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Physical layer security in mmWave cellular networks

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Abstract

Recent research has shown that millimetre wave (mmWave) communications can offer orders of magnitude increases in the cellular capacity. However, the physical layer secrecy performance of a mmWave cellular network has not been investigated so far. Leveraging the new path-loss and blockage models for mmWave channels, which are significantly different from conventional microwave channels, this chapter studies the network-wide physical layer security performance of the downlink transmission in a mmWave cellular network under a stochastic geometry framework. We first study the secure connectivity probability and the average number of perfect communication links per unit area in a mmWave network in the presence of non-colluding eavesdroppers. Then, the case of colluding eavesdroppers is studied. Numerical results demonstrate the network-wide secrecy performance, and provide interesting insights into how the secrecy performance is influenced by network parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTrusted Communications with Physical Layer Security for 5G and Beyond
PublisherInstitution of Engineering and Technology
Pages285-310
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)9781785612350
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Blockage model
  • Cellular capacity
  • Cellular radio
  • Connectivity security probability
  • Downlink transmission
  • Microwave channels
  • Millimetre wave communications
  • Millimetre wave propagation
  • Mmwave cellular networks
  • Network-wide secrecy performance
  • Noncolluding eavesdroppers
  • Path-loss model
  • Physical layer security performance
  • Probability
  • Stochastic geometry framework
  • Stochastic processes
  • Telecommunication security
  • mmWave channels
  • mmWave communications

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