Physical layer security in cooperative wireless communications

Li Wang

Song Wenbo

The significant concepts in the area of wireless communication are cooperative communication and physical layer security. Since current related research does not involve detailed performance analysis in different scenarios, the performance in different scenarios between amplify-and-forward scheme and cooperative-jamming scheme is compared. In combination with the characteristics of the both concepts, the physical layer security model based on cooperative communication, and the optimal secrecy capacity on amplify-and-forward scheme and cooperative-jamming scheme is analyzed. The number increase of antennas for relays can improve the secrecy performance, just like the number increase of relays. Simulation results show that amplify-and-forward scheme is more difficult to be effected by the scenarios and is more stable than cooperative-jamming scheme.

Manish Nagpal, Sampa Chau Pattnaik, Paramjit Baxi +3 more

One of the most important issues for secure communication in the physical layer is developing physical layer security techniques to provide confidentiality and data integrity in wireless communication systems. The properties of the physical channel are used in these methodologies to safeguard communication from eavesdropping and some other security threats. This article presents physical layer security methods that can be implemented in wireless communication systems. Artificial Noise (AN) is one of the most popular techniques. The original signal is combined with a generated by the transmitter in such a way that eavesdroppers cannot easily decode the data. Cooperative Anti-jamming: Yet another strategy for jammer localization is to employ cooperative jamming, where multiple friendly users can add noise signals over the signal in an effort to confuse potential eavesdroppers. In addition, additional technologies such as multi-input multi-output beamforming and transmit power control can further improve the security of wireless communication systems. In this regard, strategies based on game theory have been proposed as a viable alternative to enhancing physical layer security. Viewing the interaction between the transmitter, receiver, and eavesdropper as a game allows us to reveal their optimal strategies and security levels.

K. Gunaseelan, R. Dhanusuya, A. R. Abdul Rajak +1 more

Sonika Pahuja, Poonam Jindal

Raef Bassily, Ersen Ekrem, Xiang He +5 more

Wireless communications systems are particularly vulnerable to security attacks because of the inherent openness of the transmission medium. In this article, we focus on guaranteeing confidentiality against eavesdropping attacks where an unauthorized entity aims to intercept an ongoing wireless communication, and we provide a comprehensive summary of recent advances in the area of physical-layer security that guarantees confidentiality by using cooperative techniques unique to the wireless medium. These cooperative techniques consist of carefully designed coding and signaling schemes that are able to harness the properties of the physical layer and to ensure some level of information-theoretic security.