Secrecy energy efficiency performance in communication networks with mobile sinks

Xiaohui Qi, Bin Li, Zheng Chu, Kaizhi Huang, Hongbin Chen, Zesong Fei

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Abstract

This paper proposes a tractable analysis framework to evaluate the reliability, security and secrecy energy efficiency (SEE) performance in a communication network with mobile sinks via a threshold-based access scheme and multi-antenna technique. Specifically, the mobile sinks, legitimate receivers and eavesdroppers are deployed randomly. To achieve reliable results for general communication scenarios, this paper assumes both line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight paths with Rayleigh fading for air-to-ground channel model. In particular, we first exploit the association probability of a randomly located receiver and the activation probability of mobile sinks. Then, we analyze the security, reliability, and SEE of the networks with mobile sinks. Simulation results are finally provided to show the effect of the predetermined access threshold, the transmitter's resource block, the height of mobile sinks, the density of legitimate receivers, and the density of eavesdroppers on the reliability as well as security performance, and determine the optimal design parameters for a given network with mobile sinks to maximize the SEE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-49
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Communication
Volume32
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Mobile sink
  • Physical layer security
  • Poisson point processes
  • Secrecy energy efficiency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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