Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication(URLLC)is still in the early stage of research due to its two strict and conflicting requirements,i.e.,ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability,and its impact on securit...Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication(URLLC)is still in the early stage of research due to its two strict and conflicting requirements,i.e.,ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability,and its impact on security performance is still unclear.Specifically,short-packet communication is expected to meet the delay requirement of URLLC,while the degradation of reliability caused by it makes traditional physical-layer security metrics not applicable.In this paper,we investigate the secure short-packet transmission in uplink massive multiuser multiple-inputmultiple-output(MU-MIMO)system under imperfect channel state information(CSI).We propose an artificial noise scheme to improve the security performance of the system and use the system average secrecy throughput(AST)as the analysis metric.We derive the approximate closed-form expression of the system AST and further analyze the system asymptotic performance in two regimes.Furthermore,a one-dimensional search method is used to optimize the maximum system AST for a given pilot length.Numerical results verify the correctness of theoretical analysis,and show that there are some parameters that affect the tradeoff between security and latency.Moreover,appropriately increasing the number of antennas at the base station(BS)and transmission power at user devices(UDs)can increase the system AST to achieve the required threshold.展开更多
This study investigates physical layer security in downlink multipleinput multiple-output(MIMO) multi-hop heterogeneous cellular networks(MHCNs),in which communication between mobile users and base stations(BSs) is es...This study investigates physical layer security in downlink multipleinput multiple-output(MIMO) multi-hop heterogeneous cellular networks(MHCNs),in which communication between mobile users and base stations(BSs) is established by a single or multiple hops,to address the problem of insufficient security performance of MIMO heterogeneous cellular networks.First,two-dimensional homogeneous Poisson point processes(HPPPs) are utilized to model the locations of K-tier BSs in MIMO MHCNs and receivers,including those of legitimate users and eavesdroppers.Second,based on the channel gain distribution and the statistics property of HPPP,the achievable ergodic rates of the main and eavesdropper channels in direct and ad hoc links are derived,respectively.Third,the secrecy coverage probability and the achievable ergodic secrecy throughput of downlink MIMO MHCNs are explored,and their expressions are derived.Lastly,the correctness of the theoretical derivation is verified through Monte Carlo simulations.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant 2018YFB1801103the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant(no.62171464,no.62122094)。
文摘Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication(URLLC)is still in the early stage of research due to its two strict and conflicting requirements,i.e.,ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability,and its impact on security performance is still unclear.Specifically,short-packet communication is expected to meet the delay requirement of URLLC,while the degradation of reliability caused by it makes traditional physical-layer security metrics not applicable.In this paper,we investigate the secure short-packet transmission in uplink massive multiuser multiple-inputmultiple-output(MU-MIMO)system under imperfect channel state information(CSI).We propose an artificial noise scheme to improve the security performance of the system and use the system average secrecy throughput(AST)as the analysis metric.We derive the approximate closed-form expression of the system AST and further analyze the system asymptotic performance in two regimes.Furthermore,a one-dimensional search method is used to optimize the maximum system AST for a given pilot length.Numerical results verify the correctness of theoretical analysis,and show that there are some parameters that affect the tradeoff between security and latency.Moreover,appropriately increasing the number of antennas at the base station(BS)and transmission power at user devices(UDs)can increase the system AST to achieve the required threshold.
基金supported in part by National High-tech R&D Program(863 Program) under Grant No.2014AA01A701National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61379006,61401510,61521003Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No.2016M592990
文摘This study investigates physical layer security in downlink multipleinput multiple-output(MIMO) multi-hop heterogeneous cellular networks(MHCNs),in which communication between mobile users and base stations(BSs) is established by a single or multiple hops,to address the problem of insufficient security performance of MIMO heterogeneous cellular networks.First,two-dimensional homogeneous Poisson point processes(HPPPs) are utilized to model the locations of K-tier BSs in MIMO MHCNs and receivers,including those of legitimate users and eavesdroppers.Second,based on the channel gain distribution and the statistics property of HPPP,the achievable ergodic rates of the main and eavesdropper channels in direct and ad hoc links are derived,respectively.Third,the secrecy coverage probability and the achievable ergodic secrecy throughput of downlink MIMO MHCNs are explored,and their expressions are derived.Lastly,the correctness of the theoretical derivation is verified through Monte Carlo simulations.