Title :
Physical-layer authentication for Poisson channels
Author :
Drost, Robert J. ; Yu, Paul L. ; Chan, Kevin S. ; Sadler, Brian M.
Author_Institution :
U.S. Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD, USA
Abstract :
We present a physical-layer authentication framework for communications over a Poisson channel. Focusing on on-off keying, we discuss such aspects as the stealth, robustness, and security of the authentication approach.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; cryptography; optical transmitters; Poisson channels; on-off keying; physical-layer authentication; robustness; security; stealth; Authentication; Bit error rate; Communication systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical transmitters; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1526-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280705
