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  • Wireless Communication
  • Information Security
  • Metamaterials

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  • Channel secret key generation (CSKG) is crucial for secure wireless communication.
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) offer a novel approach to enhance communication systems.
  • Low-entropy communication scenarios with adjacent multi-users present challenges in key generation efficiency due to channel similarity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate key extraction methods in IRS-aided low-entropy communication for multi-user environments.
  • To address the challenge of low key generation efficiency caused by high channel similarity among users.
  • To enhance the reliability and robustness of the key generation process.

Main Methods:

  • A joint user allocation and IRS reflection parameter adjustment scheme is proposed.
  • Analysis of key capability expressions in IRS-aided communication systems.
  • Optimization of IRS reflection matrix and user allocation to minimize channel similarity and ensure robustness.

Main Results:

  • The proposed scheme effectively minimizes channel similarity between users.
  • The reliability of information exchange during key generation is maintained.
  • Simulation results demonstrate significant performance gains in key generation.

Conclusions:

  • The developed joint optimization scheme enhances the efficiency and robustness of CSKG in IRS-aided multi-user systems.
  • IRS technology, combined with intelligent resource allocation, shows great potential for secure wireless communications.
  • This research contributes to advancing secure communication protocols in complex wireless environments.