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 …

A comprehensive survey of emergency communication network and management

S Debnath, W Arif, S Roy, S Baishya, D Sen - Wireless Personal …, 2022 - Springer
The performance of wireless communication network is important in emergency rescue
operations while ensuring optimum usage of limited wireless resources. Due to the …

Intelligent reflecting surface assisted covert communication with transmission probability optimization

J Kong, FT Dagefus, J Choi… - IEEE Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates covert communication in an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-
assisted system. We propose a novel algorithm that jointly optimizes the transmission …

On covert communication performance with outdated CSI in wireless greedy relay systems

J Bai, J He, Y Chen, Y Shen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Communication performance relies largely on the availability of channel state information
(CSI). This paper investigates the impact of outdated CSI on the achievable covert …

Simultaneous secure and covert transmissions against two attacks under practical assumptions

M Forouzesh, FS Khodadad, P Azmi… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In practice, Internet of Things (IoT) applications may face two different hostile attacks, ie,
overhearing the broadcasted data and detecting the presence of data communication …

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 …

Covert Communications Aided by Cooperative Jamming in Overlay Cognitive Radio Networks

Y Wen, L Liu, J Li, Y Li, K Wang, S Yu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper examines integrating jamming and secondary signals for covert communications
in cognitive radio networks (CRNs), aiming to enhance covertness by using jamming and …

Covert communication in hybrid microwave/mmWave UAV-enabled systems with transmission mode selection

W Zhang, J He, Y Shen, X Jiang - Computer Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the covert communication in an air-to-ground (A2G) system, where a
UAV (Alice) can adopt the omnidirectional microwave (OM) or directional mmWave (DM) …

Covert Terahertz Communication for UAV-Aided Wireless Relay Systems

X Pi, B Yang, X Jiang - 2023 International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided Terahertz (THz) relay systems can provide high-
speed wireless line-of-sight (LoS) communications at THz bands, which are envisioned as a …

Multicast with Multiple Wardens in IRS-Aided Covert DFRC System

I Ghosh, A Chattopadhyay, KV Mishra… - ICASSP 2024-2024 …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Physical layer security is a common concern in dual-function radar communications (DFRC)
because of sharing of information between different emitters. We study covert …