Secrecy Analysis of Energy-Harvesting Backscatter Communications with Tag Selection in Nakagami-m Fading

Abstract

Backscatter communication is an energy-efficient technique that enables sustainable wireless connectivity with a minimal environmental impact. In this paper, the secrecy performance of practical non-linear energy-harvesting backscatter communications with various tag selection schemes is analyzed in Nakagami-m fading channels. We consider four tag selection schemes: sub-optimal, minimal eaves-dropping, optimal, and random tag selection. Closed-form expressions for secrecy outage probability (SOP) and intercept probability (IP) are derived for each scheme, along with asymptotic expressions to provide deeper insights. The impact of system and fading parameters on SOP and IP is investigated, and simulation results are presented to validate the accuracy of the analytical expressions.