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 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 …

STAR-RIS-enabled secure dual-functional radar-communications: Joint waveform and reflective beamforming optimization

C Wang, CC Wang, Z Li, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Considering a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
(STAR-RIS)-aided dual-functional radar-communications (DFRC) system, this paper …

Trade reliability for security: Leakage-failure probability minimization for machine-type communications in URLLC

Y Zhu, X Yuan, Y Hu, RF Schaefer… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
How to provide information security while fulfilling ultra reliability and low-latency
requirements is one of the major concerns for enabling the next generation of ultra-reliable …

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 …

Active intelligent reflecting surface assisted covert communications

M Wang, Z Xu, B Xia, Y Guo - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the covert communication system with the assistance of an active intelligent
reflecting surface (IRS) is investigated. Unlike the conventional passive IRS, which reflects …

Joint convexity of error probability in blocklength and transmit power in the finite blocklength regime

Y Zhu, Y Hu, X Yuan, MC Gursoy… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To support ultra-reliable and low-latency services for mission-critical applications,
transmissions are usually carried via short blocklength codes, ie, in the so-called finite …

Covert communications in air-ground integrated urban sensing networks enhanced by federated learning

D Wang, M Wu, C Chakraborty, L Min, Y He… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Urban sensing is a rapidly growing field that involves gathering real-time data from urban
environments. These smart sensing systems are pivotal in enhancing urban planning …

Joint Information-Theoretic Secrecy and Covertness for UAV-assisted Wireless Transmission With Finite Blocklength

P Liu, Z Li, J Si, N Al-Dhahir… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study a novel joint information-theoretic secrecy and covertness model for
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted finite blocklength transmission system, in which …

Energy-Efficient Beamforming Design for Integrated Sensing and Communications Systems

J Zou, S Sun, C Masouros, Y Cui… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the design of energy-efficient beamforming for an ISAC system,
where the transmitted waveform is optimized for joint multi-user communication and target …