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 …

Physical Layer Covert Communication in B5G Wireless Networks—Its Research, Applications, and Challenges

Y Jiang, L Wang, HH Chen, X Shen - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Physical layer covert communication is a crucial secure communication technology that
enables a transmitter to convey information covertly to a recipient without being detected by …

Securing large-scale d2d networks using covert communication and friendly jamming

S Feng, X Lu, S Sun, D Niyato… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We exploit both covert communication and friendly jamming to propose a friendly jamming-
assisted covert communication and use it to doubly secure a large-scale device-to-device …

Optimal Transmit Power and Hovering Location for UAV Covert Communication in IoT Systems

D Wang, X Zhao, W Shen, Z Li, N Cheng… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things (IoT) play a paramount role in every aspect of our daily lives. Due to more
diverse human needs, the future IoT networks are expected to be highly dynamic and …

Covert Communication in Two-Hop Cooperative Cognitive Radio System

R Chen, J Yang, H Zhou, R Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communication is capable of enhancing user privacy by protecting communication
behavior. In this article, by employing overlay and underlay spectrum access modes, we …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of Covert Communication in Multi-Sensor Asymmetric Noise Systems

S Qiao, R Zhu, X Ji, J Zhao, H Ding - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This work investigates wireless covert communication in a multi-sensor asymmetric noise
scenario. We adopt KL (Kullback–Leibler) divergence as the covertness constraint metric …

Covert Communication in Large-Scale Multi-Tier LEO Satellite Networks

S Feng, X Lu, S Sun, E Hossain… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We leverage covert communication to enhance the security of a large-scale multi-tier Low
Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network against vigilant adversarial terrestrial Base Stations (BSs) …

Covert Communication Based on Non-Ideal Detection of Overt Channels

X Zhao, D Wang, Z Li, L Qian, C Li… - … 2023-2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study a covert communication strategy based on non-ideal detection on
overt channels in Internet of Things (IoT) networks, where IoT device utilizes existing overt …

Multi-Antenna Covert Communication Based on Spectrum Mask

P Wan, K Peng, D Wang, J Wang… - 2023 International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a spectrum mask-based covert communication strategy is proposed in the multi-
antenna network. By adopting the transmission strategy of that using maximum ratio …