Secure Communication for a Class of Broadcast Channel with Feedback

This paper investigates the secure data transmission in the broadcast channel with noiseless feedback by using the information-theoretic method. We consider transmitting a private message and a common message to two receivers, of which the common message is to be decoded by both receivers while the private message is only for the intended receiver. The channel to the intended receiver is assumed to be independent of that to the other receiver. Feedback from the output of the intended receiver is used as a shared secret key to enhance the secrecy in the transmission. The capacity-equivocation region and the secrecy capacity of this new model are obtained. We find the secrecy capacity is enhanced by using feedback, even in the case that the other receiver is in a better position than the intended receiver. In addition, our results generalize the secrecy capacity of the degraded wiretap channel with secure feedback, and the capacity region of the degraded broadcast channel.

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