Private 5G cellular connectivity as a service through full-stack wireless steganography

A device for steganographic communication comprising:

• a transmitter including one or more processors and memory, instructions stored in the memory, the transmitter comprising a covert packet generator operative to receive a covert data stream of covert data and a primary data stream of primary in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) symbols, and to embed the covert data as covert data symbols within the primary I/Q symbols in a covert packet, wherein the covert packet has a data structure comprising a header, a payload, and a payload error detecting code;
• and
• a radio frequency (RF) front end and antenna operative to transmit and receive radio frequency signals, the RF front end in communication with the covert packet generator to receive the covert packet for transmission,
• wherein the covert packet generator is operative to determine if a number of the primary I/Q symbols is large enough to generate the header of the covert packet.