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Dynamic Precoding for Near-Field Secure Communications: Implementation and Performance Analysis

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Pith's one-line read Near-field precoding can scramble passive eavesdroppers' constellations everywhere except the intended users' positions, with no eavesdropper CSI, while keeping zero-forcing user rates.

desk verdict A useful near-field AN-aided precoding paper with a solid algebraic core, but the security guarantee is stated at the wrong layer and needs to be restated. read the letter →

arxiv 2505.04968 v1 pith:75BYYXTD submitted 2025-05-08 cs.IT eess.SPmath.IT

Zihao Teng , Jiancheng An , Christos Masouros , Hongbin Li , Lu Gan , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords near-fieldcommunicationsphysicallayersecurityartificialnoisedynamicprecodinghybridbeamformingMU-MISOsecrecyrateextremelylarge-scaleantennaarrays
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The reading

Near-field base stations equipped with extremely large arrays can make a transmitted message decodable only at the exact coordinates of the intended users, even when the base station has no information about the eavesdroppers. The paper proposes a dynamic hybrid precoder that adds symbol-level random artificial noise in the null space of the legitimate users' channels, so any other position receives a constellation that changes randomly from slot to slot. It claims this secures both the angular and the distance dimension, works for arbitrary modulation formats and array geometries, and preserves the signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio that zero-forcing would give the users. The derived statistical analysis covers average SINR, achievable rate, secrecy capacity, secrecy outage probability, and the secrecy zone, and the simulations report about 20 percent higher secrecy rates than zero-forcing and WMMSE baselines.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the projection matrix $H_M^{\perp} = I_{N_{\mathrm{RF}}} - H_M H_M^{\dagger}$ onto the null space of the equivalent baseband channel $H_M = F^H H_U$, with $F$ built from the dominant right singular vectors of $H_U$. The random artificial noise $W_0(k)$ has independent entries $\xi e^{j\phi_{n,m}(k)}$ with $\phi_{n,m}(k) \sim U(0,2\pi)$, and the projection sends that noise to zero on the legitimate users' subspace while leaving a nonzero random component for any channel outside that subspace. A time-agnostic choice of $\xi$ from a triangle-inequality bound keeps the total transmit power within $P_t$, giving a low-complexity algorithm whose main cost is one SVD and one projection computation.

What would settle it

Place a passive eavesdropper at the exact coordinates of one legitimate user and run Algorithm 1 over 800 slots; the projection term $H_M^{\perp} F^H h(r_e)$ is zero there, so the measured constellation should be a static PSK or QAM cloud rather than the scrambled cloud shown for eavesdroppers. A complementary Monte-Carlo check would sample random eavesdropper positions in the near-field region, compute $\|H_M^{\perp} F^H h(r_e)\|$, and compare the fraction of positions with near-zero projection against the paper's claim that security holds at any undesired position.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

On its own terms, the paper establishes that secure downlink transmission to multiple single-antenna users in the near field does not require eavesdropper CSI. The baseband precoder is written as $W(k) = (H_M^{\dagger})^H B_M + H_M^{\perp} W_0(k)$, where $H_M = F^H H_U$ is the equivalent channel after the SVD-based analog precoder $F$, $B_M$ is the diagonal matrix of desired symbol gains, and $W_0(k)$ is a matrix of independent random phases scaled by $\xi$. The term $H_M^{\perp} W_0(k)$ lives in the null space of the users' equivalent channel, so it is exactly invisible at the user positions; anywhere else, it survives and randomizes the received constellation at every time slot, preventing an eavesdropper from aggregating symbols across slots. The paper derives the closed-form power-scaling constant $\xi$, the average SINR, the secrecy capacity, the secrecy outage probability based on the doubly non-central $F$ distribution, and the secrecy zone, and supports the claims with beampattern, BER, and secrecy-rate simulations.

