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    A Novel Physical Layer Encryption Scheme to Counter Eavesdroppers in Wireless Communications


    Ramabadran, Prasidh and Malone, David and Madhuwantha, Sidath and Afanasyev, Pavel and Farrell, Ronan and Dooley, John (2018) A Novel Physical Layer Encryption Scheme to Counter Eavesdroppers in Wireless Communications. In: 2018 25th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS). IEEE, pp. 69-72. ISBN 9781538695623

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    Abstract

    Modern wireless communication systems employ wideband modulated RF carriers to communicate the data of interest between the nodes in the network. The security of communications has been conventionally addressed in the data link layers through scrambling and data encryption schemes. These schemes however do not secure the air interface parameters such as modulation scheme and leave them susceptible to eavesdropping and interception by man-in-the-middle platforms. Physical layer security schemes such as directional modulation, DFT S OFDM and RF fingerprinting have been proposed. In this paper, we propose a novel physical layer encryption scheme based on the spectral profile of the intended modulated signal through deliberately introduced constellation distortion to conceal the modulation scheme. The scheme uses a dispersive filter in the modulator with unique group delay profiles unknown to the eavesdropper. The appropriate inverse filter is employed in the authorized receivers to recover the original modulated basebands for demodulation.

    Item Type: Book Section
    Additional Information: Cite as: P. Ramabadran et al., "A Novel Physical Layer Encryption Scheme to Counter Eavesdroppers in Wireless Communications," 2018 25th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Bordeaux, 2018, pp. 69-72, doi: 10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617993.
    Keywords: Physical Layer Security; Baseband; Physical layer; Bandwidth; Modulation; Finite impulse response filters; Encryption; Wireless communication;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute
    Item ID: 13331
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617993
    Depositing User: Ronan Farrell
    Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2020 14:47
    Journal or Publication Title: ICECS
    Publisher: IEEE
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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