Secure 5G Wireless Communications
Dr. Kai Zeng
KEY INTERESTS
5G wireless security; Spectrum sharing; Cyber-physical systems/IoT security; Machine learning; Physical layer security; Network forensics
APPOINTMENTS/AFFILIATIONS
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University
ACADEMIC DEGREES
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
SECURE 5G WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
5G wireless communication technologies are considered as the key enabler of various IoT applications, including autonomous driving, smart manufacturing, intelligent transportation, smart healthcare, smart city and grid, environmental sustainability, etc. While there is significant ongoing work on the development of advanced 5G wireless communication techniques (such as mmWave, massive MIMO, and NOMA), the security aspects of these 5G wireless communications have not been well investigated. This research investigated 5G wireless communication security in the following topics: 5G device authentication, robust 5G physical layer key generation, efficient pilot contamination attack detection and mitigation, eavesdropping risk control for 5G wireless networks, secure 5G wireless communications under mobility, and testbed development.