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20172021
most citedJoint Optimization of a UAV's Trajectory and Transmit Power for Covert Communications

259 citations · 339 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cs.IT2021★ 12 cited

IRS-Aided WPCNs: A New Optimization Framework for Dynamic IRS Beamforming

Qingqing Wu, Xiaobo Zhou, Wen Chen +2

In this paper, we propose a new dynamic IRS beamforming framework to boost the sum throughput of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided wireless powered communication networ…

cs.IT2021★ 9 cited

IRS-Assisted Wireless Powered NOMA: Do We Really Need Different Phase Shifts in DL and UL?

Qingqing Wu, Xiaobo Zhou, Robert Schober

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology to improve the performance of wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs) due to its capability to reconfigure si…

eess.SP2021★ 1 cited

UAV Deployment Optimization for Secure Precise Wireless Transmission

Tong Shen, Guiyang Xia, Jingjing Ye +3

This paper develops an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deployment scheme in the context of the directional modulation-based secure precise wireless transmissions (SPWTs), where the o…

cs.IT2021★ 22 cited

Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Wireless Communication Security and Privacy

Shihao Yan, Xiaobo Zhou, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng +2

Intelligent reflection surface (IRS) is emerging as a promising technique for future wireless communications. Considering its excellent capability in customizing the channel condit…

cs.IT2020

Low-complexity and High-performance Receive Beamforming for Secure Directional Modulation Networks against an Eavesdropping-enabled Full-duplex Attacker

Yin Teng, Jiayu Li, Lin Liu +5

In this paper, we present a novel scenario for directional modulation (DM) networks with a full-duplex (FD) malicious attacker (Mallory), where Mallory can eavesdrop the confidenti…

cs.IT2020★ 8 cited

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-Aided Covert Wireless Communications with Delay Constraint

Xiaobo Zhou, Shihao Yan, Qingqing Wu +2

This work examines the performance gain achieved by deploying an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in covert communications. To this end, we formulate the joint design of the tr…

eess.SP2020★ 1 cited

Secure Multigroup Multicast Communication Systems via Intelligent Reflecting Surface

Weiping Shi, Jiayu Li, Guiyang Xia +4

This paper considers a secure multigroup multicast multiple-input single-output (MISO) communication system aided by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). Specifically, we aim t…

eess.SP2020★ 6 cited

UAV-Enabled Confidential Data Collection in Wireless Networks

Xiaobo Zhou, Shihao Yan, Min Li +2

This work, for the first time, considers confidential data collection in the context of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless networks, where the scheduled ground sensor node (SN)…

eess.SP2019

GuardRider: Towards Sustainable Backscattering System over WiFi in the Wild

Xin He, Weiwei Jiang, Meng Cheng +4

The WiFi backscatter communications offer ultra-low power and ubiquitous connections for IoT systems. Caused by the intermittent-nature of the WiFi traffics, state-of-the-art WiFi…

eess.SP2019★ 3 cited

Enhanced Secure Wireless Information and Power Transfer via Intelligent Reflecting Surface

Weiping Shi, Xiaobo Zhou, Linqiong Jia +3

In this paper, secure wireless information and power transfer with intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is proposed for a multiple-input single-output (MISO) system. Under the secr…

eess.SP2019★ 2 cited

UAV-enabled Secure Communication with Finite Blocklength

Yuntian Wang, Xiaobo Zhou, Zhihong Zhuang +4

In the finite blocklength scenario, which is suitable for practical applications, a method of maximizing the average effective secrecy rate (AESR) is proposed for a UAV-enabled sec…

eess.SP2019★ 1 cited

UAV-Enabled Uplink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access System: Joint Deployment and Power Control

Jinhui Lu, Yuntian Wang, Tingting Liu +4

In order to overcome the inherent latency in multi-user unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks with orthogonal multiple access (OMA). In this paper, we investigate the UAV enabled…

eess.SP2019★ 6 cited

UAV-Enabled Covert Wireless Data Collection

Xiaobo Zhou, Shihao Yan, Feng Shu +2

This work considers unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks for collecting data covertly from ground users. The full-duplex UAV intends to gather critical information from a schedul…

cs.IT2019

Optimal Power Allocation for Secure Directional Modulation Networks with a Full-duplex UAV User

Feng Shu, Zaoyu Lu, Shuo Zhang +6

This paper make an investigation of a secure unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided communication network based on directional modulation(DM), in which one ground base station (Alice)…

cs.IT2018★ 259 cited

Joint Optimization of a UAV's Trajectory and Transmit Power for Covert Communications

Xiaobo Zhou, Shihao Yan, Jinsong Hu +3

This work considers covert communications in the context of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks, aiming to hide a UAV for transmitting critical information out of a scenario tha…

cs.IT2018

An Efficient Hybrid Beamforming Design for Massive MIMO Receive Systems via SINR Maximization Based on an Improved Bat Algorithm

Mohammed A. Almagboul, Feng Shu, Yaolu Qin +4

Hybrid analog and digital (HAD) beamforming has been recently receiving considerable deserved attention for a practical implementation on the large-scale antenna systems. As compar…

cs.IT2018★ 1 cited

Robust Directional Modulation Design for Secrecy Rate Maximization in Multi-User Networks

Linqing Gui, Mengxia Yang, Xiaobo Zhou +4

In this paper, based on directional modulation (DM), robust beamforming matrix design for sum secrecy rate maximization is investigated in multi-user systems. The base station (BS)…

cs.IT2018

Alternating Iterative Secure Structure between Beamforming and Power Allocation for UAV-aided Directional Modulation Networks

Feng Shu, Zaoyu Lu, Jinyong Lin +7

In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks, directional modulation (DM) is adopted to improve the secrecy rate (SR) performance. Alice, a ground base station, behaves as a control c…

cs.CR2018

Energy-Efficient Wireless Powered Secure Transmission with Cooperative Jamming for Public Transportation

Linqing Gui, Feifei Bao, Xiaobo Zhou +3

In this paper, wireless power transfer and cooperative jamming (CJ) are combined to enhance physical security in public transportation networks. First, a new secure system model wi…

cs.IT2018★ 1 cited

Secure SWIPT for Directional Modulation Aided AF Relaying Networks

Xiaobo Zhou, Jun Li, Feng Shu +4

Secure wireless information and power transfer based on directional modulation is conceived for amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying networks. Explicitly, we first formulate a secrecy…

cs.IT2018★ 1 cited

A Robust Secure Hybrid Analog and Digital Receive Beamforming Scheme for Efficient Interference Reduction

Linlin Sun, Yaolu Qin, Feng Shu +6

Medium-scale or large-scale receive antenna array with digital beamforming can be employed at receiver to make a significant interference reduction, but leads to expensive cost and…

cs.IT2017★ 5 cited

Artificial-noise-aided Secure Multicast Precoding for Directional Modulation Systems

Feng Shu, Ling Xu, Jiangzhou Wang +2

In multi-cast scenario, all desired users are divided into groups. Each group receives its own individual confidential message stream. Eavesdropper group aims to intercept …

cs.IT2017★ 1 cited

GPI-based Secrecy Rate Maximization Beamforming Scheme for Wireless Transmission with AN-aided Directional Modulation

Hai Yu, Simin Wan, Wenlong Cai +7

In a directional modulation network, a general power iterative (GPI) based beamforming scheme is proposed to maximize the secrecy rate (SR), where there are two optimization variab…