A Secure Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing System for Next-Generation Wireless Communications

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Main Authors: Wang, Ping, Wang, Zulin, Ni, Yuanhan, Luo, Qu, Ma, Yuanfang, Tian, Xiaosi, Xiao, Pei
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Published: 2025
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author Wang, Ping
Wang, Zulin
Ni, Yuanhan
Luo, Qu
Ma, Yuanfang
Tian, Xiaosi
Xiao, Pei
author_facet Wang, Ping
Wang, Zulin
Ni, Yuanhan
Luo, Qu
Ma, Yuanfang
Tian, Xiaosi
Xiao, Pei
contents Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has garnered significant attention due to its superior performance in high-mobility scenarios, coupled with multiple waveform parameters that provide greater degrees of freedom for system design. This paper introduces a novel secure affine frequency division multiplexing (SE-AFDM) system, which advances prior designs by dynamically varying an AFDM pre-chirp parameter to enhance physical-layer security. In the SE-AFDM system, the pre-chirp parameter is dynamically generated from a codebook controlled by a long-period pseudo-noise (LPPN) sequence. Instead of applying spreading in the data domain, our parameter-domain spreading approach provides additional security while maintaining reliability and high spectrum efficiency. We also propose a synchronization framework to solve the problem of reliably and rapidly synchronizing the time-varying parameter in fast time-varying channels. The theoretical derivations prove that unsynchronized eavesdroppers cannot eliminate the nonlinear impact of the time-varying parameter and further provide useful guidance for codebook design. Simulation results demonstrate the security advantages of the proposed SE-AFDM system in high-mobility scenarios, while our hardware prototype validates the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization framework.
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spellingShingle A Secure Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing System for Next-Generation Wireless Communications
Wang, Ping
Wang, Zulin
Ni, Yuanhan
Luo, Qu
Ma, Yuanfang
Tian, Xiaosi
Xiao, Pei
Signal Processing
Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has garnered significant attention due to its superior performance in high-mobility scenarios, coupled with multiple waveform parameters that provide greater degrees of freedom for system design. This paper introduces a novel secure affine frequency division multiplexing (SE-AFDM) system, which advances prior designs by dynamically varying an AFDM pre-chirp parameter to enhance physical-layer security. In the SE-AFDM system, the pre-chirp parameter is dynamically generated from a codebook controlled by a long-period pseudo-noise (LPPN) sequence. Instead of applying spreading in the data domain, our parameter-domain spreading approach provides additional security while maintaining reliability and high spectrum efficiency. We also propose a synchronization framework to solve the problem of reliably and rapidly synchronizing the time-varying parameter in fast time-varying channels. The theoretical derivations prove that unsynchronized eavesdroppers cannot eliminate the nonlinear impact of the time-varying parameter and further provide useful guidance for codebook design. Simulation results demonstrate the security advantages of the proposed SE-AFDM system in high-mobility scenarios, while our hardware prototype validates the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization framework.
title A Secure Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing System for Next-Generation Wireless Communications
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02023