Physical Layer Authentication Based on BER Measurement of Optical Fiber Channel

Physical layer authentication is an important way to ensure the security of optical communication network. We hereby propose a scheme to realize it by measuring the variation of the bit error rate (BER) on both sides of communication. In this scheme, the legitimacy of the receiver is identified by analyzing the BER variation of the optical fiber loop based on the short-term correlation of the channels. We then simulate a 16 PSK optical transmission system with intensity modulation direct detection-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (IMDD-OFDM). The authentication effect is analyzed in the case of disturbance and beam split, as well as replacement of optical fiber channels caused by eavesdropper (Eve). The results show that this scheme is sensitive to the three kinds of attacks. A high probability of detection (PD) and a low false alarm rate (FAR) can be obtained. The experimental results show that with the increase of the frequency test, PD and FAR tend to be stable, and the authentication effect is better with the accuracy rate 100%.

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