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It also applies the same sensing to suppress signals toward unintended users for physical-layer security.","discovery_kind":"new_application","skeptic_critique":{"model":"grok-4.3","headline":"Simulation claims of -135 dBm suppression and ~2 dB gain lack explicit baseline comparison or parameter details","rationale":"Reader correctly flags idealized assumptions but focuses on the overhead analysis; the load-bearing element for the central claim is the unverifiable simulation headline. Full text access would allow the concrete test above, so verdict moves from UNVERDICTED to CONDITIONAL pending that check.","tokens_in":1640,"tokens_out":338,"duration_ms":18991,"concrete_test":"From the simulation section, extract the exact channel model, power levels, and baseline scheme used to generate the -135 dBm and 2 dB figures; re-execute the PLS scenario with an exhaustive-search baseline under identical parameters; if the reported suppression is not at least 10 dB better than the baseline or the gain difference falls below 1 dB, the claim weakens.","verdict_should_be":"CONDITIONAL","load_bearing_attack":"The strongest claim rests on simulation outcomes for the PLS application. These numbers are load-bearing because they are offered as direct evidence that the radar-assisted framework improves both security (unintended user power) and performance (legitimate user gain). The abstract provides no reference method (e.g., exhaustive search, hierarchical codebook, or conventional NTN beam management), no transmit power, no path-loss model, no NTN altitude/frequency, and no definition of “additional.” If the baseline is weak or the numbers are absolute rather than differential, the headline performance benefit does not follow from the reported figures. The Gaussian-error assumption noted by the reader affects only the overhead analysis, not this simulation claim.","agreement_with_reader":"partial"},"referee_report":{"model":"grok-4.3","summary":"The paper proposes a radar-assisted beam selection framework for mmWave NTNs that restricts candidate beams using radar-derived AoD and distance estimates, derives a probabilistic approximation for worst-case overhead under Gaussian estimation errors, and extends the framework to physical-layer security by detecting passive unintended users, with simulations claiming unintended-user power suppression below -135 dBm and an extra ~2 dB beamforming gain for legitimate users.","tokens_in":1770,"tokens_out":280,"duration_ms":16462,"significance":"If the simulation claims can be substantiated with explicit baselines and parameter details, the work could provide a practical method for overhead reduction and PLS in NTNs; the probabilistic overhead analysis supplies theoretical grounding that is a positive feature.","major_comments":[{"comment":"Simulation results for the PLS application: the claims that unintended-user power is suppressed below -135 dBm and an additional ~2 dB beamforming gain is attained for legitimate users are presented without any baseline method (e.g., exhaustive search, hierarchical codebook, or conventional NTN beam management), without stated transmit power, path-loss model, carrier frequency, NTN altitude, or definition of “additional,” rendering the headline performance and security benefits impossible to evaluate.","section":"Simulation results (PLS application)"}],"minor_comments":[],"recommendation":"major_revision","confidential_remarks":null},"author_rebuttal":{"model":"grok-4.3","summary":"We thank the referee for the constructive feedback. We address the single major comment below and agree that additional details are required to allow proper evaluation of the PLS simulation claims.","responses":[{"response":"We agree that the presented simulation results for the PLS application do not include explicit baseline comparisons or the full set of simulation parameters, which limits independent evaluation. In the revised manuscript we will expand the simulation section (currently Section IV) to add direct comparisons against exhaustive search and conventional NTN beam management. We will also state the transmit power, path-loss model, carrier frequency, NTN altitude, and explicitly define the reference against which the “additional” ~2 dB beamforming gain is measured. These additions will allow the claimed suppression below -135 dBm and the legitimate-user gain to be properly assessed.","revision_made":"yes","referee_comment":"Simulation results for the PLS application: the claims that unintended-user power is suppressed below -135 dBm and an additional ~2 dB beamforming gain is attained for legitimate users are presented without any baseline method (e.g., exhaustive search, hierarchical codebook, or conventional NTN beam management), without stated transmit power, path-loss model, carrier frequency, NTN altitude, or definition of “additional,” rendering the headline performance and security benefits impossible to evaluate."}],"tokens_in":1235,"tokens_out":292,"duration_ms":17862,"standing_objections":[]},"desk_editor":{"model":"grok-4.3","letter":"The paper proposes using radar-derived AoD and distance estimates to shrink the beam candidate set in mmWave NTNs, with a probabilistic overhead bound under Gaussian error and an extension that treats detected passive targets as unintended users for physical-layer security.\n\nWhat is new is the explicit dual use of the same radar data for both overhead reduction and PLS beam adjustment in an NTN setting. The overhead analysis gives a closed-form approximation and its statistics, which is a clean way to quantify worst-case savings without exhaustive search.\n\nThe simulations report unintended-user power below -135 dBm and roughly 2 dB extra legitimate-user gain. These are the headline numbers, yet they appear without a stated reference scheme, transmit power, path-loss model, altitude, or frequency, so it is not possible to tell how much of the result is due to the radar assistance versus the underlying link budget.\n\nThe Gaussian-error assumption is stated up front for the overhead part, which keeps that section honest. No open code or formal verification is mentioned, so the work stays at the level of standard Monte-Carlo results.\n\nThis is for researchers already working on NTN beam management or ISAC at millimeter-wave frequencies. A reader who needs concrete overhead formulas or a PLS use-case sketch could extract useful pieces, but anyone wanting quantified gains will need the missing baselines.\n\nThe central idea is sound enough and the problem is relevant, so the paper should go to peer review with a request for explicit comparisons and parameter tables.","headline":"Radar-assisted beam pruning for mmWave NTNs is a practical integration, but the PLS simulation numbers rest on uncompared figures that weaken the main performance claims.","tokens_in":2235,"tokens_out":380,"would_cite":false,"duration_ms":17995,"reading_group":"maybe","serious_thinker":"yes","would_accept_peer_review":true},"rs_alignment":null,"lean_confirmation":null,"pith_extraction":{"msc":[],"pacs":[],"model":"grok-4.3","headline":"Radar sensing limits beam candidates in mmWave NTNs, cutting overhead and enabling security against unintended users.","keywords":["beam management","mmWave","NTN","radar sensing","physical layer security","overhead reduction"],"falsifier":"Real-world measurements of beam selection latency in a mmWave NTN with actual radar estimation errors that deviate from the Gaussian model.","tokens_in":2563,"feed_emoji":"📡","tokens_out":510,"duration_ms":21793,"temperature":0.7,"pith_summary":"The paper proposes a radar-assisted beam selection framework for millimeter-wave non-terrestrial networks that uses angle-of-departure and distance estimates to reduce the number of beams that must be tested. 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