A secret key extraction scheme based on wireless channel-phase response of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing(OFDM)systems is proposed to solve the low efficiency problem of secret key generation based on the characteristics of wireless channels. The proposed scheme probes the channel-phase response by using the probe signal with random phase
and a node is randomly selected to generate an initial secret key by quantizing the channel-phase response. The initial secret key is mapped and pre-equalized
and then sent to the other node to achieve secure distribution of the initial secret key. Finally
the both sides receive secure secret keys through information consultation and secrecy enhancement. The proposed scheme fully utilizes the randomness and reciprocity of the wireless channel-phase response and generates the initial secret key by quantifying a single legitimate node. Thus the performance of secret key extraction is improved. Further
the security of the scheme is ensured by the sensitivity of the channel-phase response to the distance between the transmitter and receiver. Simulation results and comparisons with the existing channel-phase based scheme and the channel-amplitude based scheme show that the secret key capacity of the proposed scheme increases by 34% and 70%
the secret key mismatch rate decreases by 37% and 63%
and the secret key generation rate increases by 6.6% and 17%. Moreover
the extracted secret key passes the NIST test.
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