Preserving Data Secrecy and Integrity for Cloud Storage Using Smart Contracts and Cryptographic Primitives

Cloud computing has emerged as a viable alternative to traditional computing infrastructures,offering various benefits.However,the adoption of cloud storage poses significant risks to data secrecy and integrity.This article presents an effective mechanism to preserve the secrecy and integrity of data stored on the public cloud by leveraging blockchain technology,smart contracts,and cryptographic primitives.The proposed approach utilizes a Solidity-based smart contract as an auditor for maintaining and verifying the integrity of outsourced data.To preserve data secrecy,symmetric encryption systems are employed to encrypt user data before outsourcing it.An extensive performance analysis is conducted to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed mechanism.Additionally,a rigorous assessment is conducted to ensure that the developed smart contract is free from vulnerabilities and to measure its associated running costs.The security analysis of the proposed system confirms that our approach can securely maintain the confidentiality and integrity of cloud storage,even in the presence of malicious entities.The proposed mechanism contributes to enhancing data security in cloud computing environments and can be used as a foundation for developing more secure cloud storage systems.

Secrecy Outage Probability Minimization in Wireless-Powered Communications Using an Improved Biogeography-Based Optimization-Inspired Recurrent Neural Network

This paper focuses on wireless-powered communication systems,which are increasingly relevant in the Internet of Things(IoT)due to their ability to extend the operational lifetime of devices with limited energy.The main contribution of the paper is a novel approach to minimize the secrecy outage probability(SOP)in these systems.Minimizing SOP is crucial for maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of data,especially in situations where the transmission of sensitive data is critical.Our proposed method harnesses the power of an improved biogeography-based optimization(IBBO)to effectively train a recurrent neural network(RNN).The proposed IBBO introduces an innovative migration model.The core advantage of IBBO lies in its adeptness at maintaining equilibrium between exploration and exploitation.This is accomplished by integrating tactics such as advancing towards a random habitat,adopting the crossover operator from genetic algorithms(GA),and utilizing the global best(Gbest)operator from particle swarm optimization(PSO)into the IBBO framework.The IBBO demonstrates its efficacy by enabling the RNN to optimize the system parameters,resulting in significant outage probability reduction.Through comprehensive simulations,we showcase the superiority of the IBBO-RNN over existing approaches,highlighting its capability to achieve remarkable gains in SOP minimization.This paper compares nine methods for predicting outage probability in wireless-powered communications.The IBBO-RNN achieved the highest accuracy rate of 98.92%,showing a significant performance improvement.In contrast,the standard RNN recorded lower accuracy rates of 91.27%.The IBBO-RNN maintains lower SOP values across the entire signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)spectrum tested,suggesting that the method is highly effective at optimizing system parameters for improved secrecy even at lower SNRs.

Average Secrecy Capacity of the Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Integrated Satellite Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Relay Networks

Integrated satellite unmanned aerial vehicle relay networks(ISUAVRNs)have become a prominent topic in recent years.This paper investigates the average secrecy capacity(ASC)for reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)-enabled ISUAVRNs.Especially,an eve is considered to intercept the legitimate information from the considered secrecy system.Besides,we get detailed expressions for the ASC of the regarded secrecy system with the aid of the reconfigurable intelligent.Furthermore,to gain insightful results of the major parameters on the ASC in high signalto-noise ratio regime,the approximate investigations are further gotten,which give an efficient method to value the secrecy analysis.At last,some representative computer results are obtained to prove the theoretical findings.

Joint jammer and user scheduling scheme for wireless physical-layer security

In order to improve the performance of the security-reliability tradeoff （SRT）, a joint jammer and user scheduling （JJUS） scheme is proposed. First, a user with the maximal instantaneous channel capacity is selected to transmit its signal to the base station （ BS） in the transmission time slot. Then, when the user transmits its signal to BS, the jammer is invoked for transmitting artificial noise in order to perturb the eavesdropper’s reception. Simulation results show that increasing the number of users can enhance the SRT performance of the proposed JJUS scheme. In addition, the SRT performance of the proposed JJUS scheme is better than that of the traditional round-robin scheduling and pure user scheduling schemes. The proposed JJUS scheme can guarantee the secure transmission even in low main-to-eavesdropper ratio（ MER） regions.

