Securing Wireless Communications of the Internet of Things from the Physical Layer, An Overview

Junqing Zhang, Trung Q. Duong, Roger Woods, Alan Marshall

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Abstract

The security of the Internet of Things (IoT) is receiving considerable interest as the low power constraints and complexity features of many IoT devices are limiting the use of conventional cryptographic techniques. This article provides an overview of recent research efforts on alternative approaches for securing IoT wireless communications at the physical layer, specifically the key topics of key generation and physical layer encryption. These schemes can be implemented and are lightweight, and thus offer practical solutions for providing effective IoT wireless security. Future research to make IoT-based physical layer security more robust and pervasive is also covered.
Original languageEnglish
Article number420
Number of pages10
JournalEntropy
Volume19
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Aug 2017

Keywords

  • Internet of Things
  • physical layer security
  • key generation
  • physical layer encryption

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