Covert communication with energy replenishment constraints in UAV networks

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volume

71

Issue

9

First Page

10143

Last Page

10148

Publisher

IEEE

School

School of Science / ECU Security Research Institute

RAS ID

51902

Funders

National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 61971474 and 61901121 / Beijing Nova Program under Grant Z201100006820121 / Australian Research Council’s Discovery Project

Grant Number

ARC Number : DP210102169

Comments

Wang, Y., Yan, S., Zhou, X., Huang, Y., & Ng, D. W. K. (2022). Covert communication with energy replenishment constraints in UAV networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 71(9), 10143-10148.

https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2022.3178021

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the possibility and condition of exploiting wireless-powered signals as a cover for conducting covert communications in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. Specifically, we aim to design the hovering altitude of a UAV and its prior transmission probability to strike a balance between energy replenishment and covert communications. We derive the necessary condition for guaranteeing communication covertness subject to an energy replenishment constraint, under which the UAV’s optimal hovering and the prior transmission probability are determined. Our simulation shows that varying the prior transmission probability can significantly improve the achievable communication covertness under the energy replenishment constraint, relative to a baseline scheme with a fixed prior transmission probability.

DOI

10.1109/TVT.2022.3178021

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