Almost universal codes for MIMO wiretap channels
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Author(s)
Luzzi, Laura
Vehkalahti, Roope
Ling, C
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Despite several works on secrecy coding for fading and MIMO wiretap channels from an error probability perspective, the construction of information-theoretically secure codes over such channels remains an open problem. In this paper, we consider a fading wiretap channel model where the transmitter has only partial statistical channel state information. Our channel model includes static channels, i.i.d. block fading channels, and ergodic stationary fading with fast decay of large deviations for the eavesdropper's channel. We extend the flatness factor criterion from the Gaussian wiretap channel to fading and MIMO wiretap channels, and establish a simple design criterion where the normalized product distance/minimum determinant of the lattice and its dual should be maximized simultaneously. Moreover, we propose concrete lattice codes satisfying this design criterion, which are built from algebraic number fields with constant root discriminant in the single-antenna case, and from division algebras centered at such number fields in the multipleantenna case. The proposed lattice codes achieve strong secrecy and semantic security for all rates R <; C b - C e - κ, where C b and C e are Bob and Eve's channel capacities, respectively, and κ is an explicit constant gap. Furthermore, these codes are almost universal in the sense that a fixed code is good for secrecy for a wide range of fading models. Finally, we consider a compound wiretap model with a more restricted uncertainty set, and show that rates R <; C̅ b - C̅ e - κ are achievable, where C̅ b is a lower bound for Bob's capacity and C̅ e is an upper bound for Eve's capacity for all
Date Issued
2018-11-01
Date Acceptance
2018-06-16
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2018, 64 (11), pp.7218-7241
ISSN
0018-9448
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
7218
End Page
7241
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Volume
64
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
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Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
317562
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Information Systems
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Computer Science
Engineering
Algebraic number theory
division algebras
fading wiretap channel
information theoretic security
lattice coding
MIMO wiretap channel
statistical CSIT
DIVERSITY-MULTIPLEXING TRADEOFF
CYCLIC DIVISION-ALGEBRAS
SECRECY CAPACITY
FADING CHANNELS
NUMBER-FIELDS
LATTICE CODES
STATISTICAL CSIT
CONSTANT GAP
TAP CHANNEL
BOUNDS
0801 Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing
0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering
1005 Communications Technologies
Networking & Telecommunications
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-07-19