On the Secrecy Performance of Continuous-Aperture Arrays Over Fading Channels

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Hauptverfasser: Yang, Xuan, Ouyang, Chongjun, Li, Dongming, Liu, Yuanwei
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author Yang, Xuan
Ouyang, Chongjun
Li, Dongming
Liu, Yuanwei
author_facet Yang, Xuan
Ouyang, Chongjun
Li, Dongming
Liu, Yuanwei
contents The secrecy performance of continuous-aperture array (CAPA)-based wiretap channels in terms of secrecy rate and secrecy outage probability (SOP) is analyzed. First, the system models of CAPA systems with maximum-ratio transmission under a Rayleigh fading channel are established, and approximate probability density functions for the legitimate user Bob's signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the eavesdropper Eve's SNR are derived using Mercer's theorem and Landau's eigenvalue theorem. Three scenarios are considered, including a single Eve, multiple independent Eves, and multiple collaborative Eves. Next, the expressions of the secrecy rate and SOP under these three scenarios are derived, and the high-SNR slope, high-SNR power offset, diversity order, and array gain in Bob's high-SNR region are obtained. It is then theoretically proven that, in all three scenarios, the CAPA system achieves the same high-SNR slope and the same diversity order, with the latter being equal to the spatial degrees of freedom. Moreover, the CAPA system with a single Eve has the smallest high-SNR offset and the highest array gain, whereas the CAPA system with multiple collaborative Eves exhibits the largest high-SNR offset and the lowest array gain. Finally, the theoretical analyses of secrecy rate, SOP, high-SNR performance are validated by the simulation results, and a higher secrecy rate and a lower SOP are achieved by the CAPA systems compared to the spatially-discrete array systems with half-wavelength antenna spacing.
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spellingShingle On the Secrecy Performance of Continuous-Aperture Arrays Over Fading Channels
Yang, Xuan
Ouyang, Chongjun
Li, Dongming
Liu, Yuanwei
Information Theory
Signal Processing
The secrecy performance of continuous-aperture array (CAPA)-based wiretap channels in terms of secrecy rate and secrecy outage probability (SOP) is analyzed. First, the system models of CAPA systems with maximum-ratio transmission under a Rayleigh fading channel are established, and approximate probability density functions for the legitimate user Bob's signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the eavesdropper Eve's SNR are derived using Mercer's theorem and Landau's eigenvalue theorem. Three scenarios are considered, including a single Eve, multiple independent Eves, and multiple collaborative Eves. Next, the expressions of the secrecy rate and SOP under these three scenarios are derived, and the high-SNR slope, high-SNR power offset, diversity order, and array gain in Bob's high-SNR region are obtained. It is then theoretically proven that, in all three scenarios, the CAPA system achieves the same high-SNR slope and the same diversity order, with the latter being equal to the spatial degrees of freedom. Moreover, the CAPA system with a single Eve has the smallest high-SNR offset and the highest array gain, whereas the CAPA system with multiple collaborative Eves exhibits the largest high-SNR offset and the lowest array gain. Finally, the theoretical analyses of secrecy rate, SOP, high-SNR performance are validated by the simulation results, and a higher secrecy rate and a lower SOP are achieved by the CAPA systems compared to the spatially-discrete array systems with half-wavelength antenna spacing.
title On the Secrecy Performance of Continuous-Aperture Arrays Over Fading Channels
topic Information Theory
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.06171