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 …

Intelligent covert communication design for cooperative cognitive radio network

Z Li, J Shi, C Wang, D Wang, X Li… - China …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extensive research attentions have been devoted to studying cooperative cognitive radio
networks (CCRNs), where secondary users (SU) providing cooperative transmissions can …

DF relay assisted covert communications: Analysis and optimization

M Wang, Z Xu, B Xia, Y Guo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communication is crucial to preventing the warder's detection of wireless
transmission. In general, small transmit power is required to satisfy the covertness …

Covert communication with a spectrum sharing relay in the finite blocklength regime

R Ma, W Yang, H Shi, X Lu, J Liu - China Communications, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the feasibility and performance of the covert communication
with a spectrum sharing relay in the finite blocklength regime. Specifically, the relay …

Multi-domain resource multiplexing based secure transmission for satellite-assisted IoT: AO-SCA approach

Z Yin, N Cheng, Y Hui, W Wang, L Zhao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the wireless broadcasting and broad coverage in satellite-supported Internet of
things (IoT) networks, the IoT nodes are susceptible to eavesdropping threats. Considering …

Distance-angle beamforming for covert communications via frequency diverse array: Towards two-dimensional covertness

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wang, S Xiao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the beamforming schemes via the novel frequency diverse array
(FDA) on enhancing covert communications performance. We first consider the ideal …

[HTML][HTML] Performance Comparison of Relay-Based Covert Communications: DF, CF and AF

J Moon - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we investigate the performance of covert communications in different types of a
relay system: decode-and-forward (DF), compress-and-forward (CF) and amplify-and …

Covert communication for spatially sparse mmwave massive MIMO channels

L Bai, J Xu, L Zhou - IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communication, also known as communication with low probability of detection, aims
to provide reliable communication for legal users and prevent any other user from detecting …

Covert communication in uplink NOMA systems under channel distribution information uncertainty

Z Duan, X Yang, Y Gong, D Wang… - IEEE Communications …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is challenging to covert communication under channel distribution information (CDI)
uncertainty caused by limited feedback and rapid-changing channels. This letter …

Performance analysis and optimization for coordinated direct and relay covert transmission with multi-antenna warder

M Wang, B Xia, Z Xu, Y Guo… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communication is crucial to ensure the safety of wireless communications in Internet
of Things (IoT) systems. In this article, a multiantenna relay is employed to enhance the …