A Low-Complexity Codebook-Based Physical Layer Security Framework for Ambient IoT Systems


Ouzane R., Eddine Zegrar S., ARSLAN H.

IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, cilt.15, ss.1235-1239, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/lwc.2025.3650178
  • Dergi Adı: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Compendex, INSPEC
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1235-1239
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: A-IoT, codebook, CSI, KDR, OOK, PLS
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This letter introduces a novel physical-layer security (PLS) mechanism for ultra-low-power ambient IoT (A-IoT) devices. The proposed system leverages on-off keying (OOK) signaling in combination with randomly modulated transmitter-side phases to generate a secure, channel-dependent detection pattern. This modulation technique causes the energy detector output of the A-IoT receiver to be highly sensitive to the unique properties of the wireless channel. Through a training stage, the transmitter learns a one-to-one mapping between transmitted sequences and observed binary outcomes, forming a secure codebook without requiring channel state information (CSI). To handle sparse multipath, random pre-filtering further enlarges the security gap. Analytical derivations and simulations show strong agreement, demonstrating a clear key disagreement rate (KDR) gap between legitimate devices and eavesdroppers under both rich and sparse multipath channels.