Cascaded κ-µ Fading Channels with Colluding Eavesdroppers: Physical-Layer Security Analysis

Deemah H Tashman; Walaa Hamouda

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Cascaded κ-µ Fading Channels with Colluding Eavesdroppers: Physical-Layer Security Analysis

Mar 16, 2021
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This paper studies the physical-layer security (PLS) of a system model consisting of a transmitter, a receiver, and multiple eavesdroppers. Cascaded general fading channel, which is the κ-μ distribution is assumed at the main and the wiretap links of the network. The impacts of the cascade level, the number of eavesdroppers attempting to overhear the confidential information, and the wiretap channel's parameters on the system's secrecy are investigated. Two of the main secrecy metrics are used to evaluate the secrecy level of the system, which are the secrecy outage probability (OP sec ) and the probability of non-zero secrecy capacity (P nsc ). Exact and asymptotic form expressions for (OP sec ) and (P nsc ) are derived. Asymptotic analysis is performed to gain a clear vision about the impact of some key parameters over the secrecy. The results show that the fading channel cascade level has a significant effect on the system's secrecy. Also, the results show that the system is less protected when increasing the number of eavesdroppers or when improving the wiretap channel's conditions. Analytical results are validated using Monte-Carlo simulations.

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