Load-bearing premise

The scheme only works when no eavesdropper sits at a legitimate user's position, or at a spot whose channel is a combination of the users' channels, because in those cases the injected noise cancels out and the eavesdropper sees a stationary, decodable constellation.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • An eavesdropper in the same angular direction as a user but at a different distance receives a scrambled constellation, so near-field security extends along the distance dimension that far-field beamforming cannot control.
  • Because the design needs only the legitimate users' channels, it works against passive, non-cooperative eavesdroppers and avoids the complexity of CSI-based secrecy beamforming.
  • Legitimate users keep the SINR of pure zero-forcing, so the security gain does not come from sacrificing their rates.
  • The closed-form outage probability yields a computable secrecy zone, letting an operator mark the physical regions where an eavesdropper's interception probability stays below a threshold.
  • When the null space is large enough, roughly RF chains at least twice the number of users, hybrid beamforming matches fully digital performance; when users exhaust the null space, the secrecy gain disappears.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The 'any undesired position' statement is shorthand for a graded condition: the noise term is proportional to the projection of the eavesdropper's channel onto the null space, so an eavesdropper whose channel is nearly a combination of the users' channels sees only weak scrambling; quantifying the probability of that event over random placements is a natural next step.
  • If the null-space condition is read as a design constraint, the legitimate users' coordinates act like a spatial key, and the secrecy level is set by how far an eavesdropper is from the user subspace; this suggests location-based security metrics such as the minimum distance to the subspace for a required secrecy rate.
  • The imperfect-CSI simulations indicate that position estimation error mainly lowers the intended user's SNR while the eavesdropper remains scrambled, which points to a robustness bound relating the location-error radius to the residual leakage of the noise onto the user subspace.
  • The same null-space randomization could be transferred to near-field MU-MIMO, wideband OFDM with per-subcarrier projections, or reconfigurable-surface-aided systems, where the channel's position dependence would play the same role.
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Summary. The paper proposes a dynamic hybrid precoding scheme for near-field MU-MISO downlink secrecy. The analog precoder is obtained from the dominant right singular vectors of the legitimate-user channel matrix, and the baseband precoder is a symbol-level ZF design in the equivalent (projected) channel domain, with random artificial noise injected into the null space of the equivalent legitimate-user channel. The authors derive a power-constrained choice of the AN amplitude, expressions for average SINR, achievable rate, secrecy capacity, secrecy outage probability, and a secrecy zone, and support the analysis with simulations including constellation diagrams, BER maps, secrecy maps, and secrecy-rate comparisons against ZF and WMMSE. The paper claims secure transmission at 'any undesired position' without eavesdropper CSI, in both angle and distance dimensions.

Significance. If the central claim were fully supported, the paper would be a useful contribution: it extends artificial-noise directional modulation to multi-user near-field systems with a low-complexity hybrid architecture, gives a closed-form average-SINR analysis, and characterizes secrecy outage and secrecy-zone metrics in the LoS case. The algebraic derivations in Propositions 1 and 2 are internally consistent, the power-constrained AN construction in Algorithm 1 is clearly specified, and the simulation study is reasonably extensive. However, the paper's headline security guarantee rests on a condition about eavesdropper channel vectors that is stated at the wrong layer of the hybrid architecture, and the theoretical secrecy-rate analysis relies on a ratio-of-expectations approximation whose accuracy is not quantified. These issues do not invalidate the algebraic core, but they require the main claims to be restated and further supported before the paper can be accepted.

