Efficiently Secure Broadcasting in 5G Wireless Fog-Based-Fronthaul Networks

Enhanced Diversity and Network Coding (eDC-NC), the synergistic combination of Diversity and modified Triangular Network Coding, was introduced recently to provide efficient and ultra-reliable networking with near-instantaneous fault recovery. In this paper it is shown that eDC-NC technology can efficiently and securely broadcast messages in 5G wireless fog-computing-based Radio Access Networks (F-RAN). In particular, this work is directed towards demonstrating the ability of eDC-NC technology to more efficiently provide secure messages broadcasting than standardized methods such as Secure Multicasting using Secret (Shared) Key Cryptography, such that the adversary has no ability to acquire information even if they wiretap the entire F-RAN network (except of course the source and destination nodes). Our results show that using secure eDC-NC technology in F-RAN fronthaul network will enhance secure broadcasting and provide ultra-reliability networking, near-instantaneous fault recovery, and retain the throughput benefits of Network Coding.