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This paper proposes a novel reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted downlink hybrid free-space optics (FSO)/radio frequency (RF) space–air–ground integrated network (SAGIN) architecture, where the high altitude platform (HAP) converts the optical signal sent by the satellite into an electrical signal through optoelectronic conversion. The drone equipped with RIS dynamically adjusts the signal path to serve ground users, thereby addressing communication challenges caused by RF link blockages from clouds or buildings. To improve the security performance of SAGIN, this paper maximizes the sum secrecy rate (SSR) by optimizing the power allocation, RIS phase shift, and drone trajectory. Then, an alternating iterative framework is proposed for a joint solution using the simulated annealing algorithm, semi-definite programming, and the designed deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithm. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme can significantly enhance security performance. Specifically, compared with the NOMA and SDMA schemes, the SSR of the proposed scheme is increased by 39.7% and 286.7%, respectively.

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Title
Secure Transmission for RIS-Assisted Downlink Hybrid FSO/RF SAGIN: Sum Secrecy Rate Maximization
Author
Li, Jiawei 1 ; Yang, Weichao 1 ; Liu, Tong 1 ; Li, Li 1 ; Jin, Yi 1 ; He, Yixin 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wang, Dawei 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Poltechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China; [email protected] (J.L.); [email protected] (T.L.); [email protected] (L.L.); [email protected] (Y.J.); [email protected] (D.W.) 
 College of Information Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China; [email protected] 
Publication title
Drones; Basel
Volume
9
Issue
3
First page
198
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
Place of publication
Basel
Country of publication
Switzerland
Publication subject
e-ISSN
2504446X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2025-03-10
Milestone dates
2024-12-29 (Received); 2025-03-06 (Accepted)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
10 Mar 2025
ProQuest document ID
3181428119
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/secure-transmission-ris-assisted-downlink-hybrid/docview/3181428119/se-2?accountid=208611
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Last updated
2025-03-27
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ProQuest One Academic