Performance Analysis of Data Transmission Security and Reliability in PLC

This chapter investigates well-known Physical Layer Security (PLS) performance analysis metrics that can be used to evaluate a variety of PLS techniques for Power Line Communication (PLC) networks. Furthermore, a new PLC performance analysis metric, named Secure and Successful Transmission Probability (SSTP), has been introduced and explained. This metric aims to assess both the security and reliability of a given transmission link. Moreover, for each metric, the main concept and some performance analysis numerical results in real PLC scenarios are presented and evaluated.