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Shifted 2-N-PSK Method for the Detection of Pilot Contamination Attacks

Authors: Dimitriya Mihaylova, Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis, Georgi Iliev, Vladimir Poulkov

Published in: Wireless Personal Communications | Issue 3/2021

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One major security problem at the physical layer of a wireless system is its vulnerability to pilot contamination attacks. A potential method for the detection of such active attacks involves training with two N-PSK pilots which however suffers from operational problems. In this paper we propose and evaluate the Shifted 2-N-PSK technique as an improvement on the original method. The Shifted 2-N-PSK method operates with two pilots from different constellations, each of which is shifted from the original N-PSK constellation. The performance of three variations of Shifted 2-N-PSK is presented and the most effective implementation of the technique is revealed to be when neither the shift values nor the difference between them equal an N-PSK angle. Experimental results are also provided, in order to confirm the theoretical estimates. In addition, a detailed analysis of the shift values and the number of their optimal combinations are presented for different accuracies.

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Title: Shifted 2-N-PSK Method for the Detection of Pilot Contamination Attacks
Authors: Dimitriya Mihaylova
Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis
Georgi Iliev
Vladimir Poulkov
Publication date: 06-04-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Wireless Personal Communications / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0929-6212
Electronic ISSN: 1572-834X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-019-06341-x

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