SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS IN WIMAX MESH NETWORKS

摘要：

In WiMAX mesh networks, security is a vital requirement to prevent the threats from the malicious attacks. To join an active mesh network securely, a Candidate Node (CN) needs to perform a Network Entry Process (NEP) to complete authentication and registration. However, most studies have shown that NEP is vulnerable to different type of attacks. Recently, a solution of NEP with Reliable Counter (NEPRC) scheme has been proposed to claims that it can overcome selfish behaviors of Sponsor Nodes (SNs) and the topological attacks. In this paper, we discover that the scheme is unable to detect the topological threats. We analyze the vulnerabilities of the NEPRC scheme and propose an improved solution to detect and prevent the topological attacks including wormhole attacks and sinkhole attacks completely. Our analysis by Color Petri Net (CPN) shows that the proposed scheme could withstand the two topological attacks.

关键词： WiMAX Mesh Network Security,Topological Attacks Network Entry Process (NEP) Color Petri Net (CPN).

作者: Jin Cao Maode Ma Muhammad Ashaari Bin Ariff

作者单位: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University 639798, Singapore

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 4th IEEE International Conference on Broadband Network & Multimedia Technology(第四届IEEE宽带网络与多媒体国际会议 4th IEEE IC-BNMT2011)

会议地点: 深圳

会议语种:英文

页码: 572-578

在线出版日期: 2011-10-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）