The multiple-access channel with an external eavesdropper: Trusted vs. untrusted users

Mario Goldenbaum, Rafael F. Schaefer, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

In this paper, the multiple-access channel with an external eavesdropper is considered. From the perspective of the trustworthiness of users, an overview of existing secrecy criteria is given and their impact on the achievable secrecy rate region is discussed. For instance, under the assumption the eavesdropper has full a priori knowledge of the other users' transmit signals, the mixed secrecy criterion requires the information leakage from all transmitted messages individually as well as jointly to be small. This is a conservative criterion useful for scenarios in which users might be compromised. If some of the users are trustworthy, however, the secrecy criterion can be relaxed to joint secrecy resulting in a significantly increased rate region. As this indicates there is a trade-off between the choice of the secrecy criterion and achievable rates, the question is posed as to whether the criterion can further be weakened to individual secrecy, which would be desirable for scenarios where users are guaranteed trustworthy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationConference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015
EditorsMichael B. Matthews
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages564-568
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467385763
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 26 2016
Event49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015 - Pacific Grove, United States
Duration: Nov 8 2015Nov 11 2015

Publication series

NameConference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Volume2016-February
ISSN (Print)1058-6393

Other

Other49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPacific Grove
Period11/8/1511/11/15

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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