Visibility Region Exploitation for PHY Authentication in XL-MIMO Systems


DEMİRCİ S., Afeef L., ARSLAN H.

IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.43-47, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/lwc.2024.3486773
  • Dergi Adı: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Compendex, INSPEC
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.43-47
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: beamspace domain, Extra-large MIMO (XL-MIMO), physical layer authentication (PLA), spoofing attack, visibility region (VR)
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Wireless networks are open to identity spoofing attacks because of their broadcast nature, emphasizing the need for strong security. Physical layer authentication (PLA) is a crucial strategy for securing wireless networks against such threats. Extra-large multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) technology, with its unique visibility region (VR) concept due to the near-field effect, offers a promising way to enhance network performance. This paper proposes a PLA approach using VR to create unique and robust signatures from the power and beamspace domain of XL-MIMO. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method in detecting attacks with high accuracy and low false alarm rates.