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A Wireless Network Structure and AKA(Authentication and Key Agreement) Protocol of Advanced Metering Infrastructure on the Smart Grid based on Binary CDMA (스마트 그리드를 위한 Binary CDMA 기반의 AMI 무선 네트워크 구조 및 AKA 프로토콜)

  • Jeon, Jae-Woo;Lim, Sun-Hee;Yi, Ok-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.111-124
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    • 2010
  • AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) is a core infrastructure of Smart Grid, and is promoting in various country. Wireless network is considered for cost savings and operational efficiencies in AMI. But various security problems are expected in wireless networks of AMI, so we should solve these problems. In this paper, we suggest a wireless network of AMI by using Binary CDMA and security countermeasures of AMI wireless network. Proposed security architecture is using BSIM (Binary Subscriber Identity Module) to perform user authentication and key agreement for the encryption and decryption over radio network to reduce security threats.

QoSCM: QoS-aware Coded Multicast Approach for Wireless Networks

  • Mohajer, Amin;Barari, Morteza;Zarrabi, Houman
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.10 no.12
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    • pp.5191-5211
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    • 2016
  • It is essential to satisfy class-specific QoS constraints to provide broadband services for new generation networks. The present study proposes a QoS-driven multicast scheme for wireless networks in which the transmission rate and end-to-end delay are assumed to be bounded during a multiple multicast session. A distributed algorithm was used to identify a cost-efficient sub-graph between the source and destination which can satisfy QoS constraints of a multicast session. The model was then modified as to be applied for wireless networks in which satisfying interference constraints is the main challenge. A discrete power control scheme was also applied for the QoS-aware multicast model to accommodate the effect of transmission power level based on link capacity requirements. We also proposed random power allocation (RPA) and gradient power allocation (GPA) algorithms to efficient resource distribution each of which has different time complexity and optimality levels. Experimental results confirm that the proposed power allocation techniques decrease the number of unavailable links between intermediate nodes in the sub-graph and considerably increase the chance of finding an optimal solution.

USN Security Considerations in Home Network (홈 네트워크에서의 USN 보안 고려 사항 분석)

  • Park, Woo-Chool;Park, Hyun-Mun;Lee, Myung-Soo;Yoon, Nyung-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.171-173
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    • 2006
  • Because sensor networks use wireless communication, they are vulnerable to attacks which are more difficult launch in the wired domain. Many wired networks benefit from their inherent physical security properties. It is unlikely that an adversary will dig up the Internet backbone and splice into the line. However, wireless communications are difficult to protect; they are by nature a broadcast medium. In a broadcast medium, adversaries can easily eavesdrop on, intercept, inject, and alter transmitted data. In addition, adversaries are not restricted to using sensor network hardware. We have analyzed the IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee specification which includes a number of security provisions and options. In this paper, we highlight places where USN security considerations and home network attack scenarios.

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An IBC and Certificate Based Hybrid Approach to WiMAX Security

  • Rodoper, Mete;Trappe, Wade;Jung, Edward Tae-Chul
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.615-625
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    • 2009
  • Worldwide inter-operability for microwave access (WiMAX) is a promising technology that provides high data throughput with low delays for various user types and modes of operation. While much research had been conducted on physical and MAC layers, little attention has been paid to a comprehensive and efficient security solution for WiMAX. We propose a hybrid security solution combining identity-based cryptography (IBC) and certificate based approaches. We provide detailed message exchange steps in order to achieve a complete security that addresses the various kind of threats identified in previous research. While attaining this goal, efficient fusion of both techniques resulted in a 53% bandwidth improvement compared to the standard's approach, PKMv2. Also, in this hybrid approach, we have clarified the key revocation procedures and key lifetimes. Consequently, to the best of knowledge our approach is the first work that unites the advantages of both techniques for improved security while maintaining the low overhead forWiMAX.

When Sensor and Actuator Networks Cover the World

  • Stankovic, John A.
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.627-633
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    • 2008
  • The technologies for wireless communication, sensing, and computation are each progressing at faster and faster rates. Notably, they are also being combined for an amazingly large multiplicative effect. It can be envisioned that the world will eventually be covered by networks of networks of smart sensors and actuators. This fact will give rise to revolutionary applications. However, to make this vision a reality, many research challenges must be overcome. This paper describes a representative set of new applications and identifies several key research challenges.

