236 research outputs found
Exploiting Full-duplex Receivers for Achieving Secret Communications in Multiuser MISO Networks
We consider a broadcast channel, in which a multi-antenna transmitter (Alice)
sends confidential information signals to legitimate users (Bobs) in
the presence of eavesdroppers (Eves). Alice uses MIMO precoding to generate
the information signals along with her own (Tx-based) friendly jamming.
Interference at each Bob is removed by MIMO zero-forcing. This, however, leaves
a "vulnerability region" around each Bob, which can be exploited by a nearby
Eve. We address this problem by augmenting Tx-based friendly jamming (TxFJ)
with Rx-based friendly jamming (RxFJ), generated by each Bob. Specifically,
each Bob uses self-interference suppression (SIS) to transmit a friendly
jamming signal while simultaneously receiving an information signal over the
same channel. We minimize the powers allocated to the information, TxFJ, and
RxFJ signals under given guarantees on the individual secrecy rate for each
Bob. The problem is solved for the cases when the eavesdropper's channel state
information is known/unknown. Simulations show the effectiveness of the
proposed solution. Furthermore, we discuss how to schedule transmissions when
the rate requirements need to be satisfied on average rather than
instantaneously. Under special cases, a scheduling algorithm that serves only
the strongest receivers is shown to outperform the one that schedules all
receivers.Comment: IEEE Transactions on Communication
Artificial-Noise-Aided Secure Multi-Antenna Transmission with Limited Feedback
We present an optimized secure multi-antenna transmission approach based on
artificial-noise-aided beamforming, with limited feedback from a desired
single-antenna receiver. To deal with beamformer quantization errors as well as
unknown eavesdropper channel characteristics, our approach is aimed at
maximizing throughput under dual performance constraints - a connection outage
constraint on the desired communication channel and a secrecy outage constraint
to guard against eavesdropping. We propose an adaptive transmission strategy
that judiciously selects the wiretap coding parameters, as well as the power
allocation between the artificial noise and the information signal. This
optimized solution reveals several important differences with respect to
solutions designed previously under the assumption of perfect feedback. We also
investigate the problem of how to most efficiently utilize the feedback bits.
The simulation results indicate that a good design strategy is to use
approximately 20% of these bits to quantize the channel gain information, with
the remainder to quantize the channel direction, and this allocation is largely
insensitive to the secrecy outage constraint imposed. In addition, we find that
8 feedback bits per transmit antenna is sufficient to achieve approximately 90%
of the throughput attainable with perfect feedback.Comment: to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication
Secure Massive MIMO Communication with Low-resolution DACs
In this paper, we investigate secure transmission in a massive multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) system adopting low-resolution digital-to-analog
converters (DACs). Artificial noise (AN) is deliberately transmitted
simultaneously with the confidential signals to degrade the eavesdropper's
channel quality. By applying the Bussgang theorem, a DAC quantization model is
developed which facilitates the analysis of the asymptotic achievable secrecy
rate. Interestingly, for a fixed power allocation factor , low-resolution
DACs typically result in a secrecy rate loss, but in certain cases they provide
superior performance, e.g., at low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Specifically,
we derive a closed-form SNR threshold which determines whether low-resolution
or high-resolution DACs are preferable for improving the secrecy rate.
Furthermore, a closed-form expression for the optimal is derived. With
AN generated in the null-space of the user channel and the optimal ,
low-resolution DACs inevitably cause secrecy rate loss. On the other hand, for
random AN with the optimal , the secrecy rate is hardly affected by the
DAC resolution because the negative impact of the quantization noise can be
compensated for by reducing the AN power. All the derived analytical results
are verified by numerical simulations.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figure
Two-Way Training for Discriminatory Channel Estimation in Wireless MIMO Systems
This work examines the use of two-way training to efficiently discriminate
the channel estimation performances at a legitimate receiver (LR) and an
unauthorized receiver (UR) in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless
system. This work improves upon the original discriminatory channel estimation
(DCE) scheme proposed by Chang et al where multiple stages of feedback and
retraining were used. While most studies on physical layer secrecy are under
the information-theoretic framework and focus directly on the data transmission
phase, studies on DCE focus on the training phase and aim to provide a
practical signal processing technique to discriminate between the channel
estimation performances at LR and UR. A key feature of DCE designs is the
insertion of artificial noise (AN) in the training signal to degrade the
channel estimation performance at UR. To do so, AN must be placed in a
carefully chosen subspace based on the transmitter's knowledge of LR's channel
in order to minimize its effect on LR. In this paper, we adopt the idea of
two-way training that allows both the transmitter and LR to send training
signals to facilitate channel estimation at both ends. Both reciprocal and
non-reciprocal channels are considered and a two-way DCE scheme is proposed for
each scenario. {For mathematical tractability, we assume that all terminals
employ the linear minimum mean square error criterion for channel estimation.
