Protection of Optical Networks against Interchannel Eavesdropping and Jamming Attacks

Author

Shengli Yuan ; Stewart, Darryl

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Math. Sci., Univ. of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2014

fDate

10-13 March 2014

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) optical networks provide higher data rate and stronger security than many other transport technologies. Yet optical networks are not completely immune to security treats, among which are interchange attacks by exploiting the crosstalk effects, including eavesdropping and jamming. In this paper, we develop novel routing algorithms to minimize light path overlapping thus minimize the damages caused by interchange attacks. The algorithms are evaluated by complexity analysis and computer simulations.

Keywords

jamming; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication security; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical networks; complexity analysis; computer simulations; crosstalk effects; interchange attacks; interchannel eavesdropping attacks; jamming attacks; lightpath overlapping; optical network protection; optical network security; routing algorithms; security treats; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Jamming; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Security; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing; eavesdropping; interchannel attacks; jamming; lightpath routing; optical network security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCI.2014.14

Filename

6822080