major comments (3)
  1. [Section III-D, after Eq. (35)] The security condition is stated incorrectly. The paper claims that secure transmission is ensured when h(re_q) is not in span(h(ru_1),...,h(ru_M)), and that then H_M^\perp F^H h(re_q) \neq 0. This implication is false for the hybrid architecture. The AN term at the eavesdropper is h^H(re_q) F H_M^\perp W0(k), and it vanishes for all W0(k) if and only if F^H h(re_q) belongs to col(H_M) = span(F^H h(ru_1), ..., F^H h(ru_M)). Because F is N x N_RF with N_RF < N, the map F^H has an (N-N_RF)-dimensional null space, so every vector of the form h(ru_m) + z with z in null(F^H) yields zero AN at the eavesdropper while generically lying outside span(H_U). The set of channel vectors annihilated by the AN is therefore (N-N_RF+M)-dimensional, much larger than the M-dimensional user span. The paper gives no argument that the physical positions of eavesdroppers avoid this preimage, and the secrecy maps in Fig. 10 already show outage probability close to 1 near the user positions. The 'any undesired position' claim in the abstract and in Section III-D must be restated in terms of the projected channels, and the size of the protected region should be quantified.
  2. [Section IV-A, Eq. (39)] The average SINR is defined as a ratio of expectations, E[A]/(E[B]+\sigma^2), rather than the expectation of the SINR ratio. This approximation is exact at the legitimate-user positions because the AN term cancels there and the interference vanishes deterministically, but it is not exact at eavesdropper positions, where the numerator and denominator depend on the same random W(k) and the same channel h(r). The subsequent secrecy-capacity approximation in Eq. (46) inherits this approximation, yet the paper does not provide a bound on the error or a discussion of the regimes in which the approximation is tight. Since the theoretical secrecy-rate claims are central to the paper, the authors should either justify the approximation more rigorously, provide a finite-N error bound, or clearly label the secrecy-rate expressions as heuristic approximations whose accuracy is only demonstrated by simulation.
  3. [Section III-E and Eq. (43)] The multi-path analysis assumes that the channel at an unintended position r is independent of the legitimate-user channels and therefore independent of W(k), and that its covariance is the same R as that of the legitimate users. In a shared-scatterer geometry, which is the setup used in the simulations of Section V-D, the eavesdropper channels and the user channels are generated from the same scatterer positions, so these assumptions are questionable. The paper should either use a model in which the independence is explicitly enforced or discuss the error introduced when scatterers are shared. This is load-bearing for the claimed applicability of the proposed scheme to multi-path near-field channels.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Section III-D, sentence before Remark 3] The phrase 'does not lie in the null subspace of the equivalent baseband channel matrix' is ambiguous; the paper should distinguish between the null space of H_M^H and the orthogonal complement of col(H_M).
  2. [Section V-C3] The value of \xi is set manually to 2\times10^{-6} without checking that it satisfies the power constraint in Eq. (22) or explaining how it relates to the closed-form choices in Eqs. (27) and (34); please clarify.
  3. [Eq. (62)] The doubly non-central F distribution is introduced without defining its parameters in the notation list; for readability, define the degrees of freedom and non-centrality parameters explicitly in the text rather than only in the PDF expression.
  4. [Section V-E1] The comparison with ZF and WMMSE in Fig. 9(b) compares the proposed AN-aided scheme against baselines that do not include any AN or security mechanism; the authors should state that this is a comparison against non-secure benchmarks, otherwise the '20% higher secrecy rate' claim may be read as a comparison against secure alternatives.
  5. [Throughout] The notation for H_M^\perp is not defined in the notation list; it is used before its formal definition in Eq. (20) and should be added for completeness.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the precoder construction, performance analysis, and secrecy comparisons are self-contained and validated against independent baselines.

full rationale

The derivations are self-contained. The AN-aided ZF precoder is constructed in Eq. (20) from the equivalent channel matrix, and the AN power parameter ξ is either solved in Proposition 1 or set by the time-agnostic bound in Eq. (34); it is not fitted to the secrecy metrics. Proposition 2 computes E[W(k)g_m g_m^H W^H(k)] from the defining uniform-phase distribution of the random AN, and the SINR expressions in Eqs. (42)-(43), the secrecy outage probability in Eq. (64), and the secrecy zone in Eq. (65) follow from standard CLT and chi-square manipulations of that same construction. The secrecy-rate comparison in Fig. 9(b) is made against external ZF and WMMSE baselines, and the secrecy maps in Fig. 10 are Monte-Carlo evaluations of the derived outage expression. No fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction, and no load-bearing claim rests on a self-citation chain. The only questionable step is the condition in Sec. III-D that h(r_e) not in span(h(r_u1),...,h(r_uM)) implies H_M^perp F^H h(r_e) != 0; for the hybrid architecture the correct AN-annihilation condition is F^H h(r_e) not in col(H_M), so the 'any undesired position' claim is overstated. That is a correctness and rigor concern, not circularity: it is a false inference from the construction, not a reduction of a prediction to an input. Similarly, the paper's stated limitation about multi-path secrecy-outage analysis is an acknowledged scope restriction, not a circular dependency.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 7 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on the NUSW near-field channel model, perfect user CSI, the span condition for AN effectiveness, i.i.d. uniform AN phases, the ratio-of-expectations SINR approximation, and a LoS/large-N assumption for outage analysis. There are no invented physical entities; the only design degrees of freedom are ξ and the symbol gains β_m. The paper does not quantify the probability that a random eavesdropper placement violates the span condition.

