Secure Connectivity with Covert Wireless Communication over Satellite-Terrestrial Networks
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Strategic Space, Satellites, Launchers & PNT Cyber Defense, Information Security & Cryptography Command, Control, Communications, Cloud & Edge
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Technologies: Space, Satellites, Launchers & PNT, Cyber Defense, Information Security & Cryptography, Command, Control, Communications, Cloud & Edge. A sourced, structured 8-page analysis for European defence and dual-use decision-makers, from the DFM research desk and built on official and primary sources.
About this report
In today’s world of interconnected communication infrastructures, security and privacy remain critical concerns, especially in satellite-based networks used for military, commercial, and government purposes.
This research introduces a method for covert wireless communication that operates across hybrid satellite-terrestrial uplink networks. Unlike traditional encryption, which hides the content but not the existence of a transmission, covert communication conceals the signal itself, making it indistinguishable from background noise.
Key questions this report answers
- How does the proposed covert communication method conceal the very existence of a signal across hybrid satellite-terrestrial uplink networks rather than merely encrypting its content?
- Why is hiding the existence of a transmission, making it indistinguishable from background noise, more valuable than traditional encryption in military satellite links?
- What technical constraints of satellite-terrestrial uplink networks does the covert scheme need to overcome to remain undetectable?
- For military, commercial, and government satellite operators, what procurement or deployment implications follow from adopting covertness alongside existing encryption?
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