Two-dimensional and high-order directional information modulations for secure communications based on programmable metasurface

Hui Xu, Jun Wei Wu, Zheng Xing Wang, Rui Wen Shao, Han Qing Yang and Tie Jun Cui ()
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Hui Xu: Southeast University
Jun Wei Wu: Southeast University
Zheng Xing Wang: Southeast University
Rui Wen Shao: Southeast University
Han Qing Yang: Southeast University
Tie Jun Cui: Southeast University

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Conventional wireless communication schemes indiscriminately transmit information into the whole space and pose inherent security risks. Recently, directional information modulation (DIM) has attracted enormous attention as a promising technology. DIM generates correct constellation symbols in the desired directions and distorts them in undesired directions, thus ensuring the security of the transmitted information. Although several DIM schemes have been reported, they suffer from defects of bulkiness, energy consumption, high cost, and inability to support two-dimensional (2D) and high-order modulations. Here, we propose a DIM scheme based on a 2-bit programmable metasurface (PM) that overcomes these defects. A fast and efficient discrete optimization algorithm is developed to optimize the digital coding sequences, and the correct constellation symbols can be generated and transmitted in multi-directional beams. As a proof-of-concept, three sets of constellation diagrams (8 phase shift keying (PSK), 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), and 64QAM) are realized in the multi-channel modes. This work provides an important route of employing DIM for ensuring physical-layer security and serves as a stepping stone toward endogenous secure communications.

Date: 2024
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