Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI

<p dir="ltr">Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces have manifested notable merits in enhancing networks’ security from a physical layer perspective by leveraging smart genuine signal reflection using its reflective elements (REs) towards legitimate users. However, outdated channel stat...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Tasneem Alshamaseen (22392382) (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Elmehdi Illi (19368673) (author), Syed Waqas Haider Shah (22392385) (author), Saud Althunibat (16888722) (author), Marwa Qaraqe (10135172) (author)
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Syed Waqas Haider Shah (22392385)
Saud Althunibat (16888722)
Marwa Qaraqe (10135172)
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Marwa Qaraqe (10135172)
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Communications engineering
Eavesdropping
reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
outdated channel state information
physical-layer security
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
Wireless networks
Aging
Internet of Things
Signal to noise ratio
Receivers
Energy efficiency
Channel estimation
Wireless sensor networks
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description <p dir="ltr">Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces have manifested notable merits in enhancing networks’ security from a physical layer perspective by leveraging smart genuine signal reflection using its reflective elements (REs) towards legitimate users. However, outdated channel state information (CSI) poses a major challenge to RIS’s physical layer security gains. This work explores the impact of varying degrees of outdated CSI on the secrecy performance of RIS-assisted wireless networks. More specifically, the system in consideration consists of a source communicating with a legitimate receiver via an RIS in the presence of a potential eavesdropper. To this end, the secrecy outage probability (SOP) metric is derived under the presence of outdated CSI (aging) at the RIS controller, considering four scenarios based on the availability of direct links between the transmitter and both receivers (i.e., the legitimate one and the eavesdropper). This provides a comprehensive evaluation of the system’s resilience to CSI aging. Additionally, numerical evaluations are provided to determine the minimum number of RIS REs required to achieve a target SOP. The obtained results demonstrate that the adopted system can achieve an acceptable SOP level even with 10% outdated CSI (i.e., <i>ρ</i>=0.9 ). This resilience indicates that the system can reduce channel estimation frequency to reconfigure the RIS, thus decreasing overall system overhead and complexity and improving energy efficiency. Moreover, increasing the number of REs can mitigate CSI aging effects where an SOP level of 3×10<sup>−5</sup> can be achieved with 140 REs at <i>ρ</i>=0.9 in the absence of a transmitter-receiver direct link. Lastly, Monte Carlo simulations validate the analytical findings.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2025.3547960" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2025.3547960</a></p>
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spelling Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSITasneem Alshamaseen (22392382)Elmehdi Illi (19368673)Syed Waqas Haider Shah (22392385)Saud Althunibat (16888722)Marwa Qaraqe (10135172)EngineeringCommunications engineeringEavesdroppingreconfigurable intelligent surfacesoutdated channel state informationphysical-layer securityReconfigurable intelligent surfacesWireless networksAgingInternet of ThingsSignal to noise ratioReceiversEnergy efficiencyChannel estimationWireless sensor networks<p dir="ltr">Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces have manifested notable merits in enhancing networks’ security from a physical layer perspective by leveraging smart genuine signal reflection using its reflective elements (REs) towards legitimate users. However, outdated channel state information (CSI) poses a major challenge to RIS’s physical layer security gains. This work explores the impact of varying degrees of outdated CSI on the secrecy performance of RIS-assisted wireless networks. More specifically, the system in consideration consists of a source communicating with a legitimate receiver via an RIS in the presence of a potential eavesdropper. To this end, the secrecy outage probability (SOP) metric is derived under the presence of outdated CSI (aging) at the RIS controller, considering four scenarios based on the availability of direct links between the transmitter and both receivers (i.e., the legitimate one and the eavesdropper). This provides a comprehensive evaluation of the system’s resilience to CSI aging. Additionally, numerical evaluations are provided to determine the minimum number of RIS REs required to achieve a target SOP. The obtained results demonstrate that the adopted system can achieve an acceptable SOP level even with 10% outdated CSI (i.e., <i>ρ</i>=0.9 ). This resilience indicates that the system can reduce channel estimation frequency to reconfigure the RIS, thus decreasing overall system overhead and complexity and improving energy efficiency. Moreover, increasing the number of REs can mitigate CSI aging effects where an SOP level of 3×10<sup>−5</sup> can be achieved with 140 REs at <i>ρ</i>=0.9 in the absence of a transmitter-receiver direct link. Lastly, Monte Carlo simulations validate the analytical findings.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2025.3547960" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2025.3547960</a></p>2025-03-21T09:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1109/ojcoms.2025.3547960https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Secrecy_Performance_of_a_RIS-Assisted_Wireless_Network_A_Comprehensive_Analysis_Under_Outdated_CSI/30306352CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/303063522025-03-21T09:00:00Z
spellingShingle Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI
Tasneem Alshamaseen (22392382)
Engineering
Communications engineering
Eavesdropping
reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
outdated channel state information
physical-layer security
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
Wireless networks
Aging
Internet of Things
Signal to noise ratio
Receivers
Energy efficiency
Channel estimation
Wireless sensor networks
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title Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI
title_full Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI
title_fullStr Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI
title_full_unstemmed Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI
title_short Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI
title_sort Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI
topic Engineering
Communications engineering
Eavesdropping
reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
outdated channel state information
physical-layer security
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
Wireless networks
Aging
Internet of Things
Signal to noise ratio
Receivers
Energy efficiency
Channel estimation
Wireless sensor networks