Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communication

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are highly mobile and easily deployabledevices that have become an important component of wireless communica-tion countermeasures. Covert communication, the main method used toensure wireless communication security, has been extensively studied inrecent years. However...

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Main Authors: Xiaohan Wang, Wen Tian, Guangjie Liu, Yuwei Dai
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Language:English
Published: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2024-0178
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description Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are highly mobile and easily deployabledevices that have become an important component of wireless communica-tion countermeasures. Covert communication, the main method used toensure wireless communication security, has been extensively studied inrecent years. However, existing research primarily uses UAVs as auxiliarytools for covert communications, to improve communication performance,ignoring situations in which the detector utilizes UAVs for interference sup-pression. In this study, we propose a UAV-assisted jamming detectioncovert communication game model. Specifically, the UAV actively transmitsnoise to Alice’s transmission channels to disrupt covert transmission whenWillie detects a covert communication transmission. Furthermore, we ana-lyze the adversarial process between the detector and Alice under UAV-assisted jamming based on game theory, theoretically verify the conditionsfor the existence of a Nash equilibrium, and formulate optimal strategiesfor both sides.
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spelling doaj-art-91137eebb5934fef93a44f706c24298e2025-08-25T06:56:09ZengElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)ETRI Journal1225-64632233-73262025-08-0147460361610.4218/etrij.2024-0178Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communicationXiaohan WangWen TianGuangjie LiuYuwei DaiUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are highly mobile and easily deployabledevices that have become an important component of wireless communica-tion countermeasures. Covert communication, the main method used toensure wireless communication security, has been extensively studied inrecent years. However, existing research primarily uses UAVs as auxiliarytools for covert communications, to improve communication performance,ignoring situations in which the detector utilizes UAVs for interference sup-pression. In this study, we propose a UAV-assisted jamming detectioncovert communication game model. Specifically, the UAV actively transmitsnoise to Alice’s transmission channels to disrupt covert transmission whenWillie detects a covert communication transmission. Furthermore, we ana-lyze the adversarial process between the detector and Alice under UAV-assisted jamming based on game theory, theoretically verify the conditionsfor the existence of a Nash equilibrium, and formulate optimal strategiesfor both sides.https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2024-0178covert communicationgame theorynash equilibriumstrategy optimization methoduav
spellingShingle Xiaohan Wang
Wen Tian
Guangjie Liu
Yuwei Dai
Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communication
ETRI Journal
covert communication
game theory
nash equilibrium
strategy optimization method
uav
title Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communication
title_full Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communication
title_fullStr Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communication
title_full_unstemmed Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communication
title_short Strategy optimization method based on UAVs-assisted detection of covert communication
title_sort strategy optimization method based on uavs assisted detection of covert communication
topic covert communication
game theory
nash equilibrium
strategy optimization method
uav
url https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2024-0178
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