Exploiting Array Pattern Synthesis for Physical Layer Security in Millimeter Wave Channels

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a beamformer design scheme for wireless physical layer security using partial channel state information (CSI) in millimeter wave channels. The partial CSI used in this work is the range of angle-of-departure (AOD). Assuming that the AOD range of each node is available, we design a transmit beamformer using semidefinite programming based on array pattern synthesis. Numerical results are presented to verify the secrecy rates achieved by the proposed scheme. © 2019 by the authors.