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iBEAMS: A Unified Framework for Secure and Energy-Efficient ISAC-MIMO Systems leveraging Bayesian Enhanced learning, and Adaptive Game-Theoretic Multi-Layer Strategies

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Pith's one-line read A three-layer Stackelberg–GNE–Bayesian controller can jointly secure and energy-manage mmWave/THz ISAC with hybrid edge nodes against static and mobile eavesdroppers.

desk verdict Solid systems packaging of known Stackelberg/GNE/Bayesian pieces for ISAC-PLS; simulation gains look real for the chosen setup, but rest on unproven discrete best-response equilibria and free controller knobs. read the letter →

arxiv 2603.27882 v2 pith:HUHLMZLY submitted 2026-03-29 eess.SP cs.ET

Mehzabien Iqbal , Ahmad Y. Javaid This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords Integratedsensingandcommunication(ISAC)PhysicallayersecuritySecrecyenergyefficiencyStackelberggameGeneralizedNashequilibriumBayesianAoAinferenceCooperativejammingmmWave/THzMIMO
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The reading

Next-generation integrated sensing and communication networks must keep confidential links secret from static and mobile eavesdroppers while coordinating many hybrid edge nodes under tight power and quality-of-service limits. Existing designs usually treat power splitting, cooperative jamming, and sensing-driven belief updates separately. This paper introduces iBEAMS, a hierarchical controller in which the base station acts as a Stackelberg leader that splits power among data, artificial noise, and sensing and broadcasts incentive prices; hybrid nodes then play a generalized Nash game that sets their powers and transmitter-versus-jammer roles; and a Bayesian layer concentrates jamming coalitions on the posterior distribution of the eavesdropper’s angle of arrival. Simulations from 28 GHz to 3 THz report hierarchical convergence, roughly 4.4–4.7 bps/Hz average secrecy rate, about twice the secrecy energy efficiency of fixed artificial-noise ISAC, 30–70 % higher SEE than a Stackelberg-only baseline, and zero outage at 28 GHz, with jamming beams that stay directive under mobility and rising adversary density.

What carries the argument

iBEAMS three-layer hierarchy: Stackelberg leader at the ISAC base station (power split α,β,γ plus incentive prices π,τ,κ), GNE best-response game among hybrid nodes for power and THN/JHN roles under coupled interference and leakage constraints, and Bayesian cooperative refinement that forms geometry-aware jamming coalitions from the eavesdropper AoA posterior.

What would settle it

Re-run the 28 GHz simulation suite with the same power budgets and CSI-error model but replace the iterative GNE best-response by a random or fixed role-and-power assignment; if average secrecy rate falls well below 4.4 bps/Hz, SEE no longer doubles fixed-AN, or outage leaves zero, the hierarchical claim fails.

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Core claim

The authors claim that a single hierarchical Stackelberg–GNE–Bayesian loop—leader power-and-price control, follower generalized-Nash power and role selection, and posterior-aligned cooperative jamming—can simultaneously raise secrecy rate and secrecy energy efficiency against both static and mobile eavesdroppers while keeping hybrid-node power and QoS constraints feasible from mmWave through THz.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that iterative best-response on a discrete power grid under the priced utilities and shared constraints actually reaches a usable equilibrium whose powers and roles, after Bayesian coalition refinement, deliver the claimed secrecy and energy gains under imperfect CSI and mobility.

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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 6 minor

Summary. The paper proposes iBEAMS, a three-layer hierarchical Stackelberg–GNE–Bayesian framework for secure, energy-efficient mmWave/THz ISAC-MIMO with distributed hybrid edge nodes (HNs). Layer 1 has the ISAC BS as Stackelberg leader jointly adapting total power and splits (α,β,γ) among data, artificial noise, and sensing, while broadcasting incentive prices (π,τ,κ) to shape follower utilities. Layer 2 models HNs as followers in a generalized Nash game that allocates powers and switches THN/JHN roles under coupled interference and leakage constraints. Layer 3 updates an eavesdropper AoA posterior and refines geometry-aware jamming coalitions. Channel, SINR, secrecy-rate, SEE, and entropy models follow standard near-field Rician/3GPP constructions. Simulations from 28 GHz to 3 THz report hierarchical residual decay, ~4.4–4.7 bps/Hz average secrecy rate, ~2× SEE vs fixed-AN ISAC, 30–70% SEE gain vs a Stackelberg baseline, zero outage at 28 GHz, and directive posterior-aligned jamming under static and mobile eavesdroppers.

