Physical-Layer Security in the Internet of Things: Sensing and Communication Confidentiality Under Resource Constraints

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1747-1761

  Mukherjee, Amitav ^a  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet of Things (IoT); low complexity; physical layer security; resource constraints; secure sensing

Indexed keywords

BLOCK CODES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INTERNET OF THINGS; NETWORK LAYERS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SPACE TIME CODES; SPACE-TIME BLOCK CODING (STBC);

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); LOW COMPLEXITY; PHYSICAL LAYER SECURITY; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; SECURE SENSING;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 84960105777     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2015.2466548     Document Type: Article

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