Survey of capacity limits and implementation techniques in wireless covert communication

Weiyu CHEN; Junshan LUO; Fanggang WANG; Haiyang DING; Shilian WANG; Guojiang XIA

doi:10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2022153

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- Survey of capacity limits and implementation techniques in wireless covert communication
- Journal on Communications Vol. 43, Issue 8, Pages: 203-218(2022)
- 作者机构：
  
  1. 国防科技大学电子科学学院，湖南长沙 410073
  2. 北京交通大学轨道交通控制与安全国家重点实验室，北京 100044
  3. 国防科技大学信息通信学院，湖北武汉 430019
  4. 北京宇航系统工程研究所，北京 100076
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- DOI：10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2022153
  CLC： TN92
- Online First：2022-08，
  
  Published：25 August 2022
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Weiyu CHEN, Junshan LUO, Fanggang WANG, et al. Survey of capacity limits and implementation techniques in wireless covert communication[J]. Journal on Communications, 2022, 43(8): 203-218.
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Weiyu CHEN, Junshan LUO, Fanggang WANG, et al. Survey of capacity limits and implementation techniques in wireless covert communication[J]. Journal on Communications, 2022, 43(8): 203-218. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2022153.

摘要

梳理无线隐蔽通信与相关概念的区别和联系，聚焦基于假设检验理论和信息论的无线隐蔽通信研究，介绍了基本研究模型与具体模型分类，分容量限和实现技术两部分对现有工作进行综述。前者依据极限速率的量级，将极限速率揭示工作分均方根速率和非零正速率两类进行综述；后者依据应用场景的不同，对无线隐蔽通信系统性能分析与实现方案优化工作进行分类和综述。最后，探讨了具有高价值的潜在研究方向。

Abstract

The differences and connections between wireless covert communication (WCC) and related concepts were clarified.The WCC research based on hypothesis testing theory and information theory was focused.The basic research model and the categories of specific models were introduced.The existing works were classified and reviewed in two parts

namely

capacity limits and implementation techniques.The former part reviewed the works that reveal the limit rate

and divided them into two categories as per the order of the limit rate: squared root rate and positive rate.The latter part reviewed the works that analyze the performance of WCC systems and optimize the implementation schemes

and classified them as per their application scenarios.Finally

potential research directions were discussed.

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