A Security Architecture for Personal Networks

Author

Jehangir, Assed ; De Groot, Sonia M Heemstra

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Math. & Comput. Sci., Twente Univ., Enschede

fYear

2006

fDate

38899

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Personal network (PN) is a new concept utilizing pervasive computing to meet the needs of the user. As PNs edge closer towards reality, security becomes an important concern since any vulnerability in the system will limit its practical use. In this paper we introduce a security architecture designed for PNs. Our aim is to use secure but lightweight mechanisms suitable for resource constrained devices and wireless communication. We support pair-wise keys for secure cluster formation and use group keys for securing intra-cluster communication. In order to analyze the performance of our proposed mechanisms, we carry out simulations using ns-2. The results show that our mechanisms have a low overhead in terms of delay and energy consumption

Keywords

personal area networks; telecommunication security; ubiquitous computing; PN; delay; energy consumption; intracluster communication; ns-2 simulation; personal network; resource constrained device; security architecture; wireless communication; Authentication; Communication system security; Computer architecture; Computer security; Data security; Delay; Energy consumption; Pervasive computing; Power system security; Public key cryptography; Personal Networks; group key; key management; secure communication; security agent;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services, 2006 Third Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0498-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0499-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MOBIQ.2006.340420

Filename

4141773