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Malicious Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How Impactful Can Destructive Beamforming be?
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Information Science and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3851-3923
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Communication Systems, CoS. TOBB Univ Econ & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, TR-06560 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9059-2799
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Communication Systems, CoS.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5954-434x
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Information Science and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7926-5081
2024 (English)In: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, ISSN 2162-2337, E-ISSN 2162-2345, Vol. 13, no 7, p. 1918-1922Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have demonstrated significant potential for enhancing communication system performance if properly configured. However, a RIS might also pose a risk to the network security. In this letter, we explore the impact of a malicious RIS on a multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) system when the system is unaware of the RIS's malicious intentions. The objective of the malicious RIS is to degrade the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a specific user equipment (UE), with the option of preserving the SNR of the other UEs, making the attack harder to detect. To achieve this goal, we derive the optimal RIS phase-shift pattern, assuming perfect channel state information (CSI) at the hacker. We then relax this assumption by introducing CSI uncertainties and subsequently determine the RIS's phase-shift pattern using a robust optimization approach. Our simulations reveal a direct proportionality between the performance degradation caused by the malicious RIS and the number of reflective elements, along with resilience toward CSI uncertainties.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024. Vol. 13, no 7, p. 1918-1922
Keywords [en]
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), malicious RIS, imperfect CSI, SNR degradation
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Communication Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-350836DOI: 10.1109/LWC.2024.3395831ISI: 001266360800012Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85192201063OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-350836DiVA, id: diva2:1885245
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Available from: 2024-07-22 Created: 2024-07-22 Last updated: 2024-08-20Bibliographically approved

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