Joint and individual secrecy in broadcast channels with receiver side information

Ahmed S. Mansour, Rafael F. Schaefer, Holger Boche

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Abstract

We study secure communication in which two confidential messages are transmitted over a broadcast channel to two legitimate receivers, while keeping an eavesdropper ignorant. Each legitimate receiver is interested in decoding one confidential message, while having the other one as side information. In order to measure the secrecy of the communication, we investigate two different secrecy criteria: joint secrecy and individual secrecy. For both criteria, we provide an achievable rate region and a matching multi-letter outer bound presenting a multi-letter description for the capacity region. We further investigate the class of more capable channels and provide a single-letter converse establishing the secrecy capacity region, not only for more capable channels but less noisy and degraded channels as well. Our results indicate that the secrecy capacity for individual secrecy is higher than the one for joint secrecy, as one message can be used as a secret key for the other one.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE 15th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages369-373
Number of pages5
EditionOctober
ISBN (Electronic)9781479949038
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Oct 2014
Event2014 15th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2014 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: 22 Jun 201425 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameIEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC
NumberOctober
Volume2014-October

Conference

Conference2014 15th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2014
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period22/06/1425/06/14

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