A Tractable Approach to Analyzing the Physical-Layer Security in K-Tier Heterogeneous Cellular Networks

This study proposes a tractable approach to analyze the physical-layer security in the downlink of a multi-tier heterogeneous cellular network. This method is based on stochastic geometry, has low computational complexity, and uses the two-dimensional Poisson point process to model the locations of K-tier base stations and receivers, including those of legitimate users and eavesdroppers. Then, the achievable secrecy rates for an arbitrary user are determined and the upper and lower bounds of secrecy coverage probability derived on the condition that cross-tier interference is the main contributor to aggregate interference. Finally, our analysis results reveal the innate connections between information-theoretic security and the spatial densities of legitimate and malicious nodes.

Improving the Covertness in the Physical-Layer Authentication

A well-designed Physical-Layer Authentication(PLA)scheme should consider three properties:covertness,robustness,and security.However,the three properties always cause some dilemmas,e.g.,higher covertness leading to lower robustness.This paper concerns the problem of improving the covertness without sacrificing the robustness.This problem is important because of the following reasons:reducing the errors in recovered source message,improving the security,and ease of constructing a multi-factor authentication system.In this paper,we propose three covert PLA schemes to address the problem.In the first scheme,we improve the covertness by reducing the modification ratio on the source message based on an encoding mechanism.In the second scheme,we improve the covertness by optimizing the superimposing angle,which maximizes the minimum distance between the tagged symbols and the boundary line of the demodulation decision for the source message.In the third scheme,referred to as the hybrid scheme,we further improve the covertness by jointly using the advantages of both the above two schemes.Our experimental results show that when the SNR at a legitimate receiver is 25 dB,as compared with the prior scheme,the first scheme improves the covertness by 17:74%,the second scheme improves the covertness by 28:79%,and the third scheme improves the covertness by 32:09%,while they have similar robustness as Received:Aug.07,2020 Revised:Sep.08,2020 Editor:Nanrun Zhou that of the prior scheme.

Performance of Physical-Layer Network Coding in Asymmetric Two-Way Relay Channels

In this paper, we study the performance of physical-layer network coding in asymmetric two-way relay channels using four different cases having different poor channels:phase asymmetry, downlink asymmetry, uplink asymmetry and node asymmetry. The decision and mapping rule for symmetric and asymmetric cases are studied. The performance in terms of bit error rate for each case will be studied and analysed by computer simulation. Analytical and simulation results show that uplink asymmetry is the worst case;intra-phase asymmetry and unreliable uplink channels will more severely affect the performance degradation, which is caused by channel asymmetry.

Low Transmission Overhead for Polar Coding Physical-Layer Encryption

In this paper, for physical-layer security(PLS), a novel scheme of polar coding encryption is introduced in the wiretap channel(WTC) model. To decrease transmission overhead of the shared secret information and enhance the security performance against an attacker, we have employed the two following encryption technologies: Firstly, randomization of output bits is not dependent on the traditional randomized bit-channels but they are directly flipped through the random bit sequence. Secondly, for employing Advanced Encryption Standard(AES), we utilize the secret seed to extend an initial secret key of AES cryptosystem, which it appears a good avalanche performance. Result analyses demonstrate that the proposed scheme is strongly resistant against conventional attacks.

Physical-layer security enhancement method for wireless HetNets via transmission pair scheduling

In order to enhance the physical-layer security of wireless transmission in a wireless heterogeneous network (HetNet), a two-stage-based cooperative framework is advocated. To be specific, a source-destination (SD) pair is opportunistically chosen at the beginning of the transmission slot, which can be used to assist the transmissions of other SD pairs. Under this framework, a transmit antenna selection assisted opportunistic SD pair scheduling (TAS-OSDS) scheme is proposed, and the intercept probability (IP) of the proposed TAS-OSDS, the conventional round-robin source-destination pair scheduling (RSDS) and the conventional non-cooperation (non-coop) schemes is also analyzed, where the RSDS and non-coop schemes are used for comparison with the proposed TAS-OSDS. Numerical results show that increasing the number of the SD pairs can effectively reduce the IP of the TAS-OSDS scheme, whereas the IP of the RSDS and the non-coop remain unchanged with an increasing number of the SD pairs. Furthermore, the TAS-OSDS scheme achieves a lower IP than that of the RSDS and the non-coop schemes, showing the superiority of the proposed TAS-OSDS.

