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A frequency domain (FD) time-reversal (TR) precoder is proposed to perform physical layer security (PLS) in single-input single-output (SISO) system using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). To maximize the secrecy of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-07 Sidney Golstein , Trung-Hien Nguyen , François Horlin , Philippe De Doncker , Julien Sarrazin

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

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

Pinching antenna (PA) systems have recently gained significant attention. While their physical-layer security (PLS) is being explored, most studies rely on idealized lossless models, ignoring practical waveguide attenuation. In this paper,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-17 Xiaochen Zhang , Haitao Du , Yanyu Cheng , Yushen Lin , Kah Chan Teh

In this paper, we investigate a large intelligent surface-enhanced (LIS-enhanced) system, where a LIS is deployed to assist secure transmission. Our design aims to maximize the achievable secrecy rates in different channel models, i.e.,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-28 Biqian Feng , Yongpeng Wu , Mengfan Zheng , Xiang-Gen Xia , Yongjian Wang , Chengshan Xiao

We present a composite wireless fading model encompassing multipath fading and shadowing based on fluctuating two-ray (FTR) fading and inverse gamma (IG) shadowing. We first determine an alternative framework for the statistical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Maryam Olyaee , Juan M. Romero-Jerez , F. Javier López-Martínez , Andrea J. Goldsmith

This paper studies physical layer security in a wireless ad hoc network with numerous legitimate transmitter-receiver pairs and eavesdroppers. A hybrid full-/half-duplex receiver deployment strategy is proposed to secure legitimate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Tong-Xing Zheng , Hui-Ming Wang , Jinhong Yuan , Zhu Han , Moon Ho Lee

Physical layer security (PLS) has received a growing interest from the research community for its ability to safeguard data confidentiality without relying on key distribution or encryption/decryption. However, the evolution towards the 5G…

In this paper, we study physical layer security for the downlink of cellular networks, where the confidential messages transmitted to each mobile user can be eavesdropped by both (i) the other users in the same cell and (ii) the users in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Giovanni Geraci , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Jeffrey G. Andrews , Jinhong Yuan , Iain B. Collings

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

In this letter, we introduce the performance of maximal ratio combining (MRC) with weighting errors for physical layer security. We assume both legitimate user and eavesdropper each equipped with multiple antennas employ non ideal MRC. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-12 Anish Prasad Shrestha , Kyung Sup Kwak

With the completion of standardization of fifth-generation (5G) networks, the researchers have begun visioning sixth-generation (6G) networks that are predicted to be human-centric. Hence, similar to 5G networks, besides high data rate,…

Securing wireless communication, being inherently vulnerable to eavesdropping and jamming attacks, becomes more challenging in resource-constrained networks like Internet-of-Things. Towards this, physical layer security (PLS) has gained…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-28 Bhawna Ahuja , Deepak Mishra , Ranjan Bose

This article investigates physical layer security (PLS) in reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multiple-input multiple-output multiple-antenna-eavesdropper (MIMOME) channels. Existing researches ignore the problem that secrecy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Yiliang Liu , Zhou Su , Chi Zhang , Hsiao-Hwa Chen

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

The goal of physical layer security (PLS) is to make use of the properties of the physical layer, including the wireless communication medium and the transceiver hardware, to enable critical aspects of secure communications. In particular,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Mahdi Shakiba-Herfeh , Arsenia Chorti , H. Vince Poor

This paper investigates the secrecy performance of satellite networks in short packet communication systems under shadowed Rician fading (SRF). We derive a lower bound on the average achievable secrecy rate in the finite blocklength regime…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-14 Ramin Hashemi , Graciela Corral Briones , Risto Wichman

The secrecy performance of realistic wireless multicast scenarios can be significantly deteriorated by the simultaneous occurrence of multipath and shadowing. To resolve this security threat, in this work an opportunistic relaying-based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-09 MD. Shakhawat Hossen , A. S. M. Badrudduza , S. M. Riazul Islam , Abu Hanif , Milton Kumar Kundu , Kyung-Sup Kwak

Physical layer security (PLS) technologies are expected to play an important role in the next-generation wireless networks, by providing secure communication to protect critical and sensitive information from illegitimate devices. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Yun Wen , Gaojie Chen , Sisai Fang , Zheng Chu , Pei Xiao , Rahim Tafazolli

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