The issues of privacy and security in wireless communication networks have taken on an increasingly important role as these networks continue to flourish worldwide. Traditionally, security is viewed as an independent feature addressed above the physical-layer and all widely used cryptographic proto…
The issues of privacy and security in wireless communication networks have taken on an increasingly important role as these networks continue to flourish worldwide. Traditionally, security is viewed as an independent feature addressed above the physical-layer and all widely used cryptographic protocols are designed and implemented assuming the physical-layer has already been established and provides an error free link. Therefore, there has been a recent attention on studying the fundamental ability of the physical-layer to provide secure wireless communications. Physical-layer security is an emerging research area that explores the possibility of achieving perfect-secrecy data transmission among intended network nodes, while possible malicious nodes that eavesdrop the communication obtain zero information. The breakthrough concept behind wireless physical-layer security is to exploit the characteristics of the wireless channel for improving the reliability of wireless transmissions The objective of the workshop is to stimulate interest for research in practical and theoretical aspects of physical-Layer security. The workshop will include one keynote lecture and a panel discussion to understand the applicability of the techniques in future wireless systems.
