Abstract
In this paper, we propose a secure index and data symbol modulation scheme for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with index modulation (OFDM-IM) systems. By exploiting the notion of the channel reciprocity in time division duplexing mode over wireless channels for shared channel state information as a secret key, we investigate randomized mapping rules for index modulation as well as data symbol modulation. Due to the randomized mapping rules for index and data symbol modulation in OFDM-IM, an eavesdropper is not able to correctly decide message bits even though active subcarriers and their symbols are correctly estimated. In particular, we exploit a characteristic of OFDM-IM which uses a fraction of subcarriers for transmissions to enhance security of data symbol modulation. In addition, to design a set of mapping rules for data symbol modulation, we investigate both a random-selection-based set and a bit-mismatch-based set. Through the analysis and simulation results, we demonstrate that the proposed scheme based on the randomized mapping rules for index modulation and data symbol modulation has a better performance than an existing scheme (modified for OFDM-IM) in terms of bit error rate (BER) and successful attack probability. In particular, we can show that the BER at an eavesdropper is much higher if the bit-mismatch-based set of mapping rules is used.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8093595 |
| Pages (from-to) | 24959-24974 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | IEEE Access |
| Volume | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Oct 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
© 2017 IEEE. Translations and content mining are permitted for academic research only.Keywords
- data symbol modulation
- index modulation
- Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- physical layer security
