Visible to the public Millimeter-Wave Physical Layer Security through Space-Time Modulated Transmitter Arrays

TitleMillimeter-Wave Physical Layer Security through Space-Time Modulated Transmitter Arrays
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsVenkatesh, Suresh, Saeidi, Hooman, Sengupta, Kaushik, Lu, Xuyang
Conference Name2022 IEEE 22nd Annual Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON)
KeywordsCommunication system security, composability, integrated circuits, Measurement, Metrics, millimeter-wave, physical layer security, pubcrawl, Receivers, resilience, Resiliency, Silicon, Time Modulation, transmitter, Transmitters, Wireless communication
AbstractWireless security and privacy is gaining a significant interest due to the burgeoning growth of communication devices across the electromagnetic spectrum. In this article, we introduce the concept of the space-time modulated millimeter-wave wireless links enabling physical layer security in highspeed communication links. Such an approach does not require cryptographic key exchanges and enables security in a seamless fashion with no overhead on latency. We show both the design and implementation of such a secure system using custom integrated chips at 71-76 GHz with off-chip packaged antenna array. We also demonstrate the security metric of such a system and analyze the efficacy through distributed eavesdropper attack.
DOI10.1109/WAMICON53991.2022.9786152
Citation Keyvenkatesh_millimeter-wave_2022