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Physical layer security (PLS) is a promising technology to secure wireless communications by exploiting the physical properties of the wireless channel. However, the passive nature of PLS creates a significant imbalance between the effort…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Wenwen Chen , Bin Han , Yao Zhu , Anke Schmeink , Giuseppe Caire , Hans D. Schotten

In this paper, we investigate the sensing-aided physical layer security (PLS) towards Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems. A well-known limitation of PLS is the need to have information about potential eavesdroppers (Eves).…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-18 Nanchi Su , Fan Liu , Christos Masouros

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

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication represents one of the main innovations of the next generation of wireless technologies, allowing users to reach unprecedented data rates. To overcome the high path loss at mmWave frequencies, these…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-12 Mattia Lecci , Tommaso Zugno , Silvia Zampato , Michele Zorzi

In this paper, we pioneer the study of physical-layer security in heterogeneous networks (HetNets). We investigate secure communications in a two-tier downlink HetNet, which comprises one macrocell and several femtocells. Each cell has…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-23 Tiejun Lv , Hui Gao , Shaoshi Yang

Communication in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band has recently been proposed to enable giga-bit-per-second data rates for next generation wireless systems. Physical layer security techniques have emerged as a simple and yet effective way…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Rohith Talwar , Nancy Amala , George Medina , Akshadeep Singh Jida , Mohammed E. Eltayeb

Securing information in future mobile networks is challenging, especially for devices with limited computational resources. Physical layer security (PLS) offers a viable solution by leveraging wireless channel randomness. When full secrecy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-16 Henry Carvajal Mora , Nathaly Orozco , Fernando Almeida García , José Vega-Sánchez , Felipe Grijalva , Edgar Benitez Olivo

Integrating efficient connectivity, positioning and sensing functionalities into 5G New Radio (NR) and beyond mobile cellular systems is one timely research paradigm, especially at mm-wave and sub-THz bands. In this article, we address the…

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

Due to its high mobility and flexible deployment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is drawing unprecedented interest in both military and civil applications to enable agile wireless communications and provide ubiquitous connectivity. Mainly…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Jue Wang , Xuanxuan Wang , Ruifeng Gao , Chengleyang Lei , Wei Feng , Ning Ge , Shi Jin , Tony Q. S. Quek

The new paradigm of wirelessly powered two-tier heterogeneous networks (HetNets) is considered in this paper. Specifically, the femtocell base station (FBS) is powered by a power beacon (PB) and transmits confidential information to a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-25 Shiqi Gong , Shaodan Ma , Chengwen Xing , Yonghui Li , Lajos Hanzo

Passive eavesdropping compromises confidentiality in wireless networks, especially in resource-constrained environments where heavyweight cryptography is impractical. Physical layer security (PLS) exploits channel randomness and spatial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Yifan Zhang , Yishan Yang , Riku Jäntti , Zheng Yan , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han

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

\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

We propose a new security framework for physical layer security (PLS) in the finite blocklength (FBL) regime that incorporates deception technology, allowing for active countermeasures against potential eavesdroppers. Using a symmetric…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-21 Bin Han , Yao Zhu , Anke Schmeink , Hans D. Schotten

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

This paper considers transmit beamforming in dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) system, where a DFRC transmitter simultaneously communicates with a communication user and detects a malicious target with the same waveform. Since the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-24 Rong Wen , Ying Zhang , Qiang Li , Youxi Tang

Semantic communications have been envisioned as a potential technique that goes beyond Shannon paradigm. Unlike modern communications that provide bit-level security, the eaves-dropping of semantic communications poses a significant risk of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Yongkang Li , Zheng Shi , Han Hu , Yaru Fu , Hong Wang , Hongjiang Lei

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

The volume of mobile data traffic has been driven to an unprecedented high level due to the proliferation of smartphones/mobile devices that support a wide range of broadband applications and services, requiring a next generation mobile…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Yinan Qi , Mythri Hunukumbure , Hyungju Nam , Hyunil Yoo , Saidhiraj Amuru