IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)

Optimal strategies for countering dual-threat jamming/eavesdropping-capable adversaries in MIMO channels

Amitav Mukherjee, Arnold Lee Swindlehurst

Published Oct 1, 2010• 32 citations

Abstract

This paper investigates transmission strategies in a MIMO wiretap channel with a transmitter, receiver and wiretapper, each equipped with multiple antennas. In a departure from existing work, the wiretapper is able to act either as a passive eavesdropper or as an active jammer per channel use, under a half-duplex constraint. The transmitter therefore faces a choice between dynamically allocating all of its power for data; or broadcasting artificial noise along with the information signal in order to selectively degrade the eavesdropper's channel. We model the network as a zero-sum game in strategic form with the MIMO secrecy rate as the payoff function. We first carry out a detailed analysis of the various rate outcomes that result from the possible actions of the agents. We then discuss the conditions for equilibrium outcomes in the strategic form of the game. Finally, numerical simulations are presented to corroborate the analytical results.

DOI: 10.1109/milcom.2010.5680228

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