• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.897-908
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• 2018

In this paper, we propose a security framework for a cluster drones network using the MAVLink (Micro Air Vehicle Link) application protocol based on FANET (Flying Ad-hoc Network), which is composed of ad-hoc networks with multiple drones for IoT services such as remote sensing or disaster monitoring. Here, the drones belonging to the cluster construct a FANET network acting as WTRP (Wireless Token Ring Protocol) MAC protocol. Under this network environment, we propose an efficient algorithm applying the Lightweight Encryption Algorithm (LEA) to the CTR (Counter) operation mode of WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access 2) to encrypt the transmitted data through the MAVLink application. And we study how to apply LEA based on CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) operation mode used in WPA2 for message security tag generation. In addition, a modified Diffie-Hellman key exchange method is approached to generate a new key used for encryption and security tag generation. The proposed method and similar methods are compared and analyzed in terms of efficiency.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1353-1358
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• 2021

IoT(Internet of Things) 기술은 통신, 마이크로 프로세서 그리고 임베디드 소프트웨어 기술의 발전과 융합으로 인해 탄생 되었다. 그에 따른 응용 중 하나로 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, 무인 항공기) 시스템에도 적용되고 있다. 운용상 유인용 항공기(manned aircraft)는 지상에 있는 관제 시스템을 통해 운항의 지시를 받아, 조종사가 직접 비행 기체를 제어하는 방식으로 운영되지만, UAV는 GCS(Ground Control System, 지상 제어시스템)를 통해 직접 비행 제어를 받는다. 따라서 UAV와 GCS 간의 통신을 위한 프로토콜로 개방형인 MAVLink (Macro Air Vehicle Link)가 주로 사용이 되고 있으나, 범용이고 공개적이다 보니 일부구간에서 제삼자에 의해 쉽게 노출되어 비행체의 상태 및 기타 제어 정보 등의 정보 보안에 취약하다. 본 제안은 UAV를 안전하게 운영하기 위한 GCS 내 통신메시지의 암호화 적용 방안을 제시한다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2021

This paper proposes a system to synchronize the time of computers over an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network. With the proposed system, the UAVs can perform missions that require precise relative time. Also, data collected by UAVs can be fused precisely with synchronized time. In the system, to synchronize the time of all computers over the UAV network, two-step synchronization is performed. In the first step, the mission computers of the UAVs are synchronized through the server of the system. After the first step, the mission computers measure time offset between the time of the mission computers and the flight computers. The offset values are delivered to the server. In the second step, virtual time is determined by the server from the collected time offset. The measured offset is compensated by moving the synchronized time of mission computers to the reasonable virtual time. Since only the time of mission computers are controlled, any flight computers that use micro air vehicle link (MAVLink) protocol can be synchronized in the proposed system.