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Multi-Hop Routing in Covert Wireless Networks.

Authors :
Sheikholeslami, Azadeh
Ghaderi, Majid
Towsley, Don
Bash, Boulat A.
Guha, Saikat
Goeckel, Dennis
Source :
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications; Jun2018, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p3656-3669, 14p
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

In covert communication, Alice tries to communicate with Bob without being detected by a warden Willie. When the distance between Alice and Bob becomes large compared with the distance between Alice and Willie(s), the performance of covert communication will be degraded. In this case, multi-hop message transmission via intermediate relays can help to improve the performance. Hence, in this paper, multi-hop covert communication over a moderate size network and in the presence of multiple collaborating Willies is considered. The relays can transmit covertly using either a single key for all relays or different independent keys at the relays. For each case, we develop efficient algorithms to find optimal paths with maximum throughput and minimum end-to-end delay between Alice and Bob. As expected, employing multiple hops significantly improves the ability to communicate covertly versus the case of a single-hop transmission. Furthermore, at the expense of more shared key bits, analytical results and numerical simulations demonstrate that the multi-hop covert communication with different independent keys at the relays has better performance than the multi-hop covert communication with a single key. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15361276
Volume :
17
Issue :
6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
130137931
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2018.2812881