A closed-form expression for Outage Secrecy Capacity in Wireless Information-Theoretic Security

Theofilos Chrysikos, Tasos Dagiuklas, Stavros Kotsopoulos

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Abstract

This paper provides a closed-form expression for Outage Secrecy Capacity in Wireless Information-Theoretic Security. This is accomplished on the basis of an approximation of the exponential function via a first-order Taylor series. The error of this method is calculated for two different channel cases, and the resulting precision confirms the correctness of this approach. Thus, the Outage Secrecy Capacity can be calculated for a given Outage Probability and for a given propagation environment (path loss exponent, average main channel SNR), allowing us to estimate with increased precision the boundaries of secure communications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSecurity in Emerging Wireless Communication and Networking Systems - First International ICST Workshop, SEWCN 2009, Revised Selected Papers
Pages3-12
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event1st ICST International Workshop on Security in Emerging Wireless Communication and Networking Systems, SEWCN 2009 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 14 Sept 200914 Sept 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume42 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference1st ICST International Workshop on Security in Emerging Wireless Communication and Networking Systems, SEWCN 2009
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period14/09/0914/09/09

Keywords

  • Outage Secrecy Capacity
  • Path loss exponent
  • Quasi-static rayleigh fading
  • Taylor approximation
  • Wireless Information-Theoretic Security

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