Physical layer security: A paradigm shift in data confidentiality

Arsenia Chorti*, Camilla Hollanti, Jean Claude Belfiore, Harold Vincent Poor

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Physical layer security (PLS) draws on information theory to characterize the fundamental ability of the wireless physical layer to ensure data confidentiality. In the PLS framework it has been established that it is possible to simultaneously achieve reliability in transmitting messages to an intended destination and perfect secrecy of those messages with respect to an eavesdropper by using appropriate encoding schemes that exploit the noise and fading effects ofwireless communication channels. Today, after more than 15 years of research in the area, PLS has the potential to provide novel security solutions that can be integrated into future generations of mobile communication systems. This chapter presents a tutorial on advances in this area. The treatment begins with a review of the fundamental PLS concepts and their corresponding historical background. Subsequently it reviews some of the most significant advances in coding theory and system design that offer a concrete platform for the realization of the promise of this approach in data confidentiality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
PublisherSpringer
Pages1-15
Volume358
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-23609-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-23608-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
MoE publication typeA3 Book section, Chapters in research books

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume358
ISSN (Print)18761100
ISSN (Electronic)18761119

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