RIS-assisted physical layer security in emerging RF and optical wireless communication systems: A comprehensive survey

MH Khoshafa, O Maraqa, JM Moualeu… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Security and latency are crucial aspects in the design of future wireless networks. Physical
layer security (PLS) has received a growing interest from the research community in recent …

Artificial intelligence empowered physical layer security for 6G: State-of-the-art, challenges, and opportunities

S Zhang, D Zhu, Y Liu - Computer Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
With the commercial deployment of the 5G system, researchers from both academia and
industry are moving attention to the blueprint of the 6G system. The space-air-ground-sea …

Computation capacity enhancement by joint UAV and RIS design in IoT

Y Xu, T Zhang, Y Liu, D Yang, L **ao… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile-edge computing (MEC) networks are facing limited coverage and harsh wireless
transmission environments that severely hinder the computation capacity of the Internet-of …

Reconfigurable intelligent surface aided multi-user communications: State-of-the-art techniques and open issues

M Munochiveyi, AC Pogaku, DT Do, AT Le… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided communication is considered as an exciting
research topic in academic and industrial communities since it provides an emerging …

Secure communication with UAV-enabled aerial RIS: Learning trajectory with reflection optimization

X Tang, T Jiang, J Liu, B Li, D Zhai… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have manifested huge potential in enhancing
information security by actively intervening the wireless propagation, yet the security gain …

Secure outage analysis of RIS-assisted communications with discrete phase control

W Shi, J Xu, W Xu, M Di Renzo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This correspondence investigates a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted
wireless communication system with security threats. The RIS is deployed to enhance the …

Learning-based reliable and secure transmission for UAV-RIS-assisted communication systems

H Yang, S Liu, L **ao, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mounting reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), called
UAV-RIS, combines the benefits of these two techniques, which can further improve the …

Robust secrecy via aerial reflection and jamming: Joint optimization of deployment and transmission

X Tang, H He, L Dong, L Li, Q Du… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are recognized with great potential to strengthen
wireless security, yet the performance gain largely depends on the deployment location of …

Secrecy-rate optimization of double RIS-aided space–ground networks

TM Hoang, C Xu, A Vahid, HD Tuan… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The physical-layer security (PLS) of a space–ground communication system is examined. To
improve the security performance, a pair of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is …

Metasurface manipulation attacks: Potential security threats of RIS-aided 6G communications

H Alakoca, M Namdar, S Aldirmaz-Colak… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The physical layer security (PLS) of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) is critical for
providing secure and reliable communications in sixth generation (6G) wireless systems …