Fast and efficient physical layer authentication for 5G HetNet handover

摘要

The forthcoming fifth generation (5G) wireless network is envisioned as highly heterogeneous that can support future applications demanding seamless coverage, low latency and high throughput. These requirements pose stringent challenges on the handover authentication design. In this article, we present a fast and efficient physical layer authentication scheme for software-defined-radio (SDN) enabled 5G heterogeneous network (HetNet). In the scheme, we propose to perform the handover authentication with Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) hypothesis test. The K-S based authentication is fast, efficient, and more suitable for physical layer attributes with diverse distribution forms.