[en] Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are an important component of next-generation wireless networks that can assist in high data rate communications and provide enhanced coverage.Their high mobility and aerial nature offer deployment flexibility and low-cost infrastructure support to existing cellular networks and provide many applications that rely on mobile wireless communications. However, security is a major challenge in UAV communications, and physical layer security (PLS) is an important technique to improve the reliability and security of data shared with the assistance of UAVs. Recently, the intelligent reflective surface (IRS) has emerged as a novel technology to extend and/or enhance wireless coverage by reconfiguring the propagation environment of communications. This article provides an overview of how the IRS can improve the PLS of UAV networks. We discuss different use cases of PLS for IRS-enhanced UAV communications and briefly review the recent advances in this area. Then, based on the recent advances, we also present a case study that utilizes alternate optimization to maximize the secrecy capacity for an IRS-enhanced UAV scenario in the presence of multiple Eves. Finally, we highlight several open issues and research challenges to realize PLS in IRS-enhanced UAV communications.
Disciplines :
Electrical & electronics engineering
Author, co-author :
Khan, Wali Ullah ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > SigCom
Lagunas, Eva ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > SigCom
Ali, Zain
Javed, Muhammad Awais
Ahmed, Manzoor
Chatzinotas, Symeon ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > SigCom
Ottersten, Björn ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Popovski, Petar
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Opportunities for physical layer security in UAV communication enhanced with intelligent reflective surfaces
Alternative titles :
[en] Opportunities for physical layer security in UAV communication enhanced with intelligent reflective surfaces
Publication date :
29 December 2022
Journal title :
IEEE Wireless Communications
ISSN :
1558-0687
Publisher :
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United States - New York
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