ECE 5611 - Physical-Layer Security

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

The fundamentals of physical-layer security from first principles in information theory. Topics covered include equivocation, the wiretap channel, secrecy capacity, and signaling techniques for physical-layer security (e.g., beam forming, channel precoding, etc.). Graduate students will be required to implement and present a recent finding from the literature for a term project. Meets with ECE 4611. Prer., ECE 3610, and ECE 4645 or ECE 5645.