In this paper, we consider a two-way relay system where the two sources can only communicate through an untrusted intermediate relay and investigate the physical layer security issue in this two-way untrusted relay scenario. Specifically, we regard the intermediate relay as an eavesdropper from which the information transmitted by the sources needs to be kept confidential, despite the fact that its cooperation in relaying this information is essential. We first indicate that a nonzero secrecy rate is indeed achievable in this two-way untrusted relay system even without the help of external friendly jammers. As for the system with friendly jammers, after further analysis, we can obtain the secrecy rate of the sources can be effectively improved by utilizing proper jamming power from the friendly jammers. Then, we formulate a Stackelberg game between the sources and the friendly jammers as a power control scheme to achieve the optimized secrecy rate of the sources, in which the sources are treated as the sole buyer and the friendly jammers are the sellers. In addition, the optimal solutions of the jamming power and the asking prices are given, and a distributed updating algorithm to obtain the Stackelberg equilibrium is provided for the proposed game. Finally, the simulation results verify the properties and efficiency of the proposed Stackelberg-game-based scheme. Index Terms-Friendly jammer, physical layer security, Stackelberg game, two-way untrusted relay channel.
In REF , authors investigate the secure communication in untrusted two-way relay systems with the help of external friendly jammers and show that, though it is possible to achieve a nonzero secrecy rate without the friendly jammers, the secrecy rate at both sources can effectively be improved with the help from an external friendly jammer.
Physical Layer Security for Two-Way Untrusted Relaying With Friendly Jammers
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
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