Physical Layer Security in Power Line Communications: Fundamentals, Models and Applications (Advances in Information Security, 108)

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Acronyms
1 Introduction
	1.1 Power Line Communication
	1.2 Power Lines, a Vulnerable Environment
	1.3 About This Book
2 An Overview of Power Line Communication Networks
	2.1 Standardization Environment and Bandplans
	2.2 Technologies and Protocols
		2.2.1 NB-PLC Technologies
			2.2.1.1 PRIME
			2.2.1.2 G3-PLC
			2.2.1.3 G.hnem
			2.2.1.4 LF SGPLC
			2.2.1.5 MF SGPLC
		2.2.2 BB-PLC Technologies
			2.2.2.1 G.hn
			2.2.2.2 G.hn-MIMO
			2.2.2.3 HD-PLC
			2.2.2.4 IEEE P1901.3
			2.2.2.5 HomePlug:
	2.3 Applications of PLC
		2.3.1 PLC for Data Transmission
		2.3.2 PLC for Grid Information Inference
			2.3.2.1 Grid Monitoring
			2.3.2.2 Grid Cybersecurity
3 Power Line Communication Channel Characteristics
	3.1 Transmission Line Theory
	3.2 PLC Signal Multipath Propagation
	3.3 Channel State Information
	3.4 PLC Channel Impulse Response Characteristics
		3.4.1 Reciprocity in PLC CIR
		3.4.2 The Influence of Topology on Path Delays
		3.4.3 Path Delay Detection Resolution
	3.5 Additive Noise in PLC
4 Power Line Communication Security
	4.1 PLC Issues and Limitations
	4.2 PLC Security Threats
		4.2.1 Threats\' Sources
		4.2.2 Threat Types
			4.2.2.1 Malware
			4.2.2.2 Malicious Applications
	4.3 PLC Security Attacks
5 Physical Layer Security in Power Line Communications
	5.1 Physical Layer Security
	5.2 Physical Layer Security in PLC
	5.3 Physical Layer Security Techniques in PLC
		5.3.1 Time Domain
		5.3.2 Frequency Domain
		5.3.3 Spatial Domain
6 Performance Analysis of Data Transmission Security and Reliability in PLC
	6.1 System and Adversary Model
	6.2 Average Secrecy Capacity
	6.3 Secrecy Outage Probability
	6.4 Secure and Successful Transmission Probability
		6.4.1 Derivation of the SSTP Expression Without a Jamming Technique
		6.4.2 Derivation of the SSTP Expression with a Jamming Technique
7 Confidentiality Technique for PLC Networks
	7.1 PLC Channel Modeling
		7.1.1 PLC Channel Reciprocity and PLS Key Generation
		7.1.2 Deterministic Modeling Approach
		7.1.3 Empirical Modeling Approach
	7.2 PLS Key Generation Scheme
		7.2.1 Channel Probing
		7.2.2 Quantization
		7.2.3 Reconciliation
	7.3 Results and Discussion
		7.3.1 Simulation Setup
		7.3.2 Simulation Results
8 Authentication Method for PLC Network
	8.1 PLC Channel Impulse Response Model
	8.2 Physical Layer Identification Scheme Description
	8.3 Simulation Results and Discussion
9 PLC Network Integrity Solution
	9.1 Background on PLC Topology Change Detection Solutions
		9.1.1 Time Domain-Based PLC Topology Solutions
		9.1.2 Frequency Domain-Based PLC Topology Solutions
		9.1.3 Comparison with Alternative Solutions
	9.2 PLC System and Channel Models
		9.2.1 PLC System Models
		9.2.2 Two-Node Topology Model
		9.2.3 Multi-Node Topology Model
	9.3 PLC Multipath Channel Model
	9.4 Algorithmic Overview of the Topology Change Detection System
		9.4.1 PL ID Algorithm
		9.4.2 Topology Change Detection Algorithm
	9.5 Performance Analysis and Numerical Results
		9.5.1 Performance Analysis Metrics
		9.5.2 Performance Analysis in a Two-Node Topology Model
		9.5.3 Performance Analysis in a Multi-Node Topology Model
		9.5.4 Applicability
10 PLC Availability Scheme
	10.1 Denial of Service Attacks in PLC Networks and Jamming Detection Challenges
	10.2 Adversary Model and Motivation
	10.3 Methodology
	10.4 Performance Analysis
	10.5 Discussion
11 Conclusions
References
Index