Ray Tracing simulations of indoor channel spatial correlation for Physical Layer Security

Author

Vitucci, Enrico M. ; Mani, Francesco ; Mazloum, Taghrid ; Sibille, Alain ; Degli Esposti, Vittorio

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. dell´Energia Elettr. e dell´Inf. Guglielmo Marconi (DEI), Univ. of Bologna, Cesena, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The goal of this work is to establish the accuracy of ray tracing to simulate the radio channel in a Physical Layer Security scenario, where two legitimate users try to take advantage of the intrinsic properties of the channel to generate a shared secret key inaccessible to an eavesdropper. A 3D Ray-Tracing software, including a diffuse scattering model, is employed to simulate spatial correlations in an indoor environment at the frequencies of 2.4 and 5GHz. Measurements, performed with a Vector Network Analyzer, are used to assess the validity of simulated results.

Keywords

correlation theory; electromagnetic wave scattering; indoor radio; network analysers; ray tracing; telecommunication security; wireless channels; 3D ray tracing simulation; diffuse scattering model; eavesdropper; frequency 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz; indoor channel spatial correlation; indoor environment; physical layer security; radio channel; shared secret key; vector network analyzer; Antennas; Correlation; Frequency measurement; Ray tracing; Scattering; Security; Wireless communication; Physical layer security; indoor radio communications; propagation; ray-tracing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228745