An Anti-Eavesdrop Transmission Scheduling Scheme Based on Maximizing Secrecy Outage Probability in Ad Hoc Networks

In this paper,we consider a wireless ad hoc network consisting of multiple source nodes transmitting to their respective destinations,where an eavesdropper attempts to intercept their transmissions.We propose an optimal transmission scheduling scheme to defend against the eavesdropper,where a source node having the highest secrecy rate is scheduled to access the wireless medium for transmitting to its destination in an opportunistic manner.To be specific,the secrecy rate between a pair of the source and destination in the presence of an eavesdropper varies temporally due to the wireless fading effect.The proposed optimal transmission scheduling scheme opportunistically selects a source node with the highest secrecy rate to transmit its data for the sake of maximizing the security of the ad hoc network against eavesdropping attacks.For comparison purposes,we also consider the conventional round-robin scheduling as a benchmark,where multiple source nodes take turns in accessing their shared wireless medium for transmitting to their respective destinations.We derive closed-form secrecy outage probability expressions of both the round-robin scheduling and the proposed optimal scheduling schemes over Rayleigh fading environments.Numerical results show that the proposed transmission scheduling scheme outperforms the conventional round-robin method in terms of its secrecy outage probability.Additionally,upon increasing the number of source-destination pairs,the secrecy outage probability of the round-robin scheme keeps unchanged,whereas the secrecy outage performance of the proposed transmission scheduling significantly improves,showing the security benefits of exploiting transmission scheduling for protecting wireless ad hoc networks against eavesdropping.

Interference Coordination for Secrecy Enhancement in Random Wireless Networks

The co-channel interference modeling is vital for evaluating the secrecy performance in random wireless networks,where the legitimate nodes and eavesdroppers are randomly distributed.In this paper,a new interference model is proposed from the userdominant perspective.The model can provide a better analytical assessment of secrecy performance with interference coordination for the presence of eavesdroppers.The typical legitimate is assumed to be located at the origin,and chooses the closest base station(BS) as its serving BS.The field of interferers is obtained by excluding the desired BSs(including the serving BS and its cooperative BS(s)).In contract with the exiting interference model,it is assumed that desired BSs and interferers belong to the same Poisson Point Process(PPP),and eavesdroppers are distributed according to another independent PPP.Based on this model,the average secrecy transmission capacity is derived in simply analytical forms with interference coordination.Analysis and simulation results show that the secrecy performance can be significantly enhanced by exploiting interference coordination.Furthermore,the average secrecy transmission capacity increases with increasing number of cooperative BSs.

Secrecy energy efficiency maximization for UAV-enabled multi-hop mobile relay system

To deal with the secrecy issues and energy efficiency issues in the unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) assisted communication systems, an UAV-enabled multi-hop mobile relay system is studied in an urban environment. Multiple rotary-wing UAVs with energy budget considerations are employed as relays to forward confidential information between two ground nodes in the presence of multiple passive eavesdroppers. The system secrecy energy efficiency(SEE), defined by the ratio of minimum achievable secrecy rate(SR) to total propulsion energy consumption(PEC), is maximized via jointly optimizing the trajectory and transmit power of each UAV relay. To solve the formulated non-convex fractional optimization problem subject to mobility, transmit power and information-causality constraints, an effective iterative algorithm is proposed by applying the updated-rate-assisted block coordinate decent method, successive convex approximation(SCA) technique and Dinkelbach method. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed joint trajectory design and power control scheme.