DocumentCode :
3085678
Title :
A statistical traffic pattern discovery system for MANETs
Author :
Qin, Yang ; Huang, Dijiang
Author_Institution :
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
18-21 Oct. 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
7
Abstract :
Anonymous MANET routing relies on techniques such as re-encryption on each hop to hide end-to-end communication relations. However, passive signal detectors and traffic analyzers can still retrieve sensitive information from PHY and MAC layers through statistical traffic analysis. In this paper, we propose a statistical traffic pattern discovery (STPD) system. STPD intends to find out the sources and destinations of captured packets and discover the end-to-end communication relations. The proposed approach does not require analyzers to be actively involved in MANET transmissions or to decrypt the traffic. We present theoretical models as well as extensive simulations to demonstrate our solutions.
Keywords :
access protocols; ad hoc networks; computer network security; cryptography; mobile computing; pattern recognition; statistical analysis; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; MAC layers; MANET transmissions; PHY layers; anonymous MANET routing; end-to-end communication relations; passive signal detectors; re-encryption; sensitive information retrieval; statistical traffic analysis; statistical traffic pattern discovery system; traffic analyzers; traffic decryption; Inference algorithms; Information analysis; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Physical layer; Protection; Protocols; Routing; Signal analysis; Traffic control;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2009. MILCOM 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5238-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5239-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379964
Filename :
5379964
Link To Document :
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