Covert communications: A comprehensive survey

X Chen, J An, Z Xiong, C Xing, N Zhao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Information security has always been a critical issue in wireless networks. Apart from other
secure techniques, covert communication emerges as a potential solution to security for …

Security and privacy for reconfigurable intelligent surface in 6G: A review of prospective applications and challenges

F Naeem, M Ali, G Kaddoum, C Huang… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems are expected to bring about an explosion of
accessible user information and novel technologies, along with new threats to terrestrial and …

Multiple RISs assisted cell-free networks with two-timescale CSI: Performance analysis and system design

X Gan, C Zhong, C Huang, Z Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can be employed in a cell-free system to create
favorable propagation conditions from base stations (BSs) to users via configurable …

Achieving covertness and security in broadcast channels with finite blocklength

C Wang, Z Li, H Zhang, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Considering multi-user downlink ultra-high reliability and low latency communications
(URLLC), this paper employs the artificial noise (AN) technique to establish a secure and …

Covertness and secrecy study in untrusted relay-assisted D2D networks

R Sun, B Yang, Y Shen, X Jiang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the covertness and secrecy of wireless communications in an
untrusted relay-assisted device-to-device (D2D) network consisting of a full-duplex base …

STAR-RIS-enabled secure dual-functional radar-communications: Joint waveform and reflective beamforming optimization

C Wang, CC Wang, Z Li, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Considering a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
(STAR-RIS)-aided dual-functional radar-communications (DFRC) system, this paper …

Multiple UAV-borne IRS-aided millimeter wave multicast communications: A joint optimization framework

K Guo, C Wang, Z Li, DWK Ng… - IEEE Communications …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we design a resource allocation algorithm for communications in millimeter
wave (mmWave) multicast systems adopting multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-borne …

Covert beamforming design for intelligent-reflecting-surface-assisted IoT networks

S Ma, Y Zhang, H Li, J Sun, J Shi… - IEEE Internet of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider covert beamforming design for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-
assisted Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks, where Alice utilizes IRS to covertly transmit a …

Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) Assisted Multi-Antenna Covert Communication: Analysis and Optimization

H Xiao, X Hu, P Mu, W Wang, TX Zheng… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the multi-antenna covert communications assisted by a
simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS). In …

Covert rate study for full-duplex D2D communications underlaid cellular networks

Y Yang, B Yang, S Shen, Y She… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaid cellular networks have emerged as a
promising network architecture to provide extended coverage and high data rate for various …