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International Journal of Intelligent Networks

Secure short-packet communications using a full-duplex receiver

Dechuan Chen, Jin Li, Jianwei Hu, Xingang Zhang, Shuai Zhang

Published Jan 1, 2023• 5 citations
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Abstract

In this work, we consider the physical layer security in short-packet communications, where a full-duplex (FD) receiver receives information signals from a source while generating artificial noise (AN) to confuse an eavesdropper. Taking into account the finite blocklength coding and the self-interference (SI) in FD mode, we derive new approximation closed-form expression for the secrecy throughput. Moreover, we analyze the asymptotic secrecy throughput in two distinct scenarios, i.e., high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime and infinite blocklength coding, to gain more insights. Our examination illustrates the correctness of our expressions and shows how the critical system variables affect the secrecy throughput.

DOI
10.1016/j.ijin.2023.11.004

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In this paper, physical layer security issue for a down-link wireless communication system is examined, composed of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a legitimate receiver and a passive eavesdropper. The destination is equipped with two antennas and applies the full-duplex (FD) Bob-based jamming (FD-BBJ) strategy to achieve secure transmission. Considering that practical air-to-ground (A2G) channels experience Nakagami-m fading and the FD legitimate receiver is affected by self-interference (SI), closed-form expressions of approximate ergodic achievable secrecy rate (EASR) with help of Gauss-Laguerre Quadrature (GLQ) and compact secrecy outage probability (SOP) expression are derived, respectively. To gain more insights, asymptotic secrecy performance is analysed in the case of extreme total system transmit power, via deriving closed-form expression for asymptotic EASR and compact expression for asymptotic SOP. Numerical results have verified the correctness of our theoretical analysis and proved that the FD-BBJ strategy applied in the UAV-aided wireless communication system can help achieve considerable secrecy performance gain.
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