Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D Communications

This paper proposes a joint optimization mechanism for packet length and power in the scenario of covert short packet D2D communication, so as to effectively improve the communication performance between D2D pairs subject to the covert constraint. Specifically, we construct a short-packet D2D commun...

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Main Authors: Xiaolong Zhang, Jie Liu, Yuzhen Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Electronics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/13/2822
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description This paper proposes a joint optimization mechanism for packet length and power in the scenario of covert short packet D2D communication, so as to effectively improve the communication performance between D2D pairs subject to the covert constraint. Specifically, we construct a short-packet D2D communication model assisted by covert communication, and further propose the notion of effective covert throughput (ECT) to quantitatively characterize the trade-off between the covertness and reliability of IoT state monitoring information transmission. Secondly, in the constructed communication scenario, we analyze the detection error probability of the warden and clarify that the existing equal power transmission of pilot and data signals can minimize the detection performance of the warden. However, this strategy is achieved by compromising the transmission performance of the system, which means that the ECT of D2D pair may not be optimal. Thirdly, we aim to maximize the ECT of D2D pair and construct a joint optimization problem for pilot transmission power, data transmission power, and packet length. Furthermore, a joint optimization algorithm based on the 2D search is adopted to obtain the optimal solution of the established optimization problem. Simulation results demonstrated that the transmission performance of the joint optimization algorithm is better than that of the scheme of the equal power scheme on the premise of ensuring the covertness.
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spelling doaj.art-ec0dad2b9c2e40efac592593ea08cfed2023-11-18T16:23:55ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-06-011213282210.3390/electronics12132822Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D CommunicationsXiaolong Zhang0Jie Liu1Yuzhen Huang2College of Communication Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing 210007, ChinaCollege of Communication Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing 210007, ChinaNational Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Academyof Military Sciences of PLA, Beijing 100091, ChinaThis paper proposes a joint optimization mechanism for packet length and power in the scenario of covert short packet D2D communication, so as to effectively improve the communication performance between D2D pairs subject to the covert constraint. Specifically, we construct a short-packet D2D communication model assisted by covert communication, and further propose the notion of effective covert throughput (ECT) to quantitatively characterize the trade-off between the covertness and reliability of IoT state monitoring information transmission. Secondly, in the constructed communication scenario, we analyze the detection error probability of the warden and clarify that the existing equal power transmission of pilot and data signals can minimize the detection performance of the warden. However, this strategy is achieved by compromising the transmission performance of the system, which means that the ECT of D2D pair may not be optimal. Thirdly, we aim to maximize the ECT of D2D pair and construct a joint optimization problem for pilot transmission power, data transmission power, and packet length. Furthermore, a joint optimization algorithm based on the 2D search is adopted to obtain the optimal solution of the established optimization problem. Simulation results demonstrated that the transmission performance of the joint optimization algorithm is better than that of the scheme of the equal power scheme on the premise of ensuring the covertness.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/13/2822covert communicationpacket lengthshort-packetD2D communication
spellingShingle Xiaolong Zhang
Jie Liu
Yuzhen Huang
Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D Communications
Electronics
covert communication
packet length
short-packet
D2D communication
title Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D Communications
title_full Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D Communications
title_fullStr Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D Communications
title_full_unstemmed Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D Communications
title_short Joint Packet Length and Power Optimization for Covert Short-Packet D2D Communications
title_sort joint packet length and power optimization for covert short packet d2d communications
topic covert communication
packet length
short-packet
D2D communication
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/13/2822
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