In this paper, we analyse the performance of physical layer security over Fluctuating Beckmann (FB) fading channel which is an extended model of both the κ − µ shadowed and the classical Beckmann distributions.Specifically, the average secrecy capacity (ASC), secure outage probability (SOP), the lower bound of SOP (SOP L ), and the probability of strictly positive secrecy capacity (SPSC) are derived in exact closed-form expressions using two different values of the fading parameters, namely, m and µ which represent the multipath and shadowing severity impacts, respectively. Firstly, when the fading parameters are arbitrary values, the performance metrics are derived in exact closed-form in terms of the extended generalised bivariate Fox's H-function (EGBFHF) that has been widely implemented in the open literature. In the second case, to obtain simple mathematically tractable expressions in terms of analytic functions as well as to gain more insight on the behaviour of the physical layer security over Fluctuating Beckmann fading channel models, m and µ are assumed to be integer and even numbers, respectively. The numerical results of this analysis are verified via Monte Carlo simulations.
Index TermsFluctuating Beckmann fading channel, average secrecy capacity, secure outage probability, probability of strictly positive secrecy capacity.to the additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and Rayleigh fading channel are given in [2] and [3], respectively. In [4], the SPSC when both the main and eavesdropper channels undergo Rician fading channel is derived. The SOP and the SPSC of the physical layer using Rician and Nakagami-m fading conditions for the Bob and the eavesdropper wireless channels are given in [5]. The Weibull fading channel model is used in [6] and [7] to study the SPSC and ASC, respectively.Recently, many works have been implemented using various generalized fading distributions that unify most of the well-known channel models. In addition, they provide results closer to the practical data than the conventional distributions, namely, Rayleigh, Nakagami-m, and Nakagami-n. In [8], the ASC over κ − µ fading channel that is used to model the line-of-sight (LoS) communication environment is derived. The performance of the physical layer security in non-linear communication scenario is analysed in [9] and [10] via utilising the α − µ fading condition. Moreover, the ASC, the SOP, the SOP L , and the SPSC of the physical layer over α − µ fading using the Fox's H-function channel model which is a unified framework for a variety of distributions are presented in [11]. The ASC using the κ − µ/α − µ and α − µ/κ − µ fading scenarios for the main/eavesdropper channels is given in [12]. The more generalised fading channels α − κ − µ and α − η − µ are used in [13] to derive the SOP L and its asymptotic value. These fading distributions are provided in a single model which is α − η − κ − µ that is also used to represent both the main channel and the eavesdropper's channel of the classic Wyner's wiretap model in [14].The wi...