Publication - Physical-Layer Authentication @ University of Liverpool

Preprints

Refereed Journal Articles

1. 2026

   Y. Guo, J. Zhang, Y.-W. P. Hong, and S. Tomasin, “Model-Driven Learning-Based Physical Layer Authentication for Mobile Wi-Fi Devices,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 21, pp. 1497–1511, 2026, doi: 10.1109/tifs.2026.3657184.

   DOI arXiv BibTeX

   @article{guo2026model,
     title = {Model-Driven Learning-Based Physical Layer Authentication for Mobile Wi-Fi Devices},
     author = {Guo, Yijia and Zhang, Junqing and Hong, Y-W Peter and Tomasin, Stefano},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security},
     volume = {21},
     pages = {1497--1511},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1109/tifs.2026.3657184},
     arxiv = {2603.19972},
     keywords = {phy-auth}
   }
   

2. 2025

   J. Zhang, F. Ardizzon, M. Piana, G. Shen, and S. Tomasin, “Physical Layer-Based Device Fingerprinting For Wireless Security: From Theory To Practice,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 20, pp. 5296–5325, 2025, doi: 10.1109/tifs.2025.3570118.

   DOI arXiv BibTeX

   @article{zhang2025physical,
     title = {Physical Layer-Based Device Fingerprinting For Wireless Security: From Theory To Practice},
     author = {Zhang, Junqing and Ardizzon, Francesco and Piana, Mattia and Shen, Guanxiong and Tomasin, Stefano},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security},
     volume = {20},
     pages = {5296 - 5325},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1109/tifs.2025.3570118},
     arxiv = {2506.09807},
     keywords = {rffi,phy-auth,survey}
   }
   

3. 2025

   Y. Guo, J. Zhang, and Y.-W. P. Hong, “Practical Physical Layer Authentication for Mobile Scenarios Using a Synthetic Dataset Enhanced Deep Learning Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 20, pp. 9305–9317, 2025, doi: 10.1109/tifs.2025.3602265.

   DOI arXiv Data BibTeX

   @article{guo2025practical,
     title = {Practical Physical Layer Authentication for Mobile Scenarios Using a Synthetic Dataset Enhanced Deep Learning Approach},
     author = {Guo, Yijia and Zhang, Junqing and Hong, Y-W Peter},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security},
     volume = {20},
     pages = {9305 - 9317},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1109/tifs.2025.3602265},
     arxiv = {2508.20861},
     keywords = {phy-auth, wifi, data_code}
   }
   

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. 2026

   Y. Guo, J. Zhang, and Y.-W. P. Hong, “Channel Prediction-Based Physical Layer Authentication under Consecutive Spoofing Attacks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2026, pp. 1–6.

   arXiv BibTeX

   @inproceedings{guo2026channel,
     title = {Channel Prediction-Based Physical Layer Authentication under Consecutive Spoofing Attacks},
     author = {Guo, Yijia and Zhang, Junqing and Hong, Y-W Peter},
     booktitle = {Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
     pages = {1--6},
     year = {2026},
     arxiv = {2603.19962},
     keywords = {phy-auth}
   }
   

2. 2023

   Y. Guo, J. Zhang, and Y.-W. P. Hong, “Deep Learning-Enhanced Physical Layer Authentication for Mobile Devices,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, 2023, pp. 826–831. doi: 10.1109/globecom54140.2023.10437299.

   DOI BibTeX

   @inproceedings{guo2023deep,
     title = {Deep Learning-Enhanced Physical Layer Authentication for Mobile Devices},
     author = {Guo, Yijia and Zhang, Junqing and Hong, Y-W Peter},
     booktitle = {Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM},
     pages = {826--831},
     year = {2023},
     doi = {10.1109/globecom54140.2023.10437299},
     keywords = {phy-auth}
   }