A comprehensive survey of physical layer security over fading channels: Classifications, applications, and challenges

P Yadav, S Kumar, R Kumar - Transactions on Emerging …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the open nature of wireless communication systems, the data transmission over
these networks are vulnerable to malicious attack. To safeguard the transmitted data …

Transmit Antenna Selection in Secure MIMO Systems Over Fading Channels

JM Moualeu, DB da Costa… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the secrecy performance of multiple-input multiple-output systems
under generalized α-μ fading conditions. To this end, we focus on two distinct scenarios: 1) …

Effective rate evaluation of RIS-assisted communications using the sums of cascaded α-μ random variates

L Kong, Y Ai, S Chatzinotas, B Ottersten - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper begins with the characterization of the sum of versions of cascaded-(equivalently,-
)) distributed random variates (RVs), and later on, explores the feasibility and applicability of …

Cascaded Fading Channels: Reliability and Security Analysis

L Kong, G Kaddoum, DB Da Costa - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the cascaded α-μ fading distribution is first introduced and mathematically
characterized, which arises as a generalization of the cascaded Rayleigh, Weibull, and …

On Physical Layer Security Over Fox's -Function Wiretap Fading Channels

L Kong, G Kaddoum, H Chergui - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most of the well-known fading distributions, if not all of them, could be encompassed by the
Fox's H-function fading. Consequently, we investigate the physical layer security over Fox's …

Secrecy Analysis of Random MIMO Wireless Networks Over - Fading Channels

L Kong, S Vuppala, G Kaddoum - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the secrecy performance of stochastic multiple-input multiple-
output wireless networks over small-scale α-μ fading channels, where both the legitimate …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of generic tools for information-theoretic secrecy performance analysis over wiretap fading channels

L Kong, Y Ai, L Lei, G Kaddoum, S Chatzinotas… - EURASIP Journal on …, 2021 - Springer
Physical layer security (PLS) has been proposed to afford an extra layer of security on top of
the conventional cryptographic techniques. Unlike the conventional complexity-based …

Secrecy characteristics with assistance of mixture gamma distribution

L Kong, G Kaddoum - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Considering the fact that the mixture gamma (MG) distribution is a general model that can be
used to elaborate most well-known distributions, including small-scale, large-scale, and …

[HTML][HTML] Physical-Layer Security for UAV-Assisted Air-to-Underwater Communication Systems with Fixed-Gain Amplify-and-Forward Relaying

Y Lou, R Sun, J Cheng, G Qiao, J Wang - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
We analyze a secure unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted two-hop mixed radio frequency (RF)
and underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) system using a fixed-gain amplify …

An Asymptotic Framework for Fox's H-Fading Channel with Application to Diversity-Combining Receivers

PS Chauhan, S Kumar, A Jain… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unified statistics are valuable in the performance analysis of communication systems. In this
context, Fox's H-function has been shown to be eminently suitable for diverse scenarios …