Spatial-Modulated Physical-Layer Network Coding Based on Block Markov Superposition Transmission for Maritime Relay Communications

As an alternative to satellite communications,multi-hop relay networks can be deployed for maritime long-distance communications.Distinct from terrestrial environment,marine radio signals are affected by many factors,e.g.,weather conditions,evaporation ducting,and ship rocking caused by waves.To ensure the data transmission reliability,the block Markov superposition transmission(BMST)codes,which are easily configurable and have predictable performance,are applied in this study.Meanwhile,the physical-layer network coding(PNC)scheme with spatial modulation(SM)is adopted to improve the spectrum utilization.For the BMST-SMPNC system,we propose an iterative algorithm,which utilizes the channel observations and the a priori information from BMST decoder,to compute the soft information corresponding to the XORed bits constructed by the relay node.The results indicate that the proposed scheme outperforms the convolutional coded SM-PNC over fast-fading Rician channels.Especially,the performance can be easily improved in high spatial correlation maritime channel by increasing the memory m.

Online Optimization of Physical-Layer Secure Computation Offloading in Dynamic Environments

Mobile edge computing can provide powerful computation services around the end-users.However,given the broadcast nature of wireless transmissions,offloading the computation tasks via the uplink channels would raise serious security concerns.This paper proposes an online approach to jointly optimize local processing,transmit power,and task offloading decisions without the a-priori knowledge of the dynamic environments.The proposed approach can guarantee the secure offloading and asymptotically minimize the time-average energy consumption of devices while maintaining the stability of the ergodic secrecy queues and task queues.By exploiting the Lyapunov optimization,the local processing,transmit power,and task offloading variables can be decoupled between time slots.The subproblems on local processing and computation offloading can be solved separately.Convex optimization and graph matching can be used to solve the computation offloading subproblem.Simulations show that the performances of the proposed approach are superior to other popular approaches.

A Resource Allocation Algorithm of Physical-Layer Security for OFDMA System under Non-ideal Condition

In this paper, a resource allocation scheme based on physical layer security under non-ideal condition for OFDMA system is introduced. Firstly, the program uses the information security constructing an OFDMA system Wiretap Channel Model under non-ideal condition. Based on this model, arti?cial noise is generated for secure communications combatting passive multiple eavesdroppers. In order to maximize the average secrecy outage capacity without channel state information of eavesdroppers, we use dual decomposition method to implement subcarriers and power allocation in joint optimization. Simulation results show that the average secrecy outage capacity can achieve 7.81 bit/s/Hz while secrecy outage probability is 0.05 with 50 dB mtransmitpower and 64 sub-carrier for 8 authorized users.

Independent component analysis to physical-layer network coding over wireless fading channels

A new combinational technology is proposed,which is feasible to apply physical-layer network coding（PNC） to wireless fading channels by employing the harmful interference strategically.The key step of PNC is that sources broadcast signals simultaneously without orthogonal scheduling.Naturally,the signals overlap in the free space at the receivers.Since the signals from different sources are mutual independent,rooted on this rational assumption,an enhanced joint diagonalization separation named altering row diagonalization（ARD） algorithm is exploited to separate these signals by maximizing the cost function measuring independence among them.This ARD PNC（APNC） methodology provides an innovative way to implement signal-level network coding at the presence of interference and without any priori information about channels in fading environments.In conclusions,the proposed APNC performs well with higher bandwidth utility and lower error rate.

Leveraging UAV-assisted communications to improve secrecy for URLLC in 6G systems

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)will be essential to support mission-critical applications of Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication(URLLC)in futuristic Sixth-Generation(6G)networks.However,several security vulnerabilities and attacks have plagued previous generations of communication systems;thus,physical layer security,especially against eavesdroppers,is vital,especially for upcoming 6G networks.In this regard,UAVs have appeared as a winning candidate to mitigate security risks.In this paper,we leverage UAVs to propose two methods.The first method utilizes a UAV as Decode-and-Forward(DF)relay,whereas the second method utilizes a UAV as a jammer to mitigate eavesdropping attacks for URLLC between transmitter and receiver devices.Moreover,we present a low-complexity algorithm that outlines the two aforementioned methods of mitigating interception,i.e.increasing secrecy rate,and we compare them with the benchmark null method in which there is a direct communication link between transmitter and receiver without the UAV DF relay.Additionally,simulation results show the effectiveness of such methods by improving the secrecy rate and its dependency on UAV height,blocklength,decoding error probability and transmitter-receiver separation distance.Lastly,we recommend the best method to enhance the secrecy rate in the presence of an eavesdropper based on our simulations.

