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Chapter 15
Multiple Antennas for Physical Layer
Secrecy
Jiangyuan Li
a
and Athina P. Petropulu
b
a
South China University of Technology, China
b
Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, USA
eejyli@aliyun.com, athinap@rutgers.edu
15.1 Physical Layer Secrecy
Due to the broadcast nature of the wireless channel, information
transmitted over a wireless network can be accessed by unautho-
rized users, also referred to as eavedroppers. Ensuring that only
the legitimate receiver will be able to decipher the transmitted
information has been traditionally achieved by cryptographic
approaches operating at