Workshop on
Advances in Physical Layer Security for 6G Networks
co-located with the 28th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT)
1-3 June 2021 | London, United Kingdom
Scope
The emergence of new disruptive technologies is paving the way towards shaping the upcoming sixth generation (6G) of wireless networks, which are envisioned to enable a large number of innovative applications over a ubiquitous, secure, unified, self-sustainable, and fully-intelligent platform. These technologies, include but are not limited to, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), optical wireless communications (OWC), integrated satellite-aerial-terrestrial (SAT) networks, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and terahertz (THz) communications. The successful operation of their associated functionalities is subject to meeting the stringent network requirements, such as extremely high data rates, ultra-low latency, low complexity, uniquely small-sized designs, and high energy and spectral efficiencies. While 6G wireless paradigms are envisaged to cater to the requirements above, particular attention should be devoted to developing novel, lightweight physical layer security (PLS) schemes to be integrated with 6G networks. In light of this, advancements in PLS should ensure data secrecy, privacy, and security in centralized and decentralized networks, while preserving the unique requirements of 6G wireless networks. In particular, current PLS methodologies require a sophisticated level of management, in addition to consuming a considerable measure of the network resources, limiting the application of these schemes in the future 6G networks. This calls for a compelling need to revisit the conventional PLS schemes and to design advanced energy-efficient, lightweight, secure, and low-cost PLS solutions, that perfectly fit in the context of 6G technologies.
Topics
The workshop aims to exchange novel ideas among colleagues in this area and promote the research in PLS techniques for 6G networks. Specifically, the workshop is devoted to principles, design, modelling, applications and analysis of PLS considering state-of-the-art wireless technologies, such as RIS, OWC, SAT, UAV, etc. The workshop will bring together contributors from academia and industry to identify and present technical challenges, emerging applications and recent results, highlighting the advances in PLS solutions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Advanced communication technologies and physical layer standards
PLS for RIS-Assisted wireless communications.
PLS for HetNets, massive MIMO, NOMA, THz, and mmWave transmissions.
Secrecy analysis and enhancement in PLS for beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G networks.
Security and privacy solutions for internet-of-things (IoT) systems.
Practical testbeds, experimental results, demonstrators.
Advances in PLS for OWC.
ML-driven PLS techniques.
Enhancements in coding and modulation techniques.
PLS for UAV communications.
Technological advancements in PLS for integrated SAT networks.
Secure offloading in mobile-edge computing.
Secure beamforming design.
PLS approaches for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) and backscatter communications (BackCom).
Multi-user information theoretical security.
Blockchain mechanisms for wireless networks security.
Physical layer authentication
Organizing Committee
Workshop Chairs
Submissions
Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical papers following the rules of the Main Track of ICT 2021 for presentation at the conference and publication in the ICT 2021 Proceedings and IEEE Xplore, via EDAS, using: https://edas.info/N28124
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2021 April 30, 2021
Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2021 May 7, 2021
Camera-ready deadline: April 27, 2021 May 14, 2021
Keynote Speakers
Program
CFP - ICT 2021.pdf