Visible to the public A Method for Improving Physical Layer Security in Visible Light Communication Networks

TitleA Method for Improving Physical Layer Security in Visible Light Communication Networks
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsChen, Z., Wang, X.
Conference Name2018 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)
Date Publishedoct
Keywordsangle diversity transmitter, Interference, light emitting diodes, Metrics, optical receivers, optical transmitters, physical layer security, pubcrawl, Resiliency, Scalability, secrecy capacity, security, visible light communication, Visible Light Communications Security, Wireless communication
AbstractIn this paper, a method is proposed for improving the physical layer security for indoor visible light communication (VLC) networks with angle diversity transmitters. An angle diversity transmitter usually consists of multiple narrow-beam light-emitting diode (LED) elements with different orientations. Angle diversity transmitters are suitable for confidential data transmission, since data transmission via narrow light beams can effectively avoid the leakage of messages. In order to improve security performance, protection zones are introduced to the systems with angle diversity transmitters. Simulation results show that over 50% performance improvement can be obtained by adding protection zones.
DOI10.1109/CSCN.2018.8581712
Citation Keychen_method_2018