Safeguarding Satellite Communications

An up-to-date discussion about the mitigation of satellite communications vulnerabilities In Safeguarding Satellite Communications: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions, a team of distinguished researchers deliver an expert discussion of the most relevant issues in contemporary satellite communications security. Over 13 chapters, the authors discuss key vulnerabilities in satellite communications, including potential security attacks and reliability risks. They also explain proposed solutions based on artificial intelligence technologies, blockchain, terahertz, and spaceborne laser communication. The book describes several promising research directions – like integrated sensing and computer vision-aided communications – and highlights ISAC-aided secure transmission, CV-aided space communications, mega-constellation security problems, and commercialization issues. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to satellite communication vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them A comprehensive performance evaluation method of satellite communication systems in the presence of randomly distributed terminals Practical discussions of the relationship between satellite communication network performance and system factors Complete treatments of inter- and intra-system interference in satellite communication systems Perfect for professionals working in satellite communications and engineers designing and developing satellite communication systems, Safeguarding Satellite Communications will also benefit researchers and students interested in areas like wireless communications, telecommunications engineering, and computer engineering.

Foreword xiii Preface xv About the Authors xvii Acknowledgments xix Acronyms xxi Introduction xxix Part I Fundamentals 1 1 Introduction 3 1.1 A Brief History of Satellite Communications 4 1.2 Development of Satellite Communications 8 1.3 Applications of Satellite Communications 20 1.4 A Brief Description of Security Issues in Satellite Communications 22 1.5 Organization of This Book 26 2 System Architecture of Satellite Communications 31 2.1 Space Part for Satellite Communication System 32 2.2 Ground Segment for Satellite Communication Systems 40 2.3 User Segment for Satellite Communication Systems 43 2.4 Coverage Area 44 Part II Security Issues and Requirements 49 3 Satellite Security Issues 51 3.1 Introduction to Security Issues of Satellite Communications 51 3.2 Satellite Security Attacks 54 3.3 Security-related Reliability Problems 62 4 Security Requirements 69 4.1 Confidentiality Performance 69 4.2 Integrity Performance 72 4.3 Accountability Performance 75 4.4 Security-related Reliability Performance, Including Reliability, Latency, and Capacity/Throughput 78 Part III Security Enhancement Solutions 85 5 Active Security Enhancement Schemes 87 5.1 Quantum Communication 87 5.2 Blockchain 90 5.3 THz/Laser-based Spaceborne Communications 92 5.4 AI-based Solutions 96 5.5 Space Situational Awareness 100 6 Passive Security Enhancement Schemes 105 6.1 Advanced Security-oriented Antennas 105 6.2 Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface 113 6.3 Spread Spectrum Techniques 117 6.4 Non-SS Jamming Suppression Techniques 122 6.5 AI-based Solutions 128 7 Security-related Reliability Enhancement Solutions 137 7.1 Secrecy Capacity/Throughput 137 7.2 Outage/BER/Packet Error Rate (PER) 142 7.3 AI-based Solutions to Collisions and Debris 146 7.4 Forward Error Control 149 7.5 Interference Coordination 154 Part IV Design Criteria for Security SCSs 167 8 Parameter Selections 169 8.1 Orbits 169 8.2 Frequencies and Waves 175 9 Spaceborne Payload 185 9.1 On-board Processing 189 9.2 Transparent Forwarding 199 10 Joint Security and Reliability Design 211 10.1 Spaceborne Security 211 10.2 Spaceborne Reliability 220 Part V Future Directions 231 11 Secure Space Transmission Techniques 233 11.1 ISAC-aided Secure Space Communication Techniques 234 11.2 CV-aided Secure Space Communication Techniques 237 11.3 Multi-satellite Secure Transmission Techniques 242 11.4 Security-oriented RF Techniques 245 12 Secure-oriented Mega-constellation 249 12.1 Mega-constellation Design 249 12.2 Secure Cross-orbit Space Communication Methods 255 13 Physical Layer Security for Satellite Communications 263 13.1 Physical Layer Key Generation 264 13.2 Physical Layer Authentication 268 13.3 Physical Layer Encryption 272 References 275 Index 277