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 …

Aerial intelligent reflecting surface-enabled terahertz covert communications in beyond-5G Internet of Things

MT Mamaghani, Y Hong - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are envisioned to be extensively employed for assisting
wireless communications in the Internet of Things (IoT). On the other hand, terahertz (THz) …

Covert transmission and secrecy analysis of RS-RIS-NOMA-aided 6G wireless communication systems

L Yang, W Zhang, PS Bithas, H Liu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we investigate a novel covert communication system, where the legitimate
transmitter attempts to communicate with a covert user in the presence of a warden and the …

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 …

IRS-Assisted Covert Communication with Equal and Unequal Transmit Prior Probabilities

Y Wu, X Chen, M Liu, L Xu, N Zhao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite its potential for reducing the detection probability at the warden, the effectiveness of
covert communication in practical situations is often hindered by harsh wireless signal …

Optimal transmission probabilities of information and artificial noise in covert communications

W He, J Chen, G Li, H Wang, X Chu… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter studies a wireless covert communication system, where a jammer generating
intermittent artificial noise (AN) is employed to confuse the warden. The transmission …

On joint optimization of trajectory and phase shift for IRS-UAV assisted covert communication systems

Y Qian, C Yang, Z Mei, X Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In tis article, we propose an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying intelligent reflecting surface
(IRS-UAV) as a relaying node to assist covert communication system (CCS). To ensure the …

Full-duplex covert communications assisted by intelligent reflective surfaces

S Pejoski, Z Hadzi-Velkov… - IEEE Communications …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The letter proposes resource allocation in uplink covert communication systems, which aim
to hide the existence of the covert user from the warden. The wireless system consists of a …

Performance analysis and power allocation for covert mobile edge computing with ris-aided noma

Y Cheng, J Lu, D Niyato, B Lyu, M Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a key enabling technology for the sixth-generation (6G)
wireless networks. In this paper, we apply covert communications to MEC to prevent …

智能反射表面辅助的无线通信系统的物理层安全综述

卢汉成, 王亚正, 赵丹, 罗涛, 吴俊 - 通信学报, 2022 - infocomm-journal.com
为了满足未来无线通信系统高谱效, 高能效的要求, 智能反射表面(IRS) 技术得到了广泛的关注与
研究. 通过对IRS 进行设计优化, 能够从不同的角度增强无线通信系统的物理层安全(PLS) …