Physical-Layer-Based Secure Communications for Static and Low-Latency Industrial Internet of Things

Ji, Zijie, Yeoh, Phee Lep, Chen, Gaojie, Zhang, Junqing ORCID: 0000-0002-3502-2926, Zhang, Yan, He, Zunwen, Yin, Hao and Li, Yonghui (2022) Physical-Layer-Based Secure Communications for Static and Low-Latency Industrial Internet of Things. IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, 9 (19). pp. 18392-18405.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2022.3160508

Abstract

This article proposes a wireless key generation solution for secure low-latency communications with active jamming attack prevention in wireless networked control systems (WNCSs) of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. We first identify a new vulnerability in physical-layer key generation schemes using wireless channel and random pilots (RPs) in static environments. We derive a closed-form expression for the probability that the RP-based key is successfully attacked by a long-term eavesdropper at a fixed location. To prevent such attacks, we propose a one-time pad (OTP) encrypted transmission solution assisted by one-way self-interference (SI), which has low-latency, high-security benefits, and active attack detection capability. The performance of the proposed scheme is analytically compared with two benchmark RP-based schemes, and its advantages are verified in a ray-tracing-based simulation environment. We further investigate the impact of critical design parameters, which reveal fundamental insights for the deployment and implementation of our proposed secure communications scheme.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Wireless communication, Communication system security, Wireless sensor networks, Industrial Internet of Things, Protocols, Transceivers, Physical layer, Active attack detection, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), one-time pad (OTP), physical-layer key generation
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2022 08:56
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 14:44
DOI:	10.1109/JIOT.2022.3160508
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3150965