Inspec keywords: telecommunication security; Monte Carlo methods; satellite links; antenna arrays; Rayleigh channels; diversity reception; decode and forward communication; relay networks (telecommunication); array signal processing; Rician channels; amplify and forward communication; protocols

Other keywords: multiple eavesdroppers; Monte-Carlo simulations; moment generating function; zero-forcing BF schemes; shadowed-Rician fading; amplify-and-forward protocol; Meijer-G function; maximal ratio combining beamforming; satellite link; multiantenna relay; heavy shadowing; ergodic secrecy rate; perfect channel state information; terrestrial link; hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay networks; decode-and-forward protocol; secrecy performance; HSTRN; Rayleigh fading

Subjects: Protocols; Satellite communication systems; Antenna arrays; Monte Carlo methods; Signal processing and detection