On secure communication over multiple access wiretap channels under channel uncertainty

Rafael F. Schaefer, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

The problem of secure communication over a multiple access wiretap channel (MAWC) is studied. Here, two transmitters send confidential messages to a legitimate receiver while keeping a non-legitimate eavesdropper ignorant of them. In this paper, this communication scenario is studied for compound channels, for which it is only known to the users that the actual channel realization is fixed and belongs to a known set of possible channels. The criterion of strong secrecy is analyzed and its impact on the decoding performance of the eavesdropper is specified. It is shown that the average decoding error at the eavesdropper approaches one exponentially fast regardless of the applied decoding strategy. Furthermore, an achievable strong secrecy rate region is presented and a multi-letter outer bound is derived. Both together establish a multi-letter description of the strong secrecy capacity region.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2014 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages109-114
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479958900
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 23 2014
Event2014 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2014 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Oct 29 2014Oct 31 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2014

Other

Other2014 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period10/29/1410/31/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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