FAS-aided Robust Anti-Jamming Communications: Continuous and Discrete Positioning Designs

This paper investigates the joint optimization of beamforming and antenna positions in fluid antenna system (FAS)-aided anti-jamming communications. We consider a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output downlink scenario where multiple malicious jammers exist and the jammer channel state information is imperfect. The goal is to maximize the worst-case sum-rate under quality-of-service and transmit power constraints. To achieve this, we develop two distinct optimization frameworks for continuous and discrete antenna position designs, respectively. For continuous design, we propose an alternating optimization (AO) framework that integrates successive convex approximation and majorization minimization (MM) to handle the highly non-convex problem. For discrete design, based on the minimum mean squared error criterion and MM, we reformulate the problem as a sparse recovery task and propose a low-complexity block coordinate descent and simultaneous orthogonal matching pursuit, which enables joint design rather than AO. Through systematic comparison, we uncover a practical phenomenon: the discrete joint design yields superior sum-rate performance compared to the AO-based continuous counterpart under identical conditions. This superiority stems from the sparse recovery formulation which effectively circumvents the severe local optima. Our findings challenge the conventional view that continuous optimization is inherently superior, and reveal that discretization combined with sparse recovery can offer a more effective paradigm for exploiting spatial degrees-of-freedom in FAS-aided anti-jamming communications.

Specific Multi-emitter Identification: Theoretical Limits and Low-complexity Design

Specific emitter identification (SEI) distinguishes emitters by utilizing hardware-induced signal imperfections. However, conventional SEI techniques are primarily designed for single-emitter scenarios. This poses a fundamental limitation in distributed wireless networks, where simultaneous transmissions from multiple emitters result in overlapping signals that conventional single-emitter identification methods cannot effectively handle. To overcome this limitation, we present a specific multi-emitter identification (SMEI) framework via multi-label learning, treating identification as a problem of directly decoding emitter states from overlapping signals. Theoretically, we establish performance bounds using Fano's inequality. Methodologically, the multi-label formulation reduces output dimensionality from exponential to linear scale, thereby substantially decreasing computational complexity. Additionally, we propose an improved SMEI (I-SMEI), which incorporates multi-head attention to effectively capture features in correlated signal combinations. Experimental results demonstrate that SMEI achieves high identification accuracy with a linear computational complexity. Furthermore, the proposed I-SMEI scheme significantly improves identification accuracy across various overlapping scenarios compared to the proposed SMEI and other advanced methods.

Specific multi-emitter identification via multi-label learning

Specific emitter identification leverages hardware-induced impairments to uniquely determine a specific transmitter. However, existing approaches fail to address scenarios where signals from multiple emitters overlap. In this paper, we propose a specific multi-emitter identification (SMEI) method via multi-label learning to determine multiple transmitters. Specifically, the multi-emitter fingerprint extractor is designed to mitigate the mutual interference among overlapping signals. Then, the multi-emitter decision maker is proposed to assign the all emitter identification using the previous extracted fingerprint. Experimental results demonstrate that, compared with baseline approach, the proposed SMEI scheme achieves comparable identification accuracy under various overlapping conditions, while operating at significantly lower complexity. The significance of this paper is to identify multiple emitters from overlapped signal with a low complexity.

Fluid-Antenna-aided AAV Secure Communications in Eavesdropper Uncertain Location

For autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) secure communications, traditional designs based on fixed position antenna (FPA) lack sufficient spatial degrees of freedom (DoF), which leaves the line-of-sight-dominated AAV links vulnerable to eavesdropping. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes a framework that effectively incorporates the fluid antenna (FA) and the artificial noise (AN) techniques. Specifically, the minimum secrecy rate (MSR) among multiple eavesdroppers is maximized by jointly optimizing AAV deployment, signal and AN precoders, and FA positions. In particular, the worst-case MSR is considered by taking the channel uncertainties due to the uncertainty about eavesdropping locations into account. To tackle the highly coupled optimization variables and the channel uncertainties in the formulated problem, an efficient and robust algorithm is proposed. Particularly, the uncertain regions of eavesdroppers, whose shapes can be arbitrary, are disposed by constructing convex hull. In addition, two movement modes of FAs are considered, namely, free movement mode and zonal movement mode, for which different optimization techniques are applied, respectively. Numerical results show that, the proposed FA schemes boost security by exploiting additional spatial DoF rather than transmit power, while AN provides remarkable gains under high transmit power. Furthermore, the synergy between FA and AN results in a secure advantage that exceeds the sum of their individual contributions, achieving a balance between security and reliability under limited resources.