Secrecy Efficiency Maximization in Intelligent Reflective Surfaces Assisted UAV Communications

This paper focuses on the secrecy efficiency maximization in intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)assisted unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)communication.With the popularization of UAV technology,more and more communication scenarios need UAV support.We consider using IRS to improve the secrecy efficiency.Specifically,IRS and UAV trajectories work together to counter potential eavesdroppers,while balancing the secrecy rate and energy consumption.The original problem is difficult to solve due to the coupling of optimization variables.We first introduce secrecy efficiency as an auxiliary variable and propose relaxation optimization problem,and then prove the equivalence between relaxation problem and the original problem.Then an iterative algorithm is proposed by applying the block coordinate descent(BCD)method and the inner approximationmethod.The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm converges fast and is superior to the existing schemes.In addition,in order to improve the robustness of the algorithm,we also pay attention to the case of obtaining imperfect channel state information(CSI).

Secrecy Outage Probability for Two-Way Integrated Satellite Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Relay Networks with Hardware Impairments

In this paper,we investigate the secrecy outage performance for the two-way integrated satellite unmanned aerial vehicle relay networks with hardware impairments.Particularly,the closed-form expression for the secrecy outage probability is obtained.Moreover,to get more information on the secrecy outage probability in a high signalto-noise regime,the asymptotic analysis along with the secrecy diversity order and secrecy coding gain for the secrecy outage probability are also further obtained,which presents a fast method to evaluate the impact of system parameters and hardware impairments on the considered network.Finally,Monte Carlo simulation results are provided to show the efficiency of the theoretical analysis.

非理想CSI下IRS辅助MISO保密速率最大化方法

基于智能反射面辅助多输入、单输出的安全无线通信系统,提出一种最大化系统保密速率为目标联合主被动波束形成算法.考虑非理想信道状态信息下基站发射波束成形向量和无源智能反射面相移矩阵联合优化设计问题.为解决非凸分式规划问题,通过Charnes-Cooper变换引入两个辅助变量,将单项分式问题转化为差的形式,同时采用一种交替迭代优化联合半正定松弛方法,得到易于求解的凸问题.仿真实验结果表明,该算法相比传统算法,有效提升了系统的安全性,保密性能提升10%~30%,且在一定信道状态信息误差下保密速率下降不明显,具有较强的鲁棒性.

基于DF-NOMA辅助的PLC系统安全性能分析

为了探求影响电力通信系统数据安全传输的关键因素,构建基于解码转发(decode-and-forward,DF)中继和非正交多址接入(non-orthogonal multiple access,NOMA)技术辅助的电力线通信(power line communication,PLC)系统,并研究其安全传输性能.针对外部窃听和内部窃听两种情况,联合考虑背景噪声和脉冲噪声的影响,分析系统的可达速率、遍历安全速率和安全中断概率等性能,并利用高斯-切比雪夫求积方法获得其相应的闭合表达式.结果表明:较高的脉冲噪声会降低系统的频谱效率和安全传输性能;功率分配系数以及源用户到中继用户的距离均对系统安全传输产生显著影响.进一步地,通过蒙特卡罗仿真实验验证了理论分析的正确性.

智能反射面辅助的多入单出共生无线电鲁棒安全资源分配算法

针对信道不确定性影响、无线信息泄露和障碍物阻挡导致通信质量下降等问题,该文提出一种基于智能反射面(RIS)辅助的多输入单输出(MISO)共生无线电(SR)鲁棒安全资源分配算法。考虑主用户的安全速率约束、次用户的最小速率约束、RIS最小能量收集约束,基于有界信道不确定性,建立了一个联合主被动波束赋形优化的资源分配问题。利用半正定松弛、S-procedure和变量替换法将含参数摄动的非凸问题转化为确定性的凸优化问题,并提出一种基于半正定松弛的鲁棒资源分配算法。仿真结果表明,与现有算法相比,该文算法具有较好的收敛性和鲁棒性。

基于D2D通信系统的无人机辅助物联网保密通信频谱共享方法

保密通信作为物联网安全的一项核心技术近些年受到了广泛关注。无人机(UAV)由于其高机动和灵活部署等特性,被认为是提高物联网通信安全的有力手段。针对当前物联网中UAV辅助保密通信频谱利用率问题,研究了UAV和地面设备到设备(Device-to-Device, D2D)通信系统频谱共享的系统保密容量最大化,提出了一种基于块坐标下降(Block Coordinate Descent, BCD)法的频谱共享算法,该算法通过联合优化系统中发送方(UAV和地面设备对)的传输功率和无人机轨迹,在确保地面设备对和UAV能够共存的情况下最大化接收方的保密容量。具体来说,该算法通过差分凸规划(Difference of Two Convex Functions, DC)方法优化固定轨迹下的系统功率,利用连续凸优化方法解决给定发射功率的UAV轨迹优化问题。仿真结果表明,所提方法在多种参数配置下都能有效提高系统的保密容量,并且和其他算法相比有更低的功率消耗。