Significance. If the reported gains hold under broader validation, the work is a useful systems-level contribution: it unifies BS power splitting, multi-agent role/power control, and sensing-driven cooperative jamming in one hierarchical loop for ISAC-PLS under power and QoS limits. The architecture is clearly modular (Algorithms 1–3), the physical-layer metrics are standard and falsifiable, and the multi-frequency evaluation (including THz) plus static/mobile Eve heatmaps go beyond single-BS Stackelberg or fixed-AN designs. The main value is the integrated control stack and empirical SEE/outage trade-offs rather than a new information-theoretic secrecy bound. Strengths include explicit SEE and outage definitions, geometry-aware posterior jamming, and transparent algorithmic structure that can be reimplemented and stress-tested.

major comments (3)
  1. §IV-C, Eqs. (52)–(61) and Algorithm 2: Layer 2 is the load-bearing mechanism for the Abstract/§V–VI claims (4.4–4.7 bps/Hz, ~2× SEE, 30–70% SEE gain, zero outage). The paper approximates a GNE by discrete-grid best response under nonconvex, interference-coupled utilities and shared constraints (53)–(56), then applies the role switch (61). There is no existence/uniqueness argument under the CSI-error model (50), no contraction or fixed-point guarantee for the BR map at the stated ε_GNE/I_max, and no multi-seed statistics showing that BR consistently reaches a high-quality equilibrium rather than a poor local point. Figures 3–5 show favorable residuals for the chosen gains and one realization family; that is necessary but not sufficient for the central performance claim. Please either (i) provide a rigorous GNE existence/approximation result under the stated constraints, or (ii) substantia
  2. §IV-B–D and Algorithms 1–3: The hierarchical closed loop (leader prices + BR powers/roles + kernel posterior update (62)–(67) + coalition refinement (68)/(84)) is asserted to converge and remain stable under mobile eavesdroppers and rising adversary density. Convergence is demonstrated only empirically (Fig. 3 residual decay; Fig. 4 co-evolution). There is no Lyapunov-style or small-gain argument for the coupled price/power/belief dynamics, nor stress tests under model mismatch (larger σ_meas, faster mobility, CSI-error bound ϵ_HN). Because the Abstract’s resilience claims rest on this loop, add either a limited stability analysis or systematic stress experiments (mobility speed, Eve density, CSI error) with confidence intervals, and qualify the THz results accordingly.
  3. §V, Figs. 5a–c and Table I: The quantitative superiority claims depend on free design knobs (k_π,k_τ,k_κ, k_set, Γ(H), R_target_s, H*, η_u,c_u, λ_sec,λ_H, initial (α,β,γ), power caps). Baselines (fixed AN; Stackelberg-only; role-switching without full Bayesian refinement) are described only at a high level. Without a hyperparameter protocol, ablation of Layers 2–3, and matched baseline tuning, it is hard to separate architectural gain from favorable tuning. Please report sensitivity/ablation (with/without Bayesian refinement; with/without role switching; price-update gains) and clarify how baselines were configured so that the 2× and 30–70% SEE margins can be independently assessed.
minor comments (6)
  1. Notation inconsistency: incentive prices appear as (π,τ,κ) in §III-B/Algorithm 1 and sometimes as (π,τ,ζ) in the Abstract; unify throughout.
  2. Typos and grammar: “ISAC-MIMO Systems leveraging BayesianEnhanced Learning” spacing; “abd noise model”; “Channel Sate Information”; “to avail the best GNE”; “HNs are considred”; “within time slot,t”.
  3. Eq. (18)–(19): interference terms use mixed notation I_J^u / I_Ju and residual AN leakage; define all symbols once in a notation table.
  4. Fig. 5c: outage/success rates are reported as single percentages without sample size or confidence intervals; state the number of slots/Monte Carlo runs.
  5. Related work: several arXiv preprints are cited for concurrent Stackelberg-ISAC work; briefly clarify what is new relative to single-BS Stackelberg+DRL and hybrid beamforming-only designs beyond the three-layer packaging.
  6. Appendix C, Eq. (84): the cooperative jamming subproblem is nonconvex; state which practical solver (grid search / SCA / projected BR) is used in the simulations so results are reproducible.

