Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) Approach
Downlink communications with multiple ground targets using autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) as a base station is critical across various fields. However, the presence of potential eavesdroppers introduces significant challenges that must be addressed to ensure the effectiveness and security of thes...
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| description | Downlink communications with multiple ground targets using autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) as a base station is critical across various fields. However, the presence of potential eavesdroppers introduces significant challenges that must be addressed to ensure the effectiveness and security of these operations. In this work, we investigate the AAV-to-ground communications in the presence of an eavesdropper, focusing on enhancing physical layer security by maximizing the secrecy rate. We propose a Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) approach, which optimizes the AAV's trajectory, flight time, speed, and hovering duration to achieve the highest possible secrecy rate during communication with ground users. Our numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the PHR scheme, which consistently outperforms the fixed-time baseline approach, with particularly significant improvements for users located farther from the eavesdropper. This work provides essential insights into designing secure and efficient AAV communication systems in scenarios involving multiple ground users and potential eavesdroppers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-64d5ee00cfb94c04abfcb06539ca0eda2025-08-20T01:53:36ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology2644-13302024-01-0151746175510.1109/OJVT.2024.349474010748360Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) ApproachYulin Zhou0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9374-8186Aziz Altaf Khuwaja1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9061-8941Hua Yan2Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, PakistanDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaDownlink communications with multiple ground targets using autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) as a base station is critical across various fields. However, the presence of potential eavesdroppers introduces significant challenges that must be addressed to ensure the effectiveness and security of these operations. In this work, we investigate the AAV-to-ground communications in the presence of an eavesdropper, focusing on enhancing physical layer security by maximizing the secrecy rate. We propose a Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) approach, which optimizes the AAV's trajectory, flight time, speed, and hovering duration to achieve the highest possible secrecy rate during communication with ground users. Our numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the PHR scheme, which consistently outperforms the fixed-time baseline approach, with particularly significant improvements for users located farther from the eavesdropper. This work provides essential insights into designing secure and efficient AAV communication systems in scenarios involving multiple ground users and potential eavesdroppers.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10748360/Eavesdroppingphysical layer securityproceed-hover-return (PHR)secrecy rate maximizationand autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) |
| spellingShingle | Yulin Zhou Aziz Altaf Khuwaja Hua Yan Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) Approach IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology Eavesdropping physical layer security proceed-hover-return (PHR) secrecy rate maximization and autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) |
| title | Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) Approach |
| title_full | Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) Approach |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) Approach |
| title_short | Enhancing AAV-to-Ground Communication Security With the Proceed-Hover-Return (PHR) Approach |
| title_sort | enhancing aav to ground communication security with the proceed hover return phr approach |
| topic | Eavesdropping physical layer security proceed-hover-return (PHR) secrecy rate maximization and autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10748360/ |
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