학술논문
Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Enhanced Physical Layer Security in NOMA VLC Systems
Document Type
Conference
Source
ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications Communications, ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on. :3284-3289 May, 2023
Subject
Language
ISSN
1938-1883
Abstract
The rise of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) is opening the door for unprecedented capabilities in visible light communication (VLC) systems. By controlling light propagation in indoor environments, it is possible to manipulate the channel conditions to achieve specific key performance indicators. In this paper, we investigate the role that IRSs can play in boosting the secrecy capacity of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) VLC systems. More specifically, we propose an IRS-based physical layer security (PLS) mechanism that mitigates the information leakage risk inherent in NOMA. Our results demonstrate that the achieved secrecy capacity can be enhanced by up to 105% for a number of 80 IRS elements. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that examines the PLS of NOMA-based IRS-assisted VLC systems.