Abstract
In this paper, we address the security challenges for wireless mesh enterprise networks (WMENs). The topology and communication characteristics of WMEN include the following: (a) deployment of the network devices are not planar, rather, devices are deployed over three-dimensional space (e.g., office buildings, shopping malls, grocery stores, etc.); (b) messages, generated/received by a mesh client, traverse through mesh routers in a multihop fashion; and (c) mesh clients, being mostly mobile in nature, may result in misbehaving or be spurious during communications. We propose a security scheme for WMEN in order to ensure that only authorized users are granted network access. Particularly, our scheme includes: (a) a deterministic key distribution technique that perfectly suits the network topology, (b) an efficient session key establishment protocol to achieve the client-router and router-router communications security, and (c) a distributed detection mechanism to identify malicious clients in the network. Analytical and simulation results are presented to verify our proposed solutions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 401-413 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements This research was supported by the MKE under the ITRC support program supervised by the IITA (IITA-2008-(C1090-0801-0016)). Dr. Choong Seon Hong is the corresponding author.
Keywords
- Communications security
- Key distribution
- Malicious client detection
- Wireless mesh enterprise networks