Circularity Check

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No load-bearing circularity: SEE/secrecy claims are forward simulation outcomes of designed controllers, not identities forced by construction or self-citation.

full rationale

The paper’s derivation chain is: (i) standard ISAC/MIMO channel, SINR, and wiretap secrecy-rate models; (ii) explicit multi-layer optimization problems (leader SEE-with-penalties, follower GNE, sensing-entropy, FJ refinement); (iii) Algorithms 1–3 as online approximate controllers (Bayesian–Stackelberg price/power updates, discrete best-response GNE, posterior-aligned coalition refinement); (iv) numerical comparison against baselines. Secrecy rate (21), SEE (24), outage (34), and entropy (36) are measured quantities under those controllers—they are not fitted parameters renamed as predictions, nor are they equal by definition to the design knobs (α,β,γ, π,τ,κ, update gains). Incentive prices and Γ(H) maps shape follower utilities by design; that is intentional mechanism design, not Eq.-X-equals-Eq.-Y circularity. Self-citation [24] (same authors) supplies a related dual-belief Stackelberg/near-field precoding building block and is used for the hybrid precoder model, but the central multi-node GNE + Bayesian coalition architecture and the reported 4.4–4.7 bps/Hz, ~2× SEE, 30–70% SEE gain, and zero-outage figures are produced by this paper’s own simulations of Algorithms 1–3, not imported uniqueness theorems or forced identities. Existence/uniqueness of the discrete GNE and closed-loop stability are unproven (a correctness/robustness gap), but that is not circularity. Score 1 reflects only a minor non-load-bearing self-citation; steps left empty because no reduction-by-construction was found.

Assumptions & free parameters 8 free parameters · 8 assumptions · 3 invented entities

The central claims rest on standard wiretap/ISAC models plus a large set of hand-chosen controller gains, thresholds, and price bounds that are not derived from first principles. No new physical entity is postulated; the invented objects are architectural (hybrid dual-role nodes, three-layer game, posterior-aligned coalitions). Simulation fidelity to 3GPP near-field mmWave/THz and best-response GNE approximation are the main domain assumptions carrying the performance claims.

free parameters (8)
  • Incentive price update gains (k_π, k_τ, k_κ) and bounds (π,τ,κ)∈[0,1]
    Leader price dynamics in Algorithm 1 are clipped affine updates with unspecified numerical gains; Table I only gives initial prices (0.7,0.3,0.1) and bounds. Outcomes depend on these knobs.
  • AN secrecy-error gain k_set and sensing map Γ(H)
    β_t and γ_t adaptation laws are parametric; Γ is only constrained by monotonicity and endpoint values, not uniquely specified.
  • Secrecy target R_target_s / R_th and entropy threshold H*/H_max
    Outage and leader penalties are defined relative to designer-chosen secrecy and entropy targets that directly affect reported zero-outage and SEE.
  • Utility weights η_u, c_u and leakage/jamming metrics Ξ_u, J_u
    Follower utilities (52)/(69) embed scalar weights and leakage/jamming measures whose exact numerical calibration is not uniquely fixed by theory.
  • Kernel width σ_ker, measurement noise σ_meas, update η_σ
    Bayesian AoA tracking uses initial σ=10°, measurement std 5°, and adaptive kernel updates; tracking quality and jamming alignment depend on these choices (Table I).
  • GNE tolerance ε_GNE=1e-3, I_max=50, discrete power grid
    Equilibrium approximation quality and role switching depend on discretization and stopping rules rather than a closed-form solution.
  • Initial/max powers and split (α,β,γ)=(0.6,0.2,0.2), P_BS^max=20 W, P_HN^max=1.5 W
    Operating point and SEE numerics are conditioned on these budget and initialization choices (Table I).
  • Penalty weights λ_sec, λ_H and FJ/leakage caps Ξ_max, P_FJ^max, J_min
    Leader objective and Layer-3 constraints include multiple soft/hard limits that shape feasible secrecy–energy tradeoffs.
assumptions (8)
  • domain assumption Instantaneous secrecy rate equals [log2(1+SINR_legit)−log2(1+SINR_worst_eve)]+ under Gaussian wiretap (21)/(51).
    Standard PLS metric from Wyner/wiretap literature; used as the objective signal throughout §II–V.
  • domain assumption SEE is aggregate secrecy throughput over total consumed power including circuit and PA efficiency (23)–(24).
    Common energy-efficiency definition for secure MIMO; load-bearing for all SEE claims.
  • domain assumption 3GPP TR 38.901 large-scale path loss/shadowing plus near-field Rician spherical-wave BS–HN/Eve channels adequately model 28 GHz–3 THz links.
    §II-C; all numerical secrecy/AoA results inherit this propagation model.
  • domain assumption Bounded Frobenius CSI error model (50) is known and usable for robust secrecy rates.
    Follower GNE is posed under imperfect CSI with known ε_HN; realism of the bound is assumed.
  • ad hoc to paper Best-response dynamics on a discrete grid approximate a GNE of the coupled-constraint game (59)–(60).
    Algorithm 2 implements this without existence/uniqueness proof under the paper’s shared FJ and leakage constraints.
  • ad hoc to paper Stackelberg leader can reshape follower GNE via broadcast prices (π,τ,κ) to improve system SEE.
    Incentive-compatibility is designed into utilities (52) but not proven to maximize global SEE at equilibrium.
  • ad hoc to paper AoA posterior from kernel prediction and pseudo-likelihood L(θ)=z(θ)^keff tracks static and mobile eavesdroppers well enough to steer jamming.
    Layer 3 geometry-aware claims rest on this sensing/belief model (62)–(65).
  • standard math Standard hybrid precoding, nullspace AN, and ULA steering-vector models (1)–(7).
    Textbook array/hybrid-beamforming building blocks used for signal model.
invented entities (3)
  • iBEAMS three-layer Stackelberg–GNE–Bayesian architecture
    purpose: Unify BS power splitting/pricing, HN power/role GNE, and posterior-aligned cooperative jamming for secure energy-efficient ISAC.
    Primary proposed system; performance claims are claims about this architecture’s simulated behavior, not an independently measured natural object.
  • Hybrid nodes (HN) with dynamic THN/JHN role switching under priced utilities
    purpose: Allow edge devices to choose transmit vs friendly-jam roles based on secrecy margin and leader incentives.
    Role map (61) is a design construct of the paper; dual-function nodes exist in literature, but this priced GNE role rule is paper-specific.
  • Posterior-aligned jamming coalitions with THN-protective nulls
    purpose: Concentrate cooperative jamming on high-probability Eve AoA while protecting legitimate users.
    Layer-3 coalition optimization (68)/(84) is an algorithmic entity introduced to realize geometry-aware PLS.

