Identifying wireless users via transmitter imperfections

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1469-1479

  Polak, Adam C ^a   Dolatshahi, Sepideh ^b   Goeckel, Dennis L ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

breaking anonymity; Brownian Bridge; Likelihood Ratio Test; process variations; Radiometric identification; Volterra series

Indexed keywords

BREAKING ANONYMITY; BROWNIAN BRIDGE; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; PROCESS VARIATION; RADIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION; VOLTERRA SERIES;

DIGITAL DEVICES; DIGITAL RADIO; RADIO STATIONS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTERS;

RADIO BROADCASTING;

EID: 80051512509     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2011.110812     Document Type: Article

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