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 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 …

Secure localization algorithms against localization attacks in wireless sensor networks

TN Nguyen, VV Le, SI Chu, BH Liu, YC Hsu - Wireless Personal …, 2022 - Springer
The accuracy of the location estimation of sensors in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is
important to many applications such as environment surveillance applications. In large-scale …

Practical covert wireless unidirectional communication in IEEE 802.11 environment

H Seong, I Kim, Y Jeon, MK Oh, S Lee… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communications, or covert channels, are commonly exploited to establish a data
exfiltration channel from an insider on a trusted network to a malicious receiver outside the …

High-accuracy positioning services for high-speed vehicles in wideband mmwave communications

Z Gong, XS Shen, C Li, Y Song… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is expected that the sixth-generation (6G) cellular networks will provide high-accuracy
positioning services. For the millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band in 6G, both the …

PPRP: Preserving Location Privacy for Range-based Positioning in Mobile Networks

C Huang, D Liu, A Yang, R Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a privacy-preserving range-based positioning scheme, named
PPRP, which can preserve the location privacy of both user equipment (UE) and anchors …

To hide anchor's position in range-based wireless localization via secret sharing

Y Zhu, J Hu - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The anchors in wireless network localization system suffer from the risk of location leakage,
which may result in some catastrophic dangers. To preserve the location privacy of anchors …

Protecting Position Privacy in Range-Based Crowdsourcing Cooperative Localization

Y Zhu, Y Qiu, J Wang, J Hu, F Yan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-precision location has become indispensable information in the era of Internet of
Everything. However, the emergence of various location-based services leaves people …

Covert and Reliable Semantic Communication Against Cross-Layer Privacy Inference over Wireless Edge Networks

R Xu, G Li, Z Yang, M Chen, Y Liu… - 2024 IEEE Wireless …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Semantic communication has emerged as a revolutionary paradigm within wireless edge
networks, showcasing remarkable communication efficiency. In contrast to traditional bit …

Covert communication via dynamic spectrum control-assisted transmission scheme

C Li, Z Li, H Wu, Q Li, L Guan… - 2021 IEEE Global …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To realize secure communication and prevent eaves-droppers from detecting the existence
of communication activities, covert communication has attracted substantial research …