Hybrid precoding design for secure smart-grid enabled MIMO wireless communications in Industry 5.0

Secure and reliable wireless communication systems are essential for the successful integration of smart grid-enabled wireless communications and Industry 5.0 applications. This work proposes a hybrid pre coding design for secure smart-grid multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications in Industry 5.0 to maximize the average secrecy capacity of the system while minimizing user outages crucial for maintaining the security and privacy of sensitive data in critical infrastructure. To achieve this, we develop a mathematical model that considers the impact of various system parameters, such as eavesdropping and interference caused by the active eavesdropper and noise, on the secrecy capacity. To find an efficient solution to the optimization problem, we propose an algorithm that decouples the original optimization problem into a series of subproblems and uses iterative techniques to find the optimal values, thereby improving computational efficiency. The hybrid precoding scheme is an effective technique for optimizing the design parameters of MIMO-based secure wireless communication systems. Our proposed approach provides a practical solution for achieving this optimization. Our numerical results demonstrate that our proposed scheme outperforms traditional benchmark schemes, maximizing the average secrecy capacity while minimizing user outages. Our work highlights the importance of secure wireless communication systems in Industry 5.0 and smart grid applications. The proposed approach provides an efficient method for designing secure wireless communication systems that can effectively address the unique challenges posed by these critical infrastructure systems.(c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).