Attack from malicious access points in cell-free massive MIMO systems: Performance analysis and countermeasure

IF 4.4 3区 计算机科学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Lei Sun, Ruiguang Wang, Weiyang Xu
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This paper investigates physical-layer security (PLS) in a cell-free massive MIMO network. It has been demonstrated that malicious access points (APs) can significantly compromise the downlink achievable rate by conducting channel estimation during the uplink training phase and transmitting precoded interference signals during the downlink data phase. A performance analysis has been conducted to derive a closed-form expression for the downlink achievable rate. To ensure secure communication, this paper proposes the injection of artificial noise (AN) into the uplink training phase to prevent malicious APs from acquiring channel state information. Due to limitations in degrees of freedom, third-party nodes are proposed to transmit AN. Given the possibility of no null space existing between third-party nodes and legitimate APs, a singular value decomposition-based precoding method is proposed, and an expression of the achievable secrecy rate is obtained. Both analytical and numerical results indicate that the proposed AN-aided scheme can effectively counteract the downlink interference attacks of malicious APs and outperform traditional power allocation methods in maximizing the achievable rate.

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Ad Hoc Networks
Ad Hoc Networks 工程技术-电信学
CiteScore
10.20
自引率
4.20%
发文量
131
审稿时长
4.8 months
期刊介绍: The Ad Hoc Networks is an international and archival journal providing a publication vehicle for complete coverage of all topics of interest to those involved in ad hoc and sensor networking areas. The Ad Hoc Networks considers original, high quality and unpublished contributions addressing all aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Mobile and Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Sensor Networks Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks Home Networks Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems Novel Architectures for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Self-organizing Network Architectures and Protocols Transport Layer Protocols Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, geocast, etc.) Media Access Control Techniques Error Control Schemes Power-Aware, Low-Power and Energy-Efficient Designs Synchronization and Scheduling Issues Mobility Management Mobility-Tolerant Communication Protocols Location Tracking and Location-based Services Resource and Information Management Security and Fault-Tolerance Issues Hardware and Software Platforms, Systems, and Testbeds Experimental and Prototype Results Quality-of-Service Issues Cross-Layer Interactions Scalability Issues Performance Analysis and Simulation of Protocols.
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