free parameters (2)
  • AN amplitude ξ = Set by power bound Eq. (34), or manually in simulations (e.g., 2×10^-6 in Sec. V-C.3)
    ξ controls the strength of the artificial noise and therefore the eavesdropper SINR; it is a design choice rather than a fitted constant, but all secrecy metrics depend on it.
  • Symbol gain β_m = Set to 1 or equal across users in simulations
    The diagonal of B_M sets the desired symbol gain for each legitimate user and determines the power split between signal and AN; it is chosen by the designer.
assumptions (7)
  • domain assumption Non-uniform spherical wave (NUSW) near-field channel model with exact distances and path loss.
    Eqs. (1)-(2) define the channel; all security claims are relative to this propagation model.
  • domain assumption Perfect knowledge of legitimate users' CSI at the BS; eavesdroppers' CSI unavailable and passive.
    Remark 1 states this; it is an idealization, since real estimation has errors (Sec. V-E.2 tests location error later).
  • domain assumption The eavesdropper's channel is not in the span of legitimate user channels.
    Sec. III-D: secure transmission is ensured only when h(re_q) is not in span(h(ru_1),...,h(ru_M)); no failure probability is quantified.
  • ad hoc to paper AN phases are i.i.d. uniform on (0,2π) and independent across time slots.
    Design choice in Sec. III-C that makes Proposition 2 tractable; not a physical law.
  • ad hoc to paper Average SINR is approximated as the ratio of expectations.
    Eq. (39) replaces E[SINR] with E[numerator]/E[denominator], which is not exact; all rate and secrecy-capacity formulas inherit this approximation.
  • domain assumption For secrecy outage, LoS channels and large-N central limit theorem.
    Sec. IV-C uses the CLT to approximate the sum of random-phase terms as complex Gaussian and restricts outage and zone analysis to LoS; multipath outage is left for future work.
  • ad hoc to paper Worst-case noiseless eavesdropper for secrecy outage analysis.
    Sec. IV-C sets n_e=0 to upper-bound eavesdropper capability; this strengthens the analysis but is an assumption about the adversary.

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The increase in antenna apertures and transmission frequencies in next-generation wireless networks is catalyzing advancements in near-field communications (NFC). In this paper, we investigate secure transmission in near-field multi-user multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) scenarios. Specifically, with the advent of extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAA) applied in the NFC regime, the spatial degrees of freedom in the channel matrix are significantly enhanced. This creates an expanded null space that can be exploited for designing secure communication schemes. Motivated by this observation, we propose a near-field dynamic hybrid beamforming architecture incorporating artificial noise, which effectively disrupts eavesdroppers at any undesired positions, even in the absence of their channel state information (CSI). Furthermore, we comprehensively analyze the dynamic precoder's performance in terms of the average signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, achievable rate, secrecy capacity, secrecy outage probability, and the size of the secrecy zone. In contrast to far-field secure transmission techniques that only enhance security in the angular dimension, the proposed algorithm exploits the unique properties of spherical wave characteristics in NFC to achieve secure transmission in both the angular and distance dimensions. Remarkably, the proposed algorithm is applicable to arbitrary modulation types and array configurations. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves approximately 20\% higher rate capacity compared to zero-forcing and the weighted minimum mean squared error precoders.

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Figure 5. Figure 5: Constellation diagram of received signals at legiti [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_5.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: The BERs of legitimate users and eavesdroppers. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_7.png]
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Figure 8. Figure 8: The BERs of Eavesdropper 2 with different channel mod [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_8.png]
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Figure 9. Figure 9: (a) The average sum rate of legitimate users and eaves [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_9.png]
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Secrecy map at z = 0.55dF of User 2 under different antenna number, where: (a) 20 × 20; (b) 30 × 30; (c) 40 × 40. F. Secrecy Outage Probability In this subsection, we examine the secrecy outage proba￾bility of the two legitimate users. We set the SINR at the legitimat…

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