Based on the mean square error (MSE) of the channel estimates at all
terminals,} we formulate and solve an optimization problem where the optimal
power allocation between the training signal and AN is found by minimizing the
MSE of LR's channel estimate subject to a constraint on the MSE achievable at
UR. Numerical results show that the proposed DCE schemes can effectively
discriminate between the channel estimation and hence the data detection
performances at LR and UR.Comment: 1
Principles of Physical Layer Security in Multiuser Wireless Networks: A Survey
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the domain of physical layer
security in multiuser wireless networks. The essential premise of
physical-layer security is to enable the exchange of confidential messages over
a wireless medium in the presence of unauthorized eavesdroppers without relying
on higher-layer encryption. This can be achieved primarily in two ways: without
the need for a secret key by intelligently designing transmit coding
strategies, or by exploiting the wireless communication medium to develop
secret keys over public channels. The survey begins with an overview of the
foundations dating back to the pioneering work of Shannon and Wyner on
information-theoretic security. We then describe the evolution of secure
transmission strategies from point-to-point channels to multiple-antenna
systems, followed by generalizations to multiuser broadcast, multiple-access,
interference, and relay networks. Secret-key generation and establishment
protocols based on physical layer mechanisms are subsequently covered.
Approaches for secrecy based on channel coding design are then examined, along
with a description of inter-disciplinary approaches based on game theory and
stochastic geometry. The associated problem of physical-layer message
authentication is also introduced briefly. The survey concludes with
observations on potential research directions in this area.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figures, 303 refs. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1303.1609 by other authors. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials,
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A Survey of Physical Layer Security Techniques for 5G Wireless Networks and Challenges Ahead
Physical layer security which safeguards data confidentiality based on the
information-theoretic approaches has received significant research interest
recently. The key idea behind physical layer security is to utilize the
intrinsic randomness of the transmission channel to guarantee the security in
physical layer. The evolution towards 5G wireless communications poses new
challenges for physical layer security research. This paper provides a latest
survey of the physical layer security research on various promising 5G
technologies, including physical layer security coding, massive multiple-input
multiple-output, millimeter wave communications, heterogeneous networks,
non-orthogonal multiple access, full duplex technology, etc. Technical
challenges which remain unresolved at the time of writing are summarized and
the future trends of physical layer security in 5G and beyond are discussed.Comment: To appear in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication
Artificial-Noise-Aided Secure Transmission Scheme With Limited Training and Feedback Overhead
We design a novel artificial-noise-aided secure onoff
transmission scheme in a wiretap channel. We consider
a practical scenario where the multi-antenna transmitter only
obtains partial channel knowledge from the single-antenna receiver
through limited training and feedback but has no channel
knowledge about the single-antenna eavesdropper. In the design,
we first propose a three-period block transmission protocol to
capture the practical training and quantization features. We
then characterize the statistics of the received signal-to-noise
ratios (SNRs) at the receiver and the eavesdropper. Under the
secrecy outage constraint, we exploit the on-off scheme to perform
secure transmission and derive a closed-form expression for the
secrecy throughput. Moreover, we investigate the optimization
problem of maximizing the secrecy throughput by proposing an
iterative algorithm to determine the optimal power allocation
between the information signal and artificial noise, as well as the
optimal codeword transmission rate. Furthermore, we define the
net secrecy throughput (NST) which takes the signaling overhead
into account and address the problem of optimally allocating the
block resource to the training and feedback overhead. Numerical
results clearly demonstrate how the optimal signaling overhead
changes with the number of transmit antennas, and there exists
an optimal number of antennas that maximizes the NST.ARC Discovery Projects Grant DP15010390
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