{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4406094293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tccn.2025.3526846","title":"Analysis and Optimization of UAV-Assisted Covert Communications in Interweave Cognitive Radio Networks","display_name":"Analysis and Optimization of UAV-Assisted Covert Communications in Interweave Cognitive Radio Networks","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-01-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4406094293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tccn.2025.3526846"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tccn.2025.3526846","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tccn.2025.3526846","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2484188435","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking","issn_l":"2332-7731","issn":["2332-7731","2372-2045"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073357769","display_name":"Bohang Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0249-1461"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210148107","display_name":"Space Engineering University","ror":"https://ror.org/04rj1td02","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210148107"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bohang Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Space Information, Space Engineering University of PLA, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0249-1461","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Space Information, Space Engineering University of PLA, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210148107"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063971188","display_name":"Yunyang Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2320-065X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210148107","display_name":"Space Engineering University","ror":"https://ror.org/04rj1td02","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210148107"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yunyang Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Space Information, Space Engineering University of PLA, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2320-065X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Space Information, Space Engineering University of PLA, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210148107"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Feihuang Chu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3220-7167"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210148107","display_name":"Space Engineering University","ror":"https://ror.org/04rj1td02","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210148107"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Feihuang Chu","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Space Information, Space Engineering University of PLA, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3220-7167","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Space Information, Space Engineering University of PLA, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210148107"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076455133","display_name":"Guoru Ding","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-2547"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210163363","display_name":"PLA Army Engineering University","ror":"https://ror.org/05mgp8x93","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210163363"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guoru Ding","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Communications Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-2547","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Communications Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210163363"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000752951","display_name":"Rui Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8501-496X"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8501-496X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing, China","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.2816,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93764243,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"11","issue":"5","first_page":"3188","last_page":"3201"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10964","display_name":"Wireless Communication Security Techniques","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10964","display_name":"Wireless Communication Security Techniques","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9959999918937683,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10388","display_name":"Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques","score":0.9850999712944031,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8179290294647217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-radio","display_name":"Cognitive radio","score":0.7977267503738403},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/covert","display_name":"Covert","score":0.5005741119384766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.46390458941459656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.3662800192832947},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.2246120274066925}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8179290294647217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149946192","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3235733","display_name":"Cognitive radio","level":3,"score":0.7977267503738403},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779338814","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5179285","display_name":"Covert","level":2,"score":0.5005741119384766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.46390458941459656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.3662800192832947},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.2246120274066925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tccn.2025.3526846","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tccn.2025.3526846","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2484188435","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking","issn_l":"2332-7731","issn":["2332-7731","2372-2045"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","score":0.41999998688697815,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2370047291","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62301607","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4584413591","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62231027","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7516831175","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62171462","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7531191085","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"U20B2038","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":44,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W581334404","https://openalex.org/W2029257024","https://openalex.org/W2031834036","https://openalex.org/W2084436032","https://openalex.org/W2098346479","https://openalex.org/W2108965473","https://openalex.org/W2167156358","https://openalex.org/W2551956255","https://openalex.org/W2808367635","https://openalex.org/W2962657034","https://openalex.org/W2981096252","https://openalex.org/W2981443503","https://openalex.org/W3010211573","https://openalex.org/W3016365515","https://openalex.org/W3035904061","https://openalex.org/W3037154440","https://openalex.org/W3044223429","https://openalex.org/W3119936166","https://openalex.org/W3127381920","https://openalex.org/W3137023729","https://openalex.org/W3167837530","https://openalex.org/W3168495756","https://openalex.org/W3210687573","https://openalex.org/W3210852996","https://openalex.org/W4223477331","https://openalex.org/W4225751074","https://openalex.org/W4229452920","https://openalex.org/W4285128105","https://openalex.org/W4285286300","https://openalex.org/W4289656863","https://openalex.org/W4297094903","https://openalex.org/W4312319408","https://openalex.org/W4315474426","https://openalex.org/W4318823904","https://openalex.org/W4321608017","https://openalex.org/W4323519480","https://openalex.org/W4367359512","https://openalex.org/W4375928949","https://openalex.org/W4377079818","https://openalex.org/W4379741411","https://openalex.org/W4385288078","https://openalex.org/W4391128528","https://openalex.org/W4396239326","https://openalex.org/W4397000744"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2523525694","https://openalex.org/W2559261346","https://openalex.org/W2998642566","https://openalex.org/W2392682561","https://openalex.org/W57793151","https://openalex.org/W2804882289","https://openalex.org/W4280609833"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Unmanned":[0],"aerial":[1],"vehicles":[2],"(UAVs)":[3],"are":[4,38],"widely":[5],"used":[6],"in":[7,46,144],"communication":[8,27,36,143,202],"networks":[9],"due":[10],"to":[11,40],"the":[12,20,52,59,64,75,83,92,96,102,107,125,128,137,140,154,163,187,193,196],"high":[13],"maneuverability":[14],"and":[15,25,32,57,118,150,159,162,169,178],"low":[16],"cost.":[17],"Focusing":[18],"on":[19,69,136],"problems":[21],"of":[22,94,127,131,139,195],"limited":[23],"resources":[24],"untrustworthy":[26],"environment,":[28],"interweave":[29,197],"cognitive":[30,145,198],"radio":[31,146],"finite":[33,199],"blocklength":[34,158,179,200],"covert":[35,54,142,201],"techniques":[37],"integrated":[39],"construct":[41],"a":[42,71],"UAV-assisted":[43,141],"transmission":[44,55,114,116,160],"scheme":[45,135,189],"this":[47],"paper.":[48],"Firstly,":[49],"we":[50,123],"analyze":[51],"considered":[53],"system":[56,203],"extend":[58],"chain":[60],"rule":[61],"for":[62,74],"solving":[63],"Kullback\u2013Leibler":[65],"(KL)":[66],"divergence.":[67],"Based":[68],"this,":[70],"closed-form":[72],"expression":[73],"KL":[76],"divergence":[77],"is":[78,99],"obtained,":[79],"as":[80,82],"well":[81],"strict":[84],"covertness":[85],"constraints.":[86],"Further,":[87],"an":[88],"optimization":[89],"problem":[90],"with":[91],"objective":[93],"maximizing":[95],"effective":[97,184],"throughput":[98],"presented":[100],"under":[101],"acquired":[103],"conditions.":[104],"We":[105],"obtain":[106],"optimal":[108],"parameter":[109],"configurations":[110],"including":[111],"sensing":[112,157],"blocklength,":[113,115,161],"power":[117],"UAV":[119],"flight":[120,176],"altitude.":[121],"Additionally,":[122],"explore":[124],"impact":[126],"random":[129],"selection":[130],"channel":[132],"use":[133],"(RSCU)":[134],"performance":[138,194],"network.":[147],"Theoretical":[148],"analyses":[149],"simulation":[151],"results":[152],"reveal":[153],"trade-off":[155,164],"between":[156,165],"false":[166],"alarm":[167],"probability":[168],"decoding":[170],"error":[171],"probability,":[172],"respectively.":[173],"Meanwhile,":[174],"reasonable":[175],"altitude":[177],"allocation":[180],"can":[181,190],"achieve":[182],"higher":[183],"throughput.":[185],"Particularly,":[186],"RSCU":[188],"further":[191],"improve":[192],"effectively.":[204]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}