This paper investigates an Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-assisted Physical-layer Key Generation (PKG) system under residual Transceiver Hardware Impairments(THI). A closed-form expression for the Key Generation Rate(KGR) is derived, and a KGR maximization problem is formulated under the base station transmit power constraint and the unit-modulus constraint on the IRS phase shifts. To solve this problem, a robust optimization algorithm is proposed, which integrates Alternating Optimization(AO), Successive Convex Approximation (SCA), Semi-Definite Relaxation(SDR), and penalty methods to iteratively optimize the transmit beamforming and IRS phase shifts. Numerical simulation results demonstrate that the proposed robust algorithm can effectively mitigate the impact of hardware impairments and improve the KGR.

Based on the principle of Orthogonal Time Frequency and Space (OTFS) modulation, this paper designs an OTFS waveform scheme based on Zero Suffix (ZP) protection. Methods of synchronization, channel estimation, and the detection algorithm based on delay-time domain Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) are presented, and the MRC detection algorithm is simplified. Hardware implementation schemes of channel interpolation and the MRC detector are given. And the Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA)hardware implementation of the proposed OTFS system waveform is carried out to verify the feasibility of the key algorithms of the designed OTFS system. Test results show that the designed OTFS system has good performance in resisting doubly selective fading.

To address the challenge of high end-to-end delay in Flying Ad Hoc Network (FANET) under communication blackout scenarios, this paper proposes a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)-assisted Double-Hop Information Enhanced Routing Protocol (DHRP). The proposed protocol models the routing process as a Markov Decision Process (MDP) to enable effective decision-making. In constructing the state space, it incorporates both node location information and link channel capacity, while considering network information within a two-hop neighborhood. Centered on a deep value network, the protocol employs a reward function that reflects realtime network dynamics to guide the agent in selecting the optimal next-hop node. Simulation results show that, compared to existing approaches, DHRP significantly reduces the average end-to-end delay in FANET under communication blackout conditions. Furthermore, DHRP demonstrates strong adaptability and robustness across various node densities and levels of network congestion by leveraging realtime environmental awareness and an intelligent decision-making mechanism to maintain overall network performance.

When a carrier (such as drones, ships, and vehicles) moves in extreme environments, the visibility of satellites may be lost, leading to a temporary or prolonged loss of lock on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. In such scenarios, an integrated navigation system is forced to switch to a pure Inertial Navigation System (INS). However, prolonged reliance on inertial navigation alone results in the accumulation of errors and a rapid decline in navigation accuracy. To address the rapid decline in INS accuracy after GNSS signal loss, a fusion navigation technology of GNSS and INS assisted by Transformer networks is proposed. When the GNSS signal is locked, the Transformer network utilizes current INS information and GNSS incremental data (the change in GNSS position information between two adjacent time periods) to train a mapping relationship between the two. When the GNSS signal is lost, the Transformer network leverages the previously established mapping relationship to predict GNSS incremental information based on the current INS data, and then integrates the INS information with the predicted GNSS data for navigation. Simulation results demonstrate that the Transformer network-assisted GNSS/INS fusion navigation technology can provide stable and reliable navigation signals even under conditions of temporary or prolonged GNSS signal loss. Furthermore, the Transformer network-assisted fusion navigation method offers a reference for other network-assisted fusion implementations.

In smart grids, the presence of numerous high-power electrical devices and communication sensing equipment severely hinders signal transmission in positioning systems. To address the challenge of accurately locating weak signals in a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-assisted Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) system under interference from multiple base stations and communication users, this paper considers the impact of multiple small base stations and multiple users in a smart grid environment. A horizontal positioning error of the target user is used as the evaluation metric. While ensuring the Quality of Service (QoS) for communication users, the proposed method jointly optimizes base station power, multi-user interference, and power allocation factors. The Lagrangian dual method and sub-gradient approach are employed to solve the non-convex optimization problem caused by multiple users and small base stations. Simulation results demonstrate that, under the same resource allocation, the proposed RISNOMA integrated sensing and communication system significantly reduces the average positioning error compared to traditional NOMA-based system.

In recent years, Transformer-based visual models (e. g. , Swin Transformer) show good prospects in visual tasks, however, these methods usually focus on reducing signal distortion between original and reconstructed data, while ignoring perceptual quality. Considering that the conventional Mean Square Error (MSE) loss fails to reflect perceptual and semantic quality effectively, we propose a weighted loss function combining MSE and Learned Perceptual Image Patch Similarity (LPIPS), and accordingly construct a Swin Transformer-based semantic communication framework, called Swin Transformer with LPIPS-based Joint Source-Channel Coding (STL-JSCC) method, which significantly enhances image reconstruction quality and semantic consistency. For performance evaluation, two semantic-aware metrics are introduced: the Images Semantic Deviation (ISD) value and Iamges Semantic Similarity(ISS). These indicators form a joint perceptual-semantic evaluation system, which breaks through the limitations of traditional evaluation methods. Experimental results show that the proposed STL-JSCC outperforms other models in all the indexes, verifying the significant potential and advantages of the proposed method in improving the image reconstruction quality and semantic extraction capability.

In industrial networks, more and more intelligent applications put forward new requirements for deterministic guarantee ability of end-to-end transmission. Most of current research works on deterministic technologies focus on guarantee of their own network certainty, but ignore end-to-end determinism requiring cooperation of multiple deterministic technologies. Based on application scenario of nuclear power industry, a wide-area end-to-end deterministic network architecture with Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) fusion is proposed, and an architecture is elaborated from two aspects of control plane function and data plane cooperative scheduling. In real wide area network environment, based on the dual-motor collaboration and industrial machine vision application scenario, the performance of the architecture is tested and verified. Results show that the architecture can meet the needs of applications for wide-area end-to-end deterministic networks, and offer good application value.

To address the issue of current command and control network key node recognition methods relying on expert knowledge, a method based on convolutional neural networks from the perspective of communication reconnaissance is proposed. Powerful feature extraction capabilities of convolutional neural networks are leveraged to develop an intelligent paradigm for key node recognition. First, the communication relationship information between nodes is transformed into a multi-dimensional information matrix using feature engineering. Then, inspired by the Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter structure, a Finite Impulse Response Squeeze and Excitation (FIRSE) neural network is proposed. Finally, a dynamic peak detection method is introduced to improve the training strategies and obtain optimal neural network parameters. Experimental results show that compared with typical machine learning and deep learning-based recognition methods, the proposed method offers higher identification accuracy.