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Secrecy Coverage
Internet Mathematics
  • Amites Sarkar, Western Washington University
  • Martin Haenggi, University of Notre Dame
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Keywords
  • geometric models for secrecy in wireless networks,
  • Eavesdroppers,
  • Poisson point processes
Disciplines
Abstract

Motivated by information-theoretic secrecy, geometric models for secrecy in wireless networks have begun to receive increased attention. The general question is how the presence of eavesdroppers affects the properties and performance of the network. Previously, the focus has been mostly on connectivity. Here we study the impact of eavesdroppers on the coverage of a network of base stations. The problem we address is the following. Let base stations and eavesdroppers be distributed as stationary Poisson point processes in a disk of area n. If the coverage of each base station is limited by the distance to the nearest eavesdropper, what is the maximum density of eavesdroppers that can be accommodated while still achieving full coverage, asymptotically as n→∞?

DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15427951.2012.673333
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Wireless sensor networks--Security measures; Security systems--Mathematical models; Poisson processes
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articles
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Text
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Language
English
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Amites Sarkar and Martin Haenggi. "Secrecy Coverage" Internet Mathematics Vol. 9 Iss. 2-3 (2013) p. 199 - 216
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amites_sarkar/14/