Title :
Wireless physical layer security using channel state information
Author :
Tahir, M. ; Jarot, Sigit P W ; Siddiqi, M.U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract :
In this paper we consider the problem of secure communication between two nodes, over a fading wireless medium, in the presence of a passive eavesdropper. We propose a scheme that provides security based on transforming the basic signal constellation to a higher order signal constellation with the help of conventional encryption method and then using channel knowledge (i.e. amplitude and phase variation), which is location specific, to distort the constellation of encrypted data. This scheme not only makes the estimation of the constellation difficult but also the type of modulation that is used for the adversary. BER (bit error rate) is used as performance metric. We find that the adversary suffers from high BER as compared to its legitimate counterpart.
Keywords :
cryptography; error statistics; fading channels; telecommunication security; BER; bit error rate; channel knowledge; channel state information; encryption method; fading wireless medium; higher-order signal constellation; secure communication; wireless physical layer security; Communication system security; Constellation diagram; Encryption; Receivers; Wireless communication; channel reciprocity; encryption; fading; signal constellation;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6233-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCE.2010.5556862