Broadcast Networks With Layered Decoding and Layered Secrecy: Theory and Applications

Shaofeng Zou, Yingbin Liang, Lifeng Lai, H. Vincent Poor, Shlomo Shamai

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Abstract

Recent information-theoretic results on a class of broadcast channels with layered decoding and/or layered secrecy are reviewed. In this class of models, a transmitter sends multiple messages to a set of legitimate receivers in the presence of a set of eavesdroppers, whose channels can be ordered based on the quality of received signals. Receivers with better channel quality are required to decode more messages, and eavesdroppers with worse channel quality are required to be kept ignorant of more messages. The design of achievable schemes and the characterization of the corresponding secrecy capacity regions are presented. Comparison of the designs for different models is discussed. Applications of these information-theoretic models to the study of secure communication over fading wiretap channels and secret sharing are also presented to illustrate potential applications of these models.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number7264977
Pages (from-to)1841-1856
Number of pages16
JournalProceedings of the IEEE
Volume103
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Computer Science
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Broadcast channel
  • fading wiretap channel
  • layered decoding
  • layered secrecy
  • secrecy capacity region
  • secret sharing

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