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Next generation ISAC networks operating in the mmWave and THz bands must provide physical layer secrecy against potential eavesdroppers (mobile and static) while coordinating distributed hybrid edge nodes under stringent power and QoS constraints. However, these requirements are rarely addressed in a unified manner in existing ISAC physical layer security designs. This paper proposes iBEAMS, a hierarchical Stackelberg-GNE-Bayesian framework for secure and energy efficient ISAC with distributed hybrid nodes. The proposed architecture integrates: (i) a Stackelberg leader at the ISAC base station that jointly optimizes total transmit power, power splitting among confidential data, artificial noise, and sensing, and broadcasts incentive prices to shape follower utilities; (ii) a Generalized Nash Equilibrium Game in which hybrid nodes select transmit powers and transmission versus jamming roles under coupled interference constraints and base-station-imposed leakage penalties; and (iii) a Bayesian cooperative refinement layer that forms geometry-aware jamming coalitions aligned with the posterior distribution of the eavesdropper's Angle of Arrival. Simulations over carrier frequencies from 28 GHz to 3 THz demonstrate hierarchical convergence of both base station and hybrid node decisions with stable cooperative friendly jamming. iBEAMS attains approximately 4.4-4.7 bps/Hz average secrecy rate, achieves about 2\times higher Secrecy Energy Efficiency (SEE), and delivers 30-70% higher SEE than a Stackelberg-decision-based baseline, while maintaining zero outage at 28 GHz. Moreover, the posterior-aligned jamming remains sharply directive and resilient under mobile eavesdroppers and increasing adversary density, indicating that iBEAMS can simultaneously act against static and mobile adversaries while coordinating hybrid edge nodes under limited power and QoS constraints.

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Figure 1. Illustration of Unified Framework of iBEAMS leveraging Bayesian Learning, and Adaptive Game-Theoretic Multi-Layer [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. System Model of Unified iBEAMS Framework [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Convergence behavior of the proposed iBEAMS three-layer optimization across Algorithms 1–3.3a: Algorithm 1 (Leader) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Leader (ISAC BS)–follower (HNs) co-evolution in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Comparative performance of the proposed iBEAMS unified framework versus baseline and multiple models: (a) power– [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Comparison of Eve AoA posterior heatmaps for the proposed iBEAMS framework under (a) quasi-static and (b) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Normalized ULA beam pattern at 28 GHz for pos￾terior–aware iBEAMS beamforming, showing the array gain versus angle for four representative mobile eavesdroppers within the ±10◦ sector [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_7.png]

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