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

Almost universal codes for fading wiretap channels

We consider a fading wiretap channel model where the transmitter has only statistical channel state information, and the legitimate receiver and eavesdropper have perfect channel state information. We propose a sequence of non-random lattice codes which achieve strong secrecy and semantic security over ergodic fading channels. The construction is almost universal in the sense that it achieves the same constant gap to secrecy capacity over Gaussian and ergodic fading models.Comment: 5 pages, to be submitted to IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 201

An Error Probability Approach to MIMO Wiretap Channels

We consider MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) wiretap channels, where a legitimate transmitter Alice is communicating with a legitimate receiver Bob in the presence of an eavesdropper Eve, and communication is done via MIMO channels. We suppose that Alice's strategy is to use a codebook which has a lattice structure, which then allows her to perform coset encoding. We analyze Eve's probability of correctly decoding the message Alice meant to Bob, and from minimizing this probability, we derive a code design criterion for MIMO lattice wiretap codes. The case of block fading channels is treated similarly, and fast fading channels are derived as a particular case. The Alamouti code is carefully studied as an illustration of the analysis provided.Comment: 27 pages, 4 figure

Nonasymptotic Probability Bounds for Fading Channels Exploiting Dedekind Zeta Functions

In this paper, new probability bounds are derived for algebraic lattice codes. This is done by using the Dedekind zeta functions of the algebraic number fields involved in the lattice constructions. In particular, it is shown how to upper bound the error performance of a finite constellation on a Rayleigh fading channel and the probability of an eavesdropper's correct decision in a wiretap channel. As a byproduct, an estimate of the number of elements with a certain algebraic norm within a finite hyper-cube is derived. While this type of estimates have been, to some extent, considered in algebraic number theory before, they are now brought into novel practice in the context of fading channel communications. Hence, the interest here is in small-dimensional lattices and finite constellations rather than in the asymptotic behavior

Probability Estimates for Fading and Wiretap Channels from Ideal Class Zeta Functions

In this paper, new probability estimates are derived for ideal lattice codes from totally real number fields using ideal class Dedekind zeta functions. In contrast to previous work on the subject, it is not assumed that the ideal in question is principal. In particular, it is shown that the corresponding inverse norm sum depends not only on the regulator and discriminant of the number field, but also on the values of the ideal class Dedekind zeta functions. Along the way, we derive an estimate of the number of elements in a given ideal with a certain algebraic norm within a finite hypercube. We provide several examples which measure the accuracy and predictive ability of our theorems.Comment: 24 pages. Extends our earlier arxiv submission arxiv.1303.347