This letter investigates the covert performance of a pinching-antenna system (PASS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network in a heterogeneous propagation environment. In the considered setup, a pinching antenna is deployed along a dielectric waveguide to flexibly control the radiation position and enhance spatial diversity. Two non-colluding user-specific wardens located in different regions attempt to detect the covert transmission of the legitimate NOMA users. Closed-form expressions for the false alarm probability and missed detection probability for an individual warden are derived by exploiting the statistical properties of the PASS geometry and the Gaussian–Chebyshev quadrature method, based on which the corresponding detection error probability (DEP) is obtained. Numerical results demonstrate that PASS-assisted NOMA significantly improves covert communication performance and increases the warden’s detection uncertainty compared with conventional antenna systems (CASS) assisted NOMA and PASS-assisted orthogonal multiple access (OMA). Furthermore, the impact of imperfect channel state information (CSI) at the wardens on the covert detection performance is also analyzed.
This paper investigates the integration of active beyond-diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (BD-RIS) into dual-functional radar-communication (DFRC) systems for multi-user sixth generation (6G) networks. Unlike conventional passive or diagonal RIS, the proposed architecture employs active non-reciprocal impedance networks that enable joint amplitude and phase control, thereby mitigating multiplicative fading and enabling direction-dependent wave manipulation. We formulate a joint optimization problem to maximize the weighted sum rate (WSR) while preserving radar probing capability, subject to base-station transmit power and RIS amplification constraints. To solve the resulting non-convex problem, we develop an alternating optimization framework combining weighted minimum mean-squared error (WMMSE)-based precoder design, fractional programming for active BD-RIS beamforming, and quasi-Newton projection to enforce group-wise amplification constraints. The computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is rigorously characterized, highlighting the scalability benefits of group-connected BD-RIS architectures. Extensive simulations demonstrate up to 2.8 bps/Hz WSR improvement over passive diagonal RIS, 41.75% transmit power reduction compared with active diagonal RIS, and strong robustness under imperfect channel state information and hardware impairments. Furthermore, the proposed architecture achieves superior radar beampattern control and favorable energy efficiency-performance trade-offs, establishing active BD-RIS as a promising enabler for sensing-aware, energy-efficient, and high-capacity 6G DFRC networks.
Bittu Mishra, Keshav Singh, Chih-Peng Li et al.· IEEE Open Journal of the Com...· 0 citations
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