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Secrecy, Covertness and Authentication in Wireless Communications

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In this chapter, we introduce some typical wireless communication systems and networks, such as two-hop relay systems, ad hoc networks and cellular networks, followed by the introduction of the fundamentals of the physical layer security (PLA) technology in secure wireless communication, covert wireless communication, and authentication.

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Shen, Y., Zhang, Y., Jiang, X. (2023). Introduction. In: Secrecy, Covertness and Authentication in Wireless Communications. Wireless Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38465-3_1

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