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On the Impact of Wireless Jamming on the Distributed Secondary Microgrid Control
The secondary control in direct current microgrids (MGs) is used to restore
the voltage deviations caused by the primary droop control, where the latter is
implemented locally in each distributed generator and reacts to load
variations. Numerous recent works propose to implement the secondary control in
a distributed fashion, relying on a communication system to achieve consensus
among MG units. This paper shows that, if the system is not designed to cope
with adversary communication impairments, then a malicious attacker can apply a
simple jamming of a few units of the MG and thus compromise the secondary MG
control. Compared to other denial-of-service attacks that are oriented against
the tertiary control, such as economic dispatch, the attack on the secondary
control presented here can be more severe, as it disrupts the basic
functionality of the MG
Secure Two-Way Transmission via Wireless-Powered Untrusted Relay and External Jammer
In this paper, we propose a two-way secure communication scheme where two
transceivers exchange confidential messages via a wireless powered untrusted
amplify-and-forward (AF) relay in the presence of an external jammer. We take
into account both friendly jamming (FJ) and Gaussian noise jamming (GNJ)
scenarios. Based on the time switching (TS) architecture at the relay, the data
transmission is done in three phases. In the first phase, both the
energy-starved nodes, the untrustworthy relay and the jammer, are charged by
non-information radio frequency (RF) signals from the sources. In the second
phase, the two sources send their information signals and concurrently, the
jammer transmits artificial noise to confuse the curious relay. Finally, the
third phase is dedicated to forward a scaled version of the received signal
from the relay to the sources. For the proposed secure transmission schemes, we
derive new closed-form lower-bound expressions for the ergodic secrecy sum rate
(ESSR) in the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime. We further analyze the
asymptotic ESSR to determine the key parameters; the high SNR slope and the
high SNR power offset of the jamming based scenarios. To highlight the
performance advantage of the proposed FJ, we also examine the scenario of
without jamming (WoJ). Finally, numerical examples and discussions are provided
to acquire some engineering insights, and to demonstrate the impacts of
different system parameters on the secrecy performance of the considered
communication scenarios. The numerical results illustrate that the proposed FJ
significantly outperforms the traditional one-way communication and the
Constellation rotation approach, as well as our proposed benchmarks, the
two-way WoJ and GNJ scenarios.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
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Markov Decision Processes with Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consist of autonomous and resource-limited
devices. The devices cooperate to monitor one or more physical phenomena within
an area of interest. WSNs operate as stochastic systems because of randomness
in the monitored environments. For long service time and low maintenance cost,
WSNs require adaptive and robust methods to address data exchange, topology
formulation, resource and power optimization, sensing coverage and object
detection, and security challenges. In these problems, sensor nodes are to make
optimized decisions from a set of accessible strategies to achieve design
goals. This survey reviews numerous applications of the Markov decision process
(MDP) framework, a powerful decision-making tool to develop adaptive algorithms
and protocols for WSNs. Furthermore, various solution methods are discussed and
compared to serve as a guide for using MDPs in WSNs
Intelligent-Reflecting-Surface-Assisted UAV Communications for 6G Networks
In 6th-Generation (6G) mobile networks, Intelligent Reflective Surfaces
(IRSs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as promising
technologies to address the coverage difficulties and resource constraints
faced by terrestrial networks. UAVs, with their mobility and low costs, offer
diverse connectivity options for mobile users and a novel deployment paradigm
for 6G networks. However, the limited battery capacity of UAVs, dynamic and
unpredictable channel environments, and communication resource constraints
result in poor performance of traditional UAV-based networks. IRSs can not only
reconstruct the wireless environment in a unique way, but also achieve wireless
network relay in a cost-effective manner. Hence, it receives significant
attention as a promising solution to solve the above challenges. In this
article, we conduct a comprehensive survey on IRS-assisted UAV communications
for 6G networks. First, primary issues, key technologies, and application
scenarios of IRS-assisted UAV communications for 6G networks are introduced.
Then, we put forward specific solutions to the issues of IRS-assisted UAV
communications. Finally, we discuss some open issues and future research
directions to guide researchers in related fields
Wireless communication, sensing, and REM: A security perspective
The diverse requirements of next-generation communication systems necessitate awareness, flexibility, and intelligence as essential building blocks of future wireless networks. The awareness can be obtained from the radio signals in the environment using wireless sensing and radio environment mapping (REM) methods. This is, however, accompanied by threats such as eavesdropping, manipulation, and disruption posed by malicious attackers. To this end, this work analyzes the wireless sensing and radio environment awareness mechanisms, highlighting their vulnerabilities and provides solutions for mitigating them. As an example, the different threats to REM and its consequences in a vehicular communication scenario are described. Furthermore, the use of REM for securing communications is discussed and future directions regarding sensing/REM security are highlighted
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