Covert communications: A comprehensive survey

X Chen, J An, Z ** Attacks for UAV-Aided Short-Packet Transmissions
H Mao, Y Liu, Z **ao, Z Han… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided short-packet transmissions have emerged as a
promising paradigm for supporting mission-critical applications in future mobile …

Resource-efficient HAPS-RIS enabled beyond-cell communications

S Alfattani, A Yadav, H Yanikomeroglu… - IEEE Wireless …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the future, urban regions will encounter a massive number of capacity-hungry devices.
Relying solely on terrestrial networks for serving all UEs will be a cost-ineffective approach …

Optimal Transmit Power and Hovering Location for UAV Covert Communication in IoT Systems

D Wang, X Zhao, W Shen, Z Li, N Cheng… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things (IoT) play a paramount role in every aspect of our daily lives. Due to more
diverse human needs, the future IoT networks are expected to be highly dynamic and …

Deep reinforcement learning for IRS-assisted UAV covert communications

S Bi, L Hu, Q Liu, J Wu, R Yang, L Wu - China Communications, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communications can hide the existence of a transmission from the transmitter to
receiver. This paper considers an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted unmanned …

Angle and Distance Discrimination by Utilizing Frequency Conversion Capability of STC-IRS for Covert Communications

M Wang, Y Yao, H Ding, S Shao, B **a… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communication is an important approach to ensure information security by hiding the
transmission behavior. Space-domain-coding intelligent reflecting surface (SDC-IRS) can …