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This paper studies an Internet-of-Things (IoT) network employing a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) over generalized fading channels. Inspired by the promising potential of RIS-based transmission, we investigate a RIS-enabled IoT network with the source node employing a RIS-based access point. The system is modelled with reference to a receivertransmitter pair and the Fisher-Snedecor F model is adopted to analyse the composite fading and shadowing channel. Closedform expressions are derived for the system with regards to the average capacity, average bit error rate (BER) and outage probability. Monte-Carlo simulations are provided throughout to validate the results. The results investigated and reported in this study extend early results reported in the emerging literature on RIS-enabled technologies and provides a framework for the evaluation of a basic RIS-enabled IoT network over the most common multipath fading channels. The results indicate the clear benefit of employing a RIS-enabled access point, as well as the versatility of the derived expressions in analysing the effects of fading and shadowing on the network. The results further demonstrate that for a RIS-enabled IoT network, there is the need to balance between the cost and benefit of increasing the RIS cells against other parameters such as increasing transmit power, especially at low SNR and/or high to moderate fading/shadowing severity.

The physical layer security (PLS) of wireless networks has witnessed significant attention in next generation communication systems due to its potential towards enabling protection at signal level in dense network environments. The growing trends towards smart mobility via sensor enabled vehicles is transforming today's traffic environment into Internet of Vehicles (IoVs). Enabling PLS for IoVs would be a significant development considering the dense vehicular network environment in the near future. In this context, this paper presents a PLS framework for a vehicular network consisting a legitimate receiver and an eavesdropper, both under the effect of interfering vehicles. The double-Rayleigh fading channel is used to capture the effect of mobility within the communication channel. The performance is analyzed in terms of the average secrecy capacity (ASC) and secrecy outage probability (SOP). We present the standard expressions for the ASC and SOP in alternative forms, to facilitate analysis in terms of the respective moment generating function (MGF) and characteristic function of the joint fading and interferer statistics. Closed-form expressions for the MGFs and characteristic functions were obtained and Monte Carlo simulations were provided to validate the results. Approximate expressions for the ASC and SOP were also provided, for easier analysis and insight into the effect of the network parameters. The results attest that the performance of the considered system was affected by the number of interfering vehicles as well as their distances. It was also demonstrated that the system performance closely correlates with the uncertainty in the eavesdropper's vehicle location.

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