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Covert Communications with Simultaneous Multi-Modal Transmission

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Rahul Aggarwal,

Justin S. Kong,

Terrence J. Moore,

Predrag Spasojevic,

Fikadu T. DagefuAuthors Info & Claims

WiSec '24: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3643833.3656117

Published: 27 May 2024 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we develop an approach to exploit multiple disparate wireless communication technologies simultaneously to enhance covertness of a communication link. Specifically, given two available communication modalities between a pair of friendly nodes (Alice and Bob), the goal is to evade detection by an adversary (Willie) who is equipped with a radiometer covering the frequency bands of both modalities. We propose a joint detection threshold optimization technique from Willie's point of view. We also develop a joint transmit power optimization strategy for Alice to maximize covertness while meeting the throughput requirement at Bob. Through numerical simulations we show that the proposed scheme matches the performance of exhaustive search method while reducing the computational time by 98% and also improves the covertness by 56% compared to a naïve benchmark scheme.

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Johnson SKasher MAggarwal RCallinan JElo MSpasojevic PDagefu FKong JChoi JKim B(2024)Experimental Analysis of Covert CDMA Against Energy and Cycle Detecting AdversariesMILCOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024.10773672(666-667)Online publication date: 28-Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024.10773672

Index Terms

Covert Communications with Simultaneous Multi-Modal Transmission
1. Networks
  1. Network algorithms
2. Security and privacy
  1. Network security
    1. Mobile and wireless security

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WiSec '24: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks

May 2024

312 pages

ISBN:9798400705823

DOI:10.1145/3643833

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KAIST, South Korea
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University of California San Diego, USA
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University of Oxford, England

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Johnson SKasher MAggarwal RCallinan JElo MSpasojevic PDagefu FKong JChoi JKim B(2024)Experimental Analysis of Covert CDMA Against Energy and Cycle Detecting AdversariesMILCOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024.10773672(666-667)Online publication date: 28-Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024.10773672

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