10 research outputs found
The Role of Physical Layer Security in Satellite-Based Networks
In the coming years, 6G will revolutionize the world with a large amount of
bandwidth, high data rates, and extensive coverage in remote and rural areas.
These goals can only be achieved by integrating terrestrial networks with
non-terrestrial networks. On the other hand, these advancements are raising
more concerns than other wireless links about malicious attacks on
satellite-terrestrial links due to their openness. Over the years, physical
layer security (PLS) has emerged as a good candidate to deal with security
threats by exploring the randomness of wireless channels. In this direction,
this paper reviews how PLS methods are implemented in satellite communications.
Firstly, we discuss the ongoing research on satellite-based networks by
highlighting the key points in the literature. Then, we revisit the research
activities on PLS in satellite-based networks by categorizing the different
system architectures. Finally, we highlight research directions and
opportunities to leverage the PLS in future satellite-based networks
TAS-Based Incremental Hybrid Decode–Amplify–Forward Relaying for Physical Layer Security Enhancement
In this paper, a transmit antenna selection (TAS)-
based incremental hybrid decode-amplify-forward (IHDAF)
scheme is proposed to enhance physical layer security in cooperative
relay networks. Specifically, TAS is adopted at the
source in order to reduce the feedback overhead. In the proposed
TAS-based IHDAF scheme, the network transmits signals to the
destination adaptive select direction transmission mode, AF mode
or DF mode depending on the capacity of the source-relay link
and source-relay link. In order to fully examine the benefits
of the proposed TAS-based IHDAF scheme, we first derive its
secrecy outage probability (SOP) in a closed-form expression. We
then conduct asymptotic analysis on the SOP, which reveals the
secrecy performance floor of the proposed TAS-based IHDAF
scheme when no channel state information is available at the
source. Theoretical analysis and simulation results demonstrate
that the proposed TAS-based IHDAF scheme outperforms the
selective decode-and-forward (SDF), the incremental decodeand-forward
(IDF), and the noncooperative direction transmission
(DT) schemes in terms of the SOP and effective secrecy
throughout, especially when the relay is close to the destination.
Furthermore, the proposed TAS-based IHDAF scheme offer a
good trade-off between complexity and performance compare
with using all antennas at the source.ARC Discovery Projects Grant DP150103905