Covert communications: A comprehensive survey

X Chen, J An, Z Xiong, C Xing, N Zhao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Information security has always been a critical issue in wireless networks. Apart from other
secure techniques, covert communication emerges as a potential solution to security for …

Physical Layer Covert Communication in B5G Wireless Networks—Its Research, Applications, and Challenges

Y Jiang, L Wang, HH Chen, X Shen - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Physical layer covert communication is a crucial secure communication technology that
enables a transmitter to convey information covertly to a recipient without being detected by …

Covert communication with a spectrum sharing relay in the finite blocklength regime

R Ma, W Yang, H Shi, X Lu, J Liu - China Communications, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the feasibility and performance of the covert communication
with a spectrum sharing relay in the finite blocklength regime. Specifically, the relay …

Joint optimization for covert communications in UAV-assisted NOMA networks

D Deng, S Dang, X Li, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we investigate the design of the trajectory of an unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) and the transmit power of ground users to improve covert communications against a …

Greedy Degree and Jamming Aided Covert Uplink Transmission in Cell-Free IoT Networks

R Chen, Z Chen, S Xu, K Ma, X Liu… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The cell-free (CF) network architecture has promising applications in Internet of Things (IoT)
networks due to its dynamic and adaptive nature in resource allocation. However, due to the …

Covert Communications with a Full-Duplex Receiver in the Finite Blocklength Regime: Analysis and Optimization

B Xia, Z Xu, M Wang, C Chen, Y Yao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the covert communication is considered with a full-duplex (FD) receiver under
covertness and reliability constraints in the finite blocklength regime. Conventional covert …

Covert LEO satellite communication aided by generative adversarial network based cooperative UAV jamming

S Jia, L Xiaomeng, L Xiaomin… - China …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the covert performance of the downlink low earth orbit (LEO) satellite
communication, where the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is employed as a cooperative …

Regulating Covert Communication Capacity with Full-Duplex Receiver Against Location-Uncertain Eavesdropper

R Xu, G Li, Y Liu, Y Zhao, J Kang… - … Conference on Computing …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communication enforces the transmitted signal to be indistinguishable from other
signals under wireless environment, making it difficult for an eavesdropper to detect and …