Title
Free-space optical channel estimation for physical layer security.
Abstract
We present experimental data on message transmission in a free-space optical (FSO) link at an eye-safe wavelength, using a testbed consisting of one sender and two receiver terminals, where the latter two are a legitimate receiver and an eavesdropper. The testbed allows us to emulate a typical scenario of physical-layer (PHY) security such as satellite-to-ground laser communications. We estimate information-theoretic metrics including secrecy rate, secrecy outage probability, and expected code lengths for given secrecy criteria based on observed channel statistics. We then discuss operation principles of secure message transmission under realistic fading conditions, and provide a guideline on a multi-layer security architecture by combining PHY security and upper-layer (algorithmic) security. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1364/OE.24.008940
OPTICS EXPRESS
Field
DocType
Volume
Fading,Secrecy,Computer network,Communication channel,Testbed,Optics,Physical layer,Free-space optical communication,PHY,Enterprise information security architecture,Physics
Journal
24
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
8
1094-4087
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.54
12
13