Securing Multidestination Transmissions With Relay and Friendly Interference Collaboration

Relay and friendly interference collaboration are effective technologies within the physical-layer security (PLS) domain for countering eavesdroppers in wireless transmissions. However, the dynamic nature of wireless channels means that the quality of legitimate channels may not consistently exceed that of eavesdropping channels, posing challenges in ensuring the security performance of wireless links. In this article, we present a multidestination node selection framework aimed at enhancing the security of wireless communication systems. The strategic selection of relays, in conjunction with the deployment of friendly interference, is designed to optimize the reliability and secrecy performance of wireless link transmissions. Specifically, we propose a collaboration-based node selection (CNS) strategy that leverages selection combining (SC) and maximal ratio combining (MRC) to enhance system reliability and security. Through theoretical analysis, we derive closed-form expressions for secrecy capacity, outage probability (OP), intercept probability (IP), and asymptotic OP. The simulation results validate our analytical conclusions and demonstrate the effectiveness of the CNS scheme. Importantly, the introduction of interference nodes strengthens system security and reliability, while increasing relays or destinations primarily optimizes system robustness.