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 …

Covert beamforming design for integrated radar sensing and communication systems

S Ma, H Sheng, R Yang, H Li, Y Wu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose covert beamforming design frameworks for integrated radar sensing and
communication (IRSC) systems, where the radar can covertly communicate with legitimate …

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 …

Joint optimization for covert communications in UAV-assisted NOMA networks

D Deng, S Dang, X Li, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we investigate the design of the trajectory of an unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) and the transmit power of ground users to improve covert communications against a …

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 …

Joint packet generation and covert communication in delay-intolerant status update systems

X Lu, W Yang, S Yan, L Tao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we jointly investigate packet generation and covert communication in delay-
intolerant status update systems. For the first time, we establish a bridge between the prior …

A fair and cooperative mac protocol for heterogeneous cognitive radio enabled vehicular ad-hoc networks

J Tiwari, A Prakash, R Tripathi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advancements in intelligent transportation necessitate a dependable medium access control
(MAC) protocol to enable high-priority safety broadcasts. Implementing cognitive radio …

Short-packet covert communication in interweave cognitive radio networks

X Lu, S Yan, W Yang, C Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we investigate short-packet covert communication in interweave cognitive radio
networks (CRNs), where a secondary transmitter (ST) opportunistically accesses the …

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 …