TITLE:
Security in Multicast Over α-μ Fading Channels with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Mahmud Hasan, Md. Zahurul Islam Sarkar
KEYWORDS:
Orthogonal Space-Frequency Block Coding, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, Probability of Non-Zero Secrecy Multicast Capacity, Secure Outage Probability for Multicasting
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Computer and Communications,
Vol.10 No.11,
November
17,
2022
ABSTRACT: The orthogonal space-frequency block coding (OSFBC) with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system reduces complexity in the receiver which improves the system performance significantly. Motivated by these advantages of OSFBC-OFDM system, this paper considers a secure wireless multicasting scenario through multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) OFDM system employing OSFBC over frequency selective α-μ fading channels. The authors are interested to protect the desired signals from eavesdropping considering the impact of the number of multicast users and eavesdroppers, and the fading parameters α and μ. A mathematical model has been developed based on the closed-form analytical expressions of the probability of non-zero secrecy multicast capacity (PNSMC) and the secure outage probability for multi-casting (SOPM) to ensure the security in the presence of multiple eaves-droppers. The results show that the security in MIMO OSFBC OFDM system over α-μ fading is more sensitive to the magnitude of α and μ and this effect increases in the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region of the main channel.