Secure image transmission through LTE wireless communications systems

Authors

  • Farouk Abduh Kamil Al‑Fahaidy Emirates International University image/svg+xml Author
  • Radwan AL‑Bouthigy Author
  • Mohammad Yahya H. Al‑Shamri Author
  • Safwan Abdulkareem Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13640-024-00619-2

Keywords:

Cryptography , DFT , DCT , DST , OFDMA , RSA , Secure wireless image transmission

Abstract

Secure transmission of images over wireless communications systems can be done 
using RSA, the most known and efficient cryptographic algorithm, and OFDMA, 
the most preferred signal processing choice in wireless communications. This paper 
aims to investigate the performance of OFDMA system for wireless transmission 
of RSA‑based encrypted images. In fact, the performance of OFDMA systems; based 
on different signal processing techniques, such as, discrete sine transforms (DST) 
and discrete cosine transforms (DCT), as well as the conventional discrete Fourier 
transforms (DFT) are tested for wireless transmission of gray‑scale images with/without 
RSA encryption. The progress of transmitting the image is carried by firstly, encrypting 
the image with RSA algorithm. Then, the encrypted image is modulated with DFT
based, DCT‑based, and DST‑based OFDMA systems. After that, the modulated images 
are transmitted over a wireless multipath fading channel. The reverse operations will be 
carried at the receiver, in addition to the frequency domain equalization to overcome 
the channel effect. Exhaustive numbers of scenarios are performed for study and inves
tigation of the performance of the different OFDMA systems in terms of PSNR and MSE, 
with different subcarriers mapping and modulation techniques, is done. Results 
indicate that the ability of different OFDMA systems for wireless secure transmission 
of images. However, the DCT‑OFDMA system showed superiority over the DST‑OFDMA 
and the conventional DFT‑OFDMA systems.

Author Biographies

  • Farouk Abduh Kamil Al‑Fahaidy, Emirates International University
    Farouk Al-Fahaidy
    • Professor in Electrical Engineering (Computer Science and Communications)
    • Assoc. Prof in Electrical Engineering (Computer and Communications Engineering) at Ibb University
    Head of Information Technology Department, EMIRATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SANA'A, YEMEN
  • Radwan AL‑Bouthigy

    • Associate Professor (Electrical Engineering Department) and (Mechatronics Engineering Department).
    Summary:
    • Associate Professor Dr. (Eng.) Radwan Mohammed Taha AL Bouthigy.
    • PhD from Assuit University –Egypt- 2013
    • Member staff in Electrical department
    • Member staff in Mechatronics department
    775284933.

  • Mohammad Yahya H. Al‑Shamri
    Mohammad Yahya H. Al-Shamri Associate Professor, King Khalid University, Abha, SA Verified email at kku.edu.sa
  • Safwan Abdulkareem
    Safwan Abdulkareem
    • Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen

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Al‑Fahaidy, F. A. K., AL‑Bouthigy, R., Al‑Shamri, M. Y. H., & Abdulkareem, S. (2024). Secure image transmission through LTE wireless communications systems. Emirates International University Digital Repository, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13640-024-00619-2

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