Physically Secure mm-Wave Wireless Links with Spatiooral Modulated Arrays

Kaushik Sengupta, Xuyang Lu, Suresh Venkatesh, Bingjun Tang

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Abstract

Security is emerging as one of the grand challenges for future wireless networks for 5G and beyond, particularly for applications demanding multi-Gbps mm-Wave links with low latency and high energy efficiency. To address these challenges of security when implemented at the network and applications layers, there has been renewed interest in physical layer security techniques that exploit channel propagation characteristics to impart security features. Phased arrays incorporate some amount of physical layer security through directive links. However, it also transmits the indentical constellation outside the main beam, opening itself to potential eavesdropper attacks. In this paper, we will discuss out recent works on spatiooral modulated arrays that forces spectral aliasing, constellation scrambling and loss of information outside the main beam to mitigate eavesdropper attacks. We will discuss silicon integrated architectures and show experimental results of these security features with fully integrated spatiooral modulated arrays in 65 nm CMOS operating at 76 GHz in 2-element and 4-element array configuration and packaged antennas. Such architectures can enable future deployment of large-scale mmWave wireless networks establishing dynamically reconfigurable physically secure links.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2020 3rd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728155982
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2020 - Essen, Germany
Duration: Jul 1 2020Jul 2 2020

Publication series

Name2020 3rd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2020

Conference

Conference3rd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2020
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityEssen
Period7/1/207/2/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Instrumentation

Keywords

  • 5G
  • CMOS
  • Security
  • SiGe
  • communication
  • millimeter-wave
  • phased arrays
  • physical layer
  • silicon
  • sub-THz
  • terahertz

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