ElSawy, Hesham, Zhaikhan, Ainur, Kishk, Mustafa A. and Alouini, Mohamed-Slim (2024) A Tutorial-Cum-Survey on Percolation Theory With Applications in Large-Scale Wireless Networks. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 26 (1). pp. 428-460. ISSN 2373-745X
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Abstract
Connectivity is an important key performance indicator and a focal point of research in large-scale wireless
networks. Due to path-loss attenuation of electromagnetic waves,
direct wireless connectivity is limited to proximate devices.
Nevertheless, connectivity among distant devices can still be
attained through a sequence of consecutive multi-hop communication links, which enables routing and disseminating
legitimate information across wireless ad hoc networks. Multihop connectivity is also foundational for data aggregation in the
Internet of things (IoT) and cyberphysical systems (CPS). On the
downside, multi-hop wireless transmissions increase susceptibility
to eavesdropping and enable malicious network attacks. Hence,
security-aware network connectivity is required to maintain
communication privacy, detect and isolate malicious devices,
and thwart the spreading of illegitimate traffic (e.g., viruses,
worms, falsified data, illegitimate control, etc.). In 5G and beyond
networks, an intricate balance between connectivity, privacy, and
security is a necessity due to the proliferating IoT and CPS, which
are featured with massive number of wireless devices that can
directly communicate together (e.g., device-to-device, machine-tomachine, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication). In this regards,
graph theory represents a foundational mathematical tool to
model the network physical topology. In particular, random geometric graphs (RGGs) capture the inherently random locations
and wireless interconnections among the spatially distributed
devices. Percolation theory is then utilized to characterize
and control distant multi-hop connectivity on network graphs.
Recently, percolation theory over RGGs has been widely utilized
to study connectivity, privacy, and security of several types of
wireless networks. The impact and utilization of percolation
theory are expected to further increase in the IoT/CPS era, which
motivates this tutorial. Towards this end, we first introduce the
preliminaries of graph and percolation theories in the context
of wireless networks. Next, we overview and explain their
application to various types of wireless networks.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Wireless communications; large-scale networks; random graph theory; percolation theory; stochastic geometry; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering |
Item ID: | 20617 |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/COMST.2023.3336194 |
Depositing User: | IR Editor |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2025 11:46 |
Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Refereed: | Yes |
Related URLs: | |
URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20617 |
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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