , Neda Aboutorab , Frank den Hartog

Sixth-generation (6G) networks pose substantial security risks because confidential information is transmitted over wireless channels with a broadcast nature, and various attack vectors emerge. Physical layer security (PLS) exploits the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-15 Waqas Khalid , M. Atif Ur Rehman , Trinh Van Chien , Zeeshan Kaleem , Howon Lee , Heejung Yu

The additional degree of freedom (DoF) in the distance domain of near-field communication offers new opportunities for physical layer security (PLS) design. However, existing works mainly consider static eavesdroppers, and the related study…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-27 Yiming Xu , Mingxuan Zheng , Dongfang Xu , Shenghui Song , Daniel Benevides da Costa

This paper studies a practical design of probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) for physical layer security in visible light communications (VLC). In particular, we consider a wiretap VLC channel employing a probabilistically shaped…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-07 Thanh V. Pham , Susumu Ishihara

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has the potential to significantly enhance the network secure transmission performance by reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment. However, due to the passive nature of eavesdroppers and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Zongze Li , Shuai Wang , Miaowen Wen , Yik-Chung Wu

We investigate the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted downlink secure transmission where only the statistical channel of eavesdropper is available. To handle the stochastic ergodic secrecy rate (ESR) maximization problem, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Cen Liu , Chang Tian , Peixi Liu

In this paper, we study the physical layer security (PLS) problem in the dual hop orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based wireless communication system. First, we consider a single user single relay system and study a joint…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-15 Waqas Aman , Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu , Haji M. Furqan , Zain Ali

This paper investigates a wireless network consisting of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base station (BS), a fully-connected reconfigurable intelligent surface (FC-RIS), and multiple users, where the downlink signal can simultaneously be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-27 Shuying Lin , Yulong Zou , Yuhan Jiang , Libao Yang , Zhe Cui , Le-Nam Tran

Physical Layer Security (PLS) is an emerging concept in the field of secrecy for wireless communications that can be used alongside cryptography to prevent unauthorized devices from eavesdropping a legitimate transmission. It offers low…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-24 Leonardo Barbosa da Silva , Evelio Martín Garcia Fernández , Ândrei Camponogara

With the development of sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks, the security challenges are becoming increasingly prominent, especially for mobile users (MUs). As a promising solution, physical layer security (PLS) technology…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-17 Wenxuan Ma , Bin Lin , Hongyang Pan , Geng Sun , Enyu Shi , Jiancheng An , Chau Yuen