Active jamming for multi-user information security improvement with the access statuses of users

Abstract

We propose a novel physical layer scheme for improving multiple users' information security (e.g., vehicle devises and mobile terminals) in the next‐generation communication systems. Owing to the limitation of service node's antennas, not all users can be concurrently served. Therefore, the node only provides services for some chosen users in a certain time. On the basis of this premise, in our scheme, the access status of each user is involved. With the information of access status, the node devises transmitters to increase the served users' transmission rates and decrease the possibility of each idle user's signal interception. Furthermore, the node executes active jamming according to the realistic situation of this multi‐user network for confusing the idle users/potential eavesdroppers. In addition, with the gradually mature applications of full‐duplex techniques for the terminals, each user can also implement active jamming in the full‐duplex mode to interfere with the potential eavesdroppers. It is seen that our scheme is linear without iteration, and performance analysis and simulation results illustrate that it is feasible for multi‐user security enhancement. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.