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A Study on the Activation Technique of Detection nodes for Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서네트워크에서 침입탐지를 위한 탐지노드 활성화기법 연구)

  • Seong, Ki-Taek
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.5238-5244
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    • 2011
  • Recently, wireless sensor networks have become increasingly interesting areas over extensive application fields such as military, ecological, and health-related areas. Almost sensor networks have mission-critical tasks that requires very high security. Therefore, extensive work has been done for securing sensor networks from outside attackers, efficient cryptographic systems, secure key management and authorization, but little work has yet been done to protect these networks from inside threats. This paper proposed an method to select which nodes should activate their idle nodes as detectors to be able to watch all packets in the sensor network. Suggested method is modeled as optimization equation, and heuristic Greedy algorithm based simulation results are presented to verify my approach.

An Improved ID-based Anonymous Authentication Scheme for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN 환경에서의 개선된 ID 기반 익명 인증 기법)

  • Jeong, Min-Soo;Suk, Jae Hyuk;Lee, Dong Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.322-332
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    • 2017
  • Wireless Body Area Networks is an environment that provides an appropriate service remotely by collecting user's biometric information. With the growing importance of sensor, WBAN also attracts extensive attention. Since WBAN is representatively used in the medical field, it can be directly related to the patient's life. Hence security is very important in WBAN. Mutual authentication between the client and the application provider is essential. And efficiency is also important because a used device is limited to computation cost. In this reason, ID-based anonymous authentication scheme in WBAN has been intensively studied. We show that the recent research result of Wu et al. which is about the ID-based anonymous authentication scheme is vulnerable to impersonation attack. And we propose a new ID-based anonymous authentication scheme that is secure against the attacks discovered in the existing schemes. Compared to the existing schemes, the computation cost of our scheme is improved by 30.6% and 7.3%.

Survey on IEEE 802.11 DCF Game Theoretic Approaches (IEEE 802.11 DCF에서의 게임 이론적 접근방법 소개)

  • Choi, Byeong-Cheol;Kim, Jung-Nyeo;Ryu, Jae-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.240-242
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    • 2007
  • The game theoretic analysis in wireless networks can be classified into the jamming game of the physical layer, the multiple access game of the medium access layer, the forwarder's dilemma and joint packet forwarding game of the network layer, and etc. In this paper, the game theoretic analysis about the multiple access game that selfish nodes exist in the IEEE 802.11 DCF(Distributed Coordination Function) wireless networks is addressed. In this' wireless networks, the modeling of the CSMA/CA protocol based DCF, the utility or payoff function calculation of the game, the system optimization (using optimization theory or convex optimization), and selection of Pareto-optimality and Nash Equilibrium in game strategies are the important elements for analyzing how nodes are operated in the steady state of system. Finally, the main issues about the game theory in the wireless network are introduced.

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Secure Cluster Selection in Autonomous Vehicular Networks

  • Mohammed, Alkhathami
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 2023
  • Vehicular networks are part of the next generation wireless and smart Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). In the future, autonomous vehicles will be an integral part of ITS and will provide safe and reliable traveling features to the users. The reliability and security of data transmission in vehicular networks has been a challenging task. To manage data transmission in vehicular networks, road networks are divided into clusters and a cluster head is selected to handle the data. The selection of cluster heads is a challenge as vehicles are mobile and their connectivity is dynamically changing. In this paper, a novel secure cluster head selection algorithm is proposed for secure and reliable data sharing. The idea is to use the secrecy rate of each vehicle in the cluster and adaptively select the most secure vehicle as the cluster head. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme improves the reliability and security of the transmission significantly.

Physical Layer Security for Two-Way Relay NOMA Systems with Energy Harvesting

  • Li, Hui;Chen, Yaping;Zou, Borong
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.2094-2114
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    • 2022
  • Due to the wide application of fifth generation communication, wireless sensor networks have become an indispensable part in our daily life. In this paper, we analyze physical layer security for two-way relay with energy harvesting (EH), where power splitter is considered at relay. And two kinds of combined methods, i.e., selection combining (SC) and maximum ratio combining (MRC) schemes, are employed at eavesdropper. What's more, the closed-form expressions for security performance are derived. For comparison purposes, this security behaviors for orthogonal multiple access (OMA) networks are also investigated. To gain deeper insights, the end-to-end throughput and approximate derivations of secrecy outage probability (SOP) under the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime are studied. Practical Monte-Carlo simulative results verify the numerical analysis and indicate that: i) The secure performance of SC scheme is superior to MRC scheme because of being applied on eavesdropper; ii) The secure behaviors can be affected by various parameters like power allocation coefficients, transmission rate, etc; iii) In the low and medium SNR region, the security and channel capacity are higher for cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems in contrast with OMA systems; iv) The systematic throughput can be improved by changing the energy conversion efficiency and power splitting factor. The purpose of this study is to provide theoretical direction and design of secure communication.