Physical layer security for 6G networks

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Abstract

This chapter discusses Physical Layer Security (PLS) for the Sixth Generation (6G) mobile communication standard. It focuses on security against passive adversaries, while active attacks are only mentioned where necessary. The wiretap channel is introduced, as are methods for measuring security and coding schemes to achieve it. Implementations of such schemes for the Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) and fading wiretap channels are presented, along with a statistical analysis of the security achieved. Moreover, it is discussed how to achieve PLS in multimode fiber-optic interconnects. Finally, secret key generation is introduced, and an important application, physical unclonable functions, is presented.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6G-life
PublisherElsevier Inc.
Chapter21
Pages467-485
Number of pages19
ISBN (electronic)978-0-443-27411-4
ISBN (print)978-0-443-27410-7
Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2026
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 105033785810
ORCID /0000-0002-1702-9075/work/214456958

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Keywords

  • Active attack, Additive White Gaussian Noise wiretap channel, Fading wiretap channel, Modular coding scheme, Multimode fiber optic interconnect, Passive attack, Physical layer security, Physical unclonable function, Secrecy measure, Secret key generation, Statistical secrecy verification, Wiretap channel