Overhead of using secure wireless communications in mobile computing

Author

Almenares, F. ; Arias, Pol ; Marin, A. ; Diaz-Sanchez, Daniel ; Sanchez, Ricardo

Author_Institution

Telematic Eng. Dept., Carlos III Univ. of Madrid, Leganes, Spain

Volume

59

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

May-13

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

342

Abstract

Secure wireless communications are fundamental in any interaction in order to avoid security and privacy breaches, especially from mobile devices. The use of this kind of communications is far more frequent and the number of users increases day after day. This paper shows and analyzes the support, performance and consumption of cryptographic algorithms and cipher suites in terms of time and energy when secure communications (i.e., using SSL) are established according to different security levels. This study has been performed in distinct operating systems, and using different browsers and libraries.

Keywords

cryptography; mobile computing; operating systems (computers); telecommunication security; browser; cipher; cryptographic algorithm; distinct operating system; library; mobile computing; mobile devices; secure wireless communication overhead; Browsers; Ciphers; Energy consumption; Handheld computers; Wireless communication; Energy and time performance; Handheld devices; SSL/TLS; Secure wireless communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2013.6531115

Filename

6531115