Secrecy Outage Analysis of Relay-User Pairing for Secure Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks

• Published in: IEEE transactions on vehicular technology Vol. 71; no. 8; pp. 8906 - 8918
• Main Authors: Cao, Weifeng, Zou, Yulong, Yang, Zhen, Li, Bin, Lin, Yun, Li, Yong, Wu, Wei, Liu, Lizhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.08.2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Array signal processing; Electronic surveillance; Fading; Hybrid satellite-terrestrial network; Links; Optimization; Outages; physical-layer security; Power system reliability; Probability; Relay; relay-user pairing; Relays; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communications; Satellites; Security; Signal to noise ratio; Wiretapping

In this paper, we study the physical-layer security of a hybrid satellite-terrestrial network composed of a satellite, multiple terrestrial decode-and-forward (DF) relays and users in the presence of a terrestrial eavesdropper who attempts to tap legitimate information from both satellite and relays...