A Review of Physical Layer Security Techniques for Internet of Things: Challenges and Solutions

Li Sun; Qinghe Du

doi:10.3390/e20100730

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A Review of Physical Layer Security Techniques for Internet of Things: Challenges and Solutions

Li Sun

Qinghe Du

Entropy Vol. 20 No. 10 pp. 730 · MDPI AG

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Abstract

With the uninterrupted revolution of communications technologies and the great-leap-forward development of emerging applications, the ubiquitous deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) is imperative to accommodate constantly growing user demands and market scales. Communication security is critically important for the operations of IoT. Among the communication security provisioning techniques, physical layer security (PLS), which can provide unbreakable, provable, and quantifiable secrecy from an information-theoretical point of view, has drawn considerable attention from both the academia and the industries. However, the unique features of IoT, such as low-cost, wide-range coverage, massive connection, and diversified services, impose great challenges for the PLS protocol design in IoT. In this article, we present a comprehensive review of the PLS techniques toward IoT applications. The basic principle of PLS is first briefly introduced, followed by the survey of the existing PLS techniques. Afterwards, the characteristics of IoT are identified, based on which the challenges faced by PLS protocol design are summarized. Then, three newly-proposed PLS solutions are highlighted, which match the features of IoT well and are expected to be applied in the near future. Finally, we conclude the paper and point out some further research directions.

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Published: Sep 23, 2018
Vol/Issue: 20(10)
Pages: 730
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Authors

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Li Sun

School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

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Qinghe Du

School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; National Simulation Education Center for Communications and Information Systems, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

Funding

The Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province Award: 2018KW-019

the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Award: 61671369; 61431011

the Open Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University Award: ISN18-02

Cite This Article

Li Sun, Qinghe Du (2018). A Review of Physical Layer Security Techniques for Internet of Things: Challenges and Solutions. Entropy, 20(10), 730. https://doi.org/10.3390/e20100730

A Review of Physical Layer Security Techniques for Internet of Things: